Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a job based in Doncaster for a Band 5 Registered Mental Health Nurse to work 37.5 hours per week, within the Older Adults Mental Health Ward.
Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Daily payroll
- Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive mental health nursing knowledge
- Refer a Friend bonus - get £250 for each candidate you refer who we successfully place
- Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
- Clinical governance support
- In house payroll system
- Revalidation
- Industry leading shift booking system
- Nationwide coverage including the Channel islands
Shift Pattern:
- Rotational days/nights/weekends/bank holidays
Pay Rates:
- Days - £20.06
- Nights/Saturdays - £27.29
- Sundays/Bank Holidays - £34.51
Duties:
- Take professional responsibility as a named nurse for a group of patients
- Act as a named nurse, and is responsible for the risk assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care needs for agreed patients
- Deliver appropriate nursing care without direct supervision
- Lead a team of associate nurses and nursing assistants
- Work collaboratively with the whole Mental Health Team
- Contribute to professional and managerial leadership to ensure that the ward environment is satisfactory to maintain the physical and mental well being of patients and staff/contribute to a caring and supportive working milieu
- Alert the ward manager of potential staffing difficulties and to provide short- term cover in the absence of more senior ward staff
- Carry out comprehensive risk assessment on patients on admission and at appropriate intervals thereafter
- As a named nurse, assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for named individual patients through the use of nursing models and the nursing process
- Develop and provide a high standard of care/develop their area of interest and become a resource person to the Ward Team
- Liaise with other members of the multi professional team to develop professional relationships and mobilise resources to help meet identified patient’s need
- Communicate with the team of associate nurses/nursing assistants to ensure continuity of care
- Carry out clinical procedures, training and supervising junior nursing staff in these procedures, for the care and welfare of patients
- Actively encourage the contribution of all members of the Health Care Team in making decisions about the patient’s care/actively participate in the observation policy and will be aware of patients’ whereabouts at all times/ensure that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are known, understood and adhered to/ensure the correct administration of drugs in accordance with the Trust’s Policy and legal requirements/actively participate as a member of a peer group of nurses that supports each other in their respective roles/actively participate in research as appropriate
- Participate in the benchmarking process in accordance with Essence of Care/participate in a personal development plan completed at yearly intervals or as the need arises
- Abide by the UKCC code of professional conduct and will ensure that their colleagues do likewise
- Ensure that patients and relatives are afforded due courtesy and consideration, and their privacy and dignity respected
- Assist in maintaining a safe environment for patients, staff and visitors
- Ensure that all clinical procedures are carried out in accordance with the Trust’s Policy Manual
- Instruct students and junior staff in the use of any specialised equipment on the ward, including the location and use of resuscitation equipment
- Teach qualified and unqualified staff including students and act as an assessor/preceptor for others as required
- Maintain a high level of hygiene with regard to the handling, storage and serving of patient food and to attend such courses as are provided to train and update you in this area
- Attend the teaching and assessing course to carry out learner assessments/attend mandatory updates as required
Requirements of the Registered Mental Health Nurse:
- Degree or equivalent within Mental Health Nursing (RMN trained)/NMC registration and a valid live pin
- Previous mental health nursing experience
- Understand the principles of the nursing process and complete the documentation to a high standard
- Demonstrate accountability to their patients and the profession through monitoring of agreed standards of care and audit supervision
- Be aware of budgetary considerations when planning patient care/be conversant with and carry out Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust policies and procedures/be aware of the patient’s property and finance procedures/be aware of COSHH and Trust health and safety policies and procedures/be flexible and must be prepared to carry out similar or related tasks, which do not fall within the duties previously outlined
Contact:
This Registered Mental Health Nurse job is advertised by Alex West; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best-placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
