Job responsibilities
Are you an experienced Nursewith a passion for delivering the best quality of care?
Were looking for a Clinical Manager RMN / RNLD to join our fantastic team at Cygnet Appletree in Durham
You will have a passion for delivering high quality care and the drive to help shape the services at Cygnet Appletree
You will be working full time, 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday. Please note this role does carry the responsibility of on-call duties as and when required in support of the Service.
With us, youll have the chance to progress your career as part of a dynamic, supportive team. Enabling positive outcomes & recovery for ourservice usersits a challenging, satisfying vocation. So if you want to make a difference every day we want to hear from you.
Cygnet Appletree is our 22-bed mental health hospital for women. The Hospital is split into two distinct wards, each offering specialist mental health services:
- Bramley Ward,a 12 bed complex personality disorder service for women with a diagnosis of personality disorder, with or without co-morbidity.
- Pippin Ward, a 10 bed PICU service for women. The service provides a safe and stabilising environment for women who are experiencing an acute episode of mental illness and require an emergency admission.
Your day-to-day
- Provide the highest standard of nursing care & lead by example to ensure consistent high standards of clinical care & documentation
- Co-ordinate all clinical aspects of the service & ensure co-operation between clinical departments.
- Be conversant withand implement all relevant policies, procedures and regulations.
- Provide leadership, direction and supervision to all clinical and support staff
- Support staff through debriefs, appraisals, training, meetings & development of evidence/ research-based practice
- Participate in the managers on-call system to provide the first point of contact for ward-based staff, outside of normal working hours.
- Deputise in the Managers absence and attendmeetings with external bodies as required.
You are
- Registered Mental Health Nurse/Registered Learning Disability Nurse with a valid pin (RMN / RNLD)
- Committed to delivering improvement strategies across all aspects of clinical service provision
- Experienced in managing change, leadership initiatives, motivating & developing others
- Open, compassionate, honest & resilient
- Capable of undertaking audits, developing, following-up & ensuring completion of action plans
- Well informed of the Mental Health Act 1983 & the latest nursing practices
- Focused on patient recovery to monitor, manage & reduce risk
Why Cygnet? Well offer you
- NHS & employee discount scheme
- Free meals on duty
- Free parking
- Bespoke career pathways
- Company paid Life Assurance scheme
- Smart Health Toolkit- Providing you with Fitness Programmes, Nutrition consultation and Health checks
Cygnethas been providing a national network of high-quality specialist mental health services for more than 30 years.