The Registered Nurse's responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Ensure that service users are at the heart of the care delivery and their wishes and preferences enhance their wellbeing


• Undertake the care planning activities for service users to meet changing physical, psychological and social needs, taking into consideration privacy, dignity, personal choice and informed consent


• Ensure care plans are developed in collaboration with service users, their families and friends (where appropriate) and members of the multidisciplinary team


• Undertake all aspects of medicine management in line with legal, professional and regulatory requirements


• Be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of those individuals supported by the service

Working with others:

• Develop effective working relationships with all employees within the service


• Work in cooperation with members of the multidisciplinary teams to maximise opportunities for service users in the service

Other duties and responsibilities to be undertaken may include any (or all) of the items in the following list:

• Seek opportunities for personal and professional growth


• Work within the NMC Code of Conduct


• To provide leadership to the care and nursing functions of the service


• To provide nursing care in accordance with current best practice, according to policy and procedures, agreed standards, legislative requirements, relevant regulations under the direction of the Manager and within the financial plans agreed from time-to-time

Personal and professional development:

• Attend statutory training and any other training as directed by management


• Be registered with the NMC and work within the Code of Conduct


• To comply with NMC requirements for revalidation every three years; this will require (among other measures) obtaining practice-based feedback, reflective discussions, written self-reflections on practice, and obtaining confirming evidence of continued adherence to the NMC codes of practice from a health care professional, normally the line manager