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We need passionate and experienced mental health nurse to work in a well-established team at an acute hospital in the South West England, to assist and supporting general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.
Description:
The priority for the post holder will be to provide
* High level of nursing and observation
* Delivering a range of nursing and psychosocial interventions to help reduce the patients' distress.
* Assist and supporting general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations.
* Provide one-to-one nursing for behaviorally disturbed, distressed, or confused patients
* Offer support and advice to patients presenting with a range of undifferentiated mental health, psychological problems, and psychiatric illnesses
* Deliver a range of nursing and psychosocial interventions to individual patients and their families, as appropriate
* Assist and support general hospital colleagues in making decisions about treatment and care in complex situations
* Represent mental health services within the general hospital
Skills:
* Demonstrable experience of working in mental health setting
* Knowledge and experience of adult safeguarding procedures
* Restraint of patients using approved techniques
* Handling patient valuables and storing appropriately
* Ability to deal with emotional and distressing situations
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Respects the privacy and dignity of individual
* Ability to manage demanding situations
* Ability to cope with exposure to aggressive behaviour
* The ability to plan own workload
* To have knowledge of Mental Health presentations and appropriate interventions.
* NMC Code of Conduct.
* Knowledge of risk management and how to plan care to account for risk.
To apply to this role please reply with your updated CV and the job reference number - BS//RMN2
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