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Senior Staff Nurse (RMN/RNLD) - Essex

  • Job Type: Full Time
  • Profession: Nursing
  • Location: Essex
  • Salary: Up to £40,694 plus Shift Enhancements, dependant on experience (includes £1250 Essex Allowance)

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We are looking for talented nursing staff to join our team in Essex on a permanent, basis.

Location: Basildon, Essex
Salary: Up to £40,694 plus Shift Enhancements, dependant on experience (includes £1250 Essex Allowance)
Hours: Full Time, Part Time, Flexible Working Considered

 

Working at St Andrew’s Healthcare

Empower your nursing career at St Andrew's Healthcare within a unique mental health charity aspiring to deliver truly world-class care. Our focus is transforming lives through ground breaking treatment and rehabilitation, with surpluses re-invested in our outstanding facilities. You’ll find a welcoming, inclusive culture here, inspired by the shared values of our team.

We pride ourselves as being a centre of excellence for both men and women with a personality disorder and/or mental health issues in a low secure and locked environment.

Your role will be to individualise the care we provide to our service users by understanding and listening to them. Being a Senior Staff Nurse you will be the lead on a shift so knowledge and understanding is a must.

Some of the main duties of a Senior Staff Nurse are to:

  • Plan, organise and deploy staff according to competencies and workload in order to meet patient needs.
  • 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.
  • Effectively communicate with all MDT members, taking positive risks to manage the care environment and reduce the use of restrictive practices.
  • Build and monitor ongoing relationships with patients, their families and carers to encourage trust, whilst listening to and interpreting their needs and concerns.
  • Ensure all patient records, records of risk and interventions that have been taken, are up to date and accurate.
  • Use refection and supervision to learn from events and generate opportunities to improve patient outcomes.
  • Receive and provide clinical supervision.
  • Support the division to deliver specific outcome measures.
  • Complete required ward audits in line with the Clinical Governance strategy.

We offer an excellent benefits package including:

  • Pension
  • Sickness policy on par with the NHS
  • 35 days annual leave, increasing to 41 after 10 years' service
  • Life cover
  • Enhanced maternity cover
  • Car lease scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Healthcare cash plan
  • Free parking
  • Paid DBS application
  • Access to free vocational qualifications

Apply now for this amazing opportunity!

“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.”