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Overview
Role Title: Staff Nurse: Mental Health
Job Reference Number: 001747
Closing Date: Sunday, 2nd November 2025
Purpose of the Role
The delivery of Mental Health nursing is underpinned by the therapeutic use of self and the adoption of a holistic approach. The promotion of Mental Health and wellbeing and the adoption of the principles of recovery are promoted in conjunction with service user choice. The Mental Health nurse will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care to the highest professional and ethical standards within the model of nursing care practiced in the relevant care setting. The Mental Health nurse will provide holistic, person centred care, promoting optimum independence, and enhancing the quality of life for service users.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
* A Staff Nurse is a Registered Nurse who is involved in direct patient care with the responsibility of providing the highest standard of evidence-based nursing care in partnership with other health care professionals.
* Their role is to promote Mental Health and recovery, develop therapeutic relationships with patients, and help patients cope with illness. Responsibilities include assessing, planning, delivering, and evaluating highly specialised nursing care, using a holistic approach.
* When providing direct patient care, they observe, assess, and record symptoms, responses, and progress.
* They also supervise and assess Student Nurses and other junior staff in the clinical area.
* Participate as a multidisciplinary team member in delivering the plan of care while contributing to the unique nursing perspective to enhance service user care.
* The Registered Nurse must adhere to Code of Professional Practice and Behaviours.
* Is aware and understands the need to adhere to Hospital and/or professional standards, policies and procedures, relevant to there are of practice.
* Communicates effectively in English language, written and spoken, as appropriate to job requirements.
* Participate and cooperate with legislative and regulatory requirements in relation to Health and Safety as outlined in the Safety, Health and Welfare Act 2005 and the Hospital Safety Statement.
* Ensure own mandatory learning and training is kept up to date.
Note: Post holders must maintain annual registration with NMBI.
Required
* Be a Registered Psychiatric Nurse with The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI), or eligible to register.
AND
* Minimum of six months experience (postgraduate or undergraduate) in Mental Health nursing.
Additional Qualifications
* Be able to demonstrate working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 2001, its associated rules, regulations, and codes of practice.
* Experience in teaching and assessing junior staff/nursing students.
* Working knowledge of healthcare patient record systems.
* Basic life support.
Seniority level
* Not Applicable
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
Industries
* Hospitals and Health Care
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