Registered Night Nurse

Salary: £24 – £26.4 per hour

Registered Nurse – Night Nurse – Band 5 or Band 6

About Cardinal Clinic

Cardinal Clinic is one of the South’s leading independent psychiatric hospitals. We are located in an historic house in the heart of Windsor’s green belt with acres of beautiful gardens. We have been providing in-patient, out-patient and day care services to patients for almost 45 years, through a team of consultant psychiatrists, psychologists and nurses.

Key working relationships

• Internal: multi-disciplinary team, patients, support services staff, consultants & therapists 
• External: general practitioners, social services, statutory services and voluntary sector agencies (i.e. MIND), independent providers of medical services, advocacy services 

Job purpose 

• to be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of care plans and risk management;
• to be delegated to take responsibility for the co-ordination of a designated caseload in the absence of the person who has continuing responsibility;
• to provide leadership, supervision and support to junior staff both qualified and unqualified in the absence of the Head of Nursing or appointed deputy during the course of the normal shift pattern, and to ensure the efficient and effective use of resources available to deliver a high standard of quality care to patients. To be responsible for managing the shift and delegate to other staff as appropriate;
• Sharing skills and knowledge with staff members; 

Job summary 

• as a part of the team, provide high quality mental and physical health care to the patients;
• to promote recovery; 
• to do all the above in a manner that maintains safety for all;
• to assist in service and good practice developments;

Overview of responsibilities 

• to participate in the delivery of mental and physical health nursing services under the direction of the Head of Nursing or their deputy to ensure patients always receive the best possible care;
• to participate in clinical supervision and individual appraisal in accordance with Cardinal Clinic policy, ensuring high levels of skill and quality treatment; 
• ensure all obligations of the Mental Health Act and the NMC Code of Practice are fulfilled and other mental health legislation is complied with in accordance with the Care Programme Approach and Care Management Systems; 
• improve and maintain working relationships with GPs, other professionals and outside agencies, and working collaboratively to ensure effective referral, assessment, treatment and discharge; 
• to implement progressive, innovative and socially inclusive care plans with emphasis on patient involvement and risk management; 
• to assist in the maintenance and recording of both written and electronic health records in accordance with Cardinal Clinic policies, procedures and standards of record keeping; 
• to maintain safe and acceptable standards of practice in accordance with the NMC Code of Conduct, NICE guidelines, CQC guidelines, and the Cardinal Clinic policies and procedures; 
• to keep up to date with all developments in mental health, using an evidence-based approach to delivering high quality nursing services by evaluating, updating, initiating and/or practicing in training, audit and research; 
• act as key nurse to designated patients;
• have a working knowledge of the patient’s programme and participate; 
• Promote and sustain good interpersonal relationships with patients, carers/families, members of the multi-disciplinary team, other professionals, voluntary agencies, independent sector and the general public.