Senior Staff Nurse - Lickey, United Kingdom - Sanctuary Personnel

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Sanctuary Personnel, a leading recruitment company to the private and public sector has a permanent vacancy for a Senior Staff Nurse to work based in Birmingham, within the Mental Health or Learning Disability Team.

The salary for this permanent Senior Staff Nurse job is £37,992 - £40,445 per annum.


Main Duties:


  • Provide direct personal care and interventions to Patients/Service Users, without direct supervision, and coordinate the care given by colleagues.
  • Deliver high quality, safe nursing care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery (NMC) Code.
  • Lead the delivery of a comprehensive Patient/Service user nursing assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of personcentred care in a collaborative way, of both their mental and physical healthcare needs, maintaining the patients/service usersrights; supervising junior staff and students, working collaboratively with the MDT and maintaining a safe and therapeutic working environment and accurate records.
  • Deliver prescribed care to a defined group of Patients/Service users that reflect their individual needs.
  • Assess, plan and deliver, with the Patient and their carer/family, nursing care which takes account of patient choice and wishes and acting as the patients named nurse. This includes the evaluation and review of these plans, with the patient/Service User,on a frequent basis, that is reflective of their needs.
  • Contribute to a team approach to patient care in conjunction with all members of the multiDisciplinary team.
  • Build relationships and effectively communicates and engages with external professionals and stake holders.
  • Accurately communicate with, observe, and engage with patients in order to assess need and evaluate progress.
  • Understand and participate in relevant quality improvement processes and clinical governance supporting the site to achieve high standards of personcentred care and regulatory outcomes.
  • Ensures record keeping is accurate and documentation is completed contemporaneously including daily notes and incident reports.

Requirements of the Senior Staff Nurse:

  • Qualified Registered Mental Health / Learning Disability Nurse with 6-12 months post registration experience with active NMC Registration and completed preceptorship or equivalent programme.
  • Knowledge of NMC standards guidelines, requests, and professional practices.
  • Evidence of post registration continuing professional development.
  • Demonstrates a positive attitude and commitment to change, improvement and quality.
  • Ability to develop and use flexible and innovative approaches to practise.
  • Excellent verbal, interpersonal and written communication skills.
  • IT literate.
  • Minimum 612 months post registration experience within Mental Health/Learning Disability Nursing with evidence of continued professional development in relevant field.

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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 throughoutthe process and into your work placement.

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