Mental Health / Learning Disability Staff / Senior Staff Nurse
Location: Birmingham
Hours: Full Time (fully flexible across day and nights)
Staff Nurse Salary: From £32,196 plus shift enhancements
Senior Staff Nurse Salary: From £34,685 plus shift enhancements (Depending on Experience)
A bit about us
We are St Andrew’s a mental health Charity which inspires Hope. We work together with a number of organisations to transform the lives of people with complex mental health needs. We provide specialist mental healthcare and deliver a range of inpatient and community mental healthcare services, education and research that helps to improve lives.
Our vision for the future is a society in which everyone living with mental health need is heard, valued and has hope for their future.
Come join us. Let's transform lives together.
St Andrew’s Birmingham is a 118 bedded adult mental healthcare facility comprises of eight units that cover medium and low security for both Men and Women. Located in Stirchley, a vibrant area in South Birmingham, easily accessible by road networks and public transport.
About you
You will have in depth experience of working with our patients in a mental health service. Being a strong team player, you will be able to build and maintain effective relationships across clinical teams. You will have good interpersonal skills with the ability to develop rapport with patients.
You will also be highly resilient, able to work under pressure and have good problem-solving skills. You will have an active NMC registration.
Some of the main duties of a Senior Staff Nurse are to:
1. Plan, organise and deploy staff according to competencies and workload to meet patient needs.
2. Develop, implement, review and promote the importance of effective outcome focused care plans to meet individual preferences and needs, attending and contributing to ward rounds.
3. Effectively communicate with all MDT members, taking positive risks to manage the care environment and reduce the use of restrictive practices.
4. Build and monitor ongoing relationships with patients, their families and carers to encourage trust, whilst listening to and interpreting their needs and concerns.
5. Ensure all patient records, records of risk and interventions that have been taken, are up to date and accurate.
6. Use refection and supervision to learn from events and generate opportunities to improve patient outcomes.
7. Receive and provide clinical supervision.
8. Support the division to deliver specific outcome measures.
9. Complete required ward audits in line with the Clinical Governance strategy.
Rewards
10. We offer an excellent benefits package including: Pension; Sickness policy on par with the NHS; Access to the Blue Light Card and Health Service Discounts schemes; 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), increasing after 10 years' service; Life cover; Electric Car lease scheme; Cycle to work scheme; Healthcare cash plan; Free parking; Paid DBS application; Access to free vocational qualifications.
Our patients and your colleagues will expect you to live the St Andrew’s CARE values of Compassion, Accountability, Respect and Excellence every single day.