Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
3 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- What you'll bring to the role
A Qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with some post-registration experience.
- What you'll bring to the role
Demonstrate sound knowledge of NMC guidelines, standards, and professional practices, along with a strong commitment to ongoing professional development.
- What you'll bring to the role
Possess a positive attitude towards change, quality improvement, and service development, and is capable of adopting flexible and innovative approaches to practice.
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
- A dual diagnosis with a learning disability, with a primary mental health diagnosis
- Mild to moderate behaviour that may challenge
- Epilepsy
- Diabetes
- Nursing needs
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and hoarding
What you'll be doing
- Deliver prescribed care to a defined group within an agreed framework.
- 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.
- Accurately observe and engage with patients in order to assess need and evaluate progress.
- Monitor and review Nursing Care plans.
What we will give you in return
- Pension enrolment
- Access to development opportunities
- Refer a friend bonus
- DBS paid for
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This advert is for Bank Nurse - RMN with Priory Healthcare in Chester, England. It is listed as a Mental health nurse role. The advertised salary is £21.75 / hour. The contract type is Bank. Check the source advert for the latest closing date before applying.
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