Senior Staff Nurse WSH

BSO Recruitment & Selection Services; Londonderry; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare recruitment agency seeks a Level 1 Registered Nurse (Mental Health) for an essential role within a multidisciplinary mental health team in Northern Ireland. The nurse will assess care needs and develop individualized care plans for service users facing complex mental health challenges, including Dementia. With 2 years of post-registration experience preferred, this role involves supervision and teaching for junior staff and students.

Qualifications

• 2 years post registration experience within a mental health setting.

Responsibilities

• Participate as a full member of the multidisciplinary mental health team.
• Undertake comprehensive assessment of service users with enduring mental health illness and/or dementia.
• Plan, implement and evaluate individual care plans.

Skills

Comprehensive assessment

Care plan development

Education

Level 1 Registered Nurse (Mental Health)

Job description

Post holder will participate as a full member of the multidisciplinary mental health team for older people and will have responsibility for the assessment of care needs, development, implementation and evaluation of programs of care and ensuring their application at all times for both service users with functional mental illness conditions and with a diagnosis of Dementia presenting with complex issues. He/she will provide formal professional supervision and teaching for more junior grades of nursing staff including students who report directly to him/her.

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive assessment of service users with enduring mental health illness and/or dementia.
• Plan, implement and evaluate individual care plans with involvement of all parties concerned in the care of the service user.

Skills and Qualifications

• Level 1 Registered Nurse (Mental Health) on the live NMC register.
• 2 years post registration experience within a mental health setting.