Job Description

As a registered practitioner working on the bank, you are personally accountable for your professional practice and have a legal/professional responsibility to service users, colleagues, employers and self. Guidelines for professional practice NMC. The Senior Nurse, as a Nurse Practitioner will provide a strong clinical leadership, ensuring evidence-based practice is delivered to improve the quality of and shape responsive services. The post holder will be responsible for establishing operational and clinical service mechanisms that support safe and high quality care throughout the twenty-four hour period. The post holder will present a professional image of nursing to promote a positive image for the trust to service users, carers and the community as a whole.



The post holder will provide a professional role model for the delivery of high-quality care.



Ensure evidence-based practice and research awareness is used as the foundation for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.



Maintain and develop knowledge of advances in nursing practice, or theory in practice and act as the catalyst for innovation.



Promote service user and carer involvement, autonomy and choice are embedded into the philosophy of the clinical area.



Be responsible for ensuring the Care Programme Approach is applied to practice and that opportunity is fully provided to support service user/carer involvement in decision-making processes.



Ensure appropriate evidence based clinical risk assessments are delivered.



Ensure all service users have an up-to-date evidence-based care plan that meets the needs of service users.



Ensure legislative requirements are maintained (Mental Health Act, Code of Practice etc).



Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.



CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

Commitment to flexible working where this is possible



27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service



Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training



Generous NHS pension scheme



Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits



Health service discounts and online benefits



Incremental pay progression



Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7



Access to our LGBTI+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network



Health and wellbeing opportunities



Structured learning and development opportunities



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