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STAFF NURSE
NEW CRIAGS
MORAR WARD
BAND 5 FULL TIME
We have an opportunity for registered mental health nurse's to join our team in Morar Ward, New Craigs Hospital. Morar ward is a 22 bed adult acute admissions ward with two beds for Alcohol detox who provide care for patients in Highland. We are looking for motivated, solution focussed ,hardworking, dynamic individuals to join our multidisciplinary team. Quality improvement is key to improving patient experience and as a unit, New Craigs Hospital were one of the first mental health sites to use value management as means of monitoring and developing the service.
Morar ward has a supportive and motivated team of staff and as part of that team you will have the opportunity to develop a broad range of skills in a supportive environment.
Your yearly appraisal and two monthly management Supervision plus training opportunities will form the backbone of your development, and all newly qualified staff will complete NHS Scotland's flying start module.
The successful candidates will have excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to enable effective communication to the multidisciplinary team and other agencies involved in care delivery.
You will undertake responsibility for coordinating shifts, assessing patients and developing plans of care.
You will work with colleagues in the multidisciplinary team to identify risks behaviours, appropriate interventions and barriers to discharge from hospital.