Your day-to-day
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1. Provide the highest standard of nursing care & be a role model to junior staff
2. Responsible for the effective management of all acute/PICU referrals.
3. Carrying the delegated authority of the Hospital Manager and Clinical Manager for the referral process from receipt to admission decision.
4. Admission decision (approval for acceptance or rejection) of referrals is the responsibility of the Hospital Manager/Clinical Manager/On-Call Manager.
5. Accountable to the Clinical Manager for ensuring that preliminary screening takes place immediately and that additional information required for admission decision is requested and obtained in a timely way
6. Accountable for the wards capacity to manage an admission is objectively reviewed
7. Ensuring the Referral Assessment Screening Score (RASS) is completed and clinical information summarised/presented for decision using SBARD to the Hospital Manager/Clinical Manager or On-Call Manager
8. Ensuring all referrals are processed and decision made within 1 hour of receipt of referral
Why Cygnet? We’ll offer you…
9. NHS & employee discount scheme
10. Most of our sites provide free meals on shift
11. Free parking
12. RCNi membership
13. Bespoke career pathways
14. Plus much more
You are…
15. Committed to delivering improvement strategies across all aspects of clinical service provision
16. Familiar with in an inpatient setting – preferably acute or PICU settings
17. Experienced in managing change, leadership initiatives, motivating & developing others
18. Open, compassionate, honest & resilient
19. Capable of undertaking audits, developing, following-up & ensuring completion of action plans
20. Well informed of the Mental Health Act 1983 & the latest nursing practices
21. Focused on patient recovery to monitor, manage & reduce risk
Cygnet has been providing a national network of high-quality specialist mental health services for more than 30 years. In this role you’ll have the chance to make a real impact on patients, service users & their families.