# Senior Staff Nurse

**Company**: Priorygroup
**Location**: Ayr, South Ayrshire
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £42,392 - £44,953 per annum
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Priory Hospital Ayr Clinic is seeking a Senior Staff Nurse to join their team. The successful candidate will provide high-quality, safe nursing care to patients with mental health diagnoses and/or personality disorders.

The role involves leading the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of person-centred care, addressing both physical and mental health needs while promoting patients' rights, dignity, and independence.

Key responsibilities include:

- Providing direct personal care and clinical interventions to patients/service users

- Coordinating care delivered by colleagues

- Supervising junior staff and students

- Working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team (MDT)

- Maintaining a safe and therapeutic environment

- Ensuring accurate and up-to-date clinical records

The ideal candidate will have:

- A qualification in Mental Health or Learning Disability Nursing with active NMC registration

- At least 2 years of post-registration experience in a mental health care environment

- Completion of a preceptorship program

- A good understanding of NMC guidelines and professional standards

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

The salary for this role is £42,392 - £44,953 per annum, plus a £5,000 welcome bonus and relocation support of up to £3,000.

Benefits include:

- Enhanced maternity pay

- Birthday holiday

- Contributory pension scheme

- Flexible benefits, including gym membership and private healthcare

- Access to development opportunities

- Sponsorship of professional qualifications

- Leadership and management development

- Long service award

- Refer a friend bonuses

## Skills

### Required
- Mental Health Nursing
- Learning Disability Nursing
- NMC registration
- Communication skills
- Leadership skills

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Source: [Apply at jobs.priorygroup.com](https://jobs.priorygroup.com/en/postings/847b9f15-a99a-493c-a789-84376ac95c52?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)