Inpatient Staff Nurse (Kingsholm)

NHS; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Gloucester is seeking a Registered Mental Health Nurse to provide patient care and support in an acute mental health environment. This full-time role offers a salary ranging from £31,049 to £37,796 per annum. Candidates should have relevant nursing qualifications and a commitment to ongoing professional development.

Qualifications

• Evidence of continued professional development.
• Experience in an in-patient or residential setting.
• Knowledge of Early Intervention and social inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and evaluate care plans.
• Maintain accurate written records for service users.
• Provide mentorship and preceptorship to junior nurses.

Skills

Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)

Risk assessment and management skills

Microsoft Office proficiency

Knowledge of the Mental Health Act

Education

NMC registration

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

Job summary

We\'re an acute mental health hospital in the centre of Gloucester providing inpatient services for the county of Gloucestershire.

Service users are supported by a variety of healthcare workers including nurses, doctors and allied health professionals such as psychologists, art therapists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and sports exercise therapists.

We have four wards in the main building as well as a nurse-led Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Low Secure Unit (LSU) in the grounds.

Everyone in the hospital is committed to making the admission and stay with us as pleasant as possible, and all staff work closely with both the regional Crisis and Home Treatment Teams (CHTT) and Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT) to ensure seamless services are provided.

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Main duties of the job

Clinical

• Work according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines as a named nurse or key worker taking responsibility for the assessment of care and health education needs.
• Develop, implement and evaluate care plans in conjunction with service users, carers and other professionals ensuring individual needs are met.
• As named nurse to have responsibility for undertaking mental and behavioural state examinations for own service users and service users being admitted, repeated on at least a weekly basis and clinical risk assessment and management plans.
• Assist service users to meet their personal care needs e.g. assisting with bathing and washing, as outlined in the Care Plan. This intervention may be delegated where appropriate.
• Liaise with and offer specialist assessment and advice to other agencies and professions, including participating in Multi-Agency meetings to offer advice and opinions to facilitate the ongoing treatment and care of service users and to ensure adherence to National Service Framework (NSF) guidelines.
• We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people\'s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust\'s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Details

Date posted: 01 October 2025

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 5

Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum (pro rata)

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 327-25-817

Job locations: Kingsholm Ward, Wotton Lawn Hospital, Horton Road, Gloucester, GL1 3WL

Job responsibilities

• Maintain accurate written records and statistics to ensure that service user details and details of the care given are recorded in notes and on the Trust database(s) in line with Trust policies.
• Contribute to the preparation of appropriate reports, including reports for Mental Health Act Tribunals and Mental Health Managers review meetings as required by rule 6 (1) of the Mental Health Tribunal rules.
• Provide and receive complex and sensitive information from service users, carers or other professionals and agencies, on a daily basis.
• Work with and support other members of the Multi-disciplinary team, using clinical judgements in the absence of key members of the team, including medical staff.
• Ensure that psychological intervention or treatment is offered to service users as outlined in NICE guidelines.
• De-escalation of aggression using verbal skills and physical breakaway skills.
• Leadership / Management: Support existing team members in appraisal and supervision of other team members including induction of junior staff and assessment of work based studies such as an NVQ.
• Support teaching sessions to MDT and outside agencies to implement mandatory training or to pass on specialist knowledge and skills; these sessions may be part of protected learning time.
• Contribute to service development and quality initiatives in line with local and national policies using audit and policy development.
• Undertaking other duties appropriate to the post as requested by senior managers.
• Ensure time is allocated for ongoing clinical and managerial supervision, workload management, and quality improvement.
• Provide mentorship and preceptorship to junior nurses and other team members to ensure training objectives are met.
• Implement risk assessments and management plans for people with mental health conditions.
• Take charge of the ward in the absence of senior staff for clinical, environmental and managerial aspects.
• Shift Co-ordination including allocation of resources, deployment of staff, upholding the Mental Health Act requirements, maintaining a safe environment, liaising with other disciplines, service users and carers.
• At nights and weekends undertake additional responsibilities for hospital wide issues such as bed management and staff deployment.

We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals and Return to Practice Practitioners. We also offer a level 7 (Masters) 15 credit module Preceptorship for Healthcare (AP7026).

Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the ASYE programme. The Trust aligns with UK Visa and Immigration rules for sponsorship; for more information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (sponsor information cannot be linked here).

Person Specification

Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) – Essential

• Evidence of continued professional development
• Experience in an in-patient or residential setting
• Knowledge of Early Intervention, Primary Care, Recovery, CRHT and social inclusion
• Experience in Crisis Resolution Home Treatment
• Microsoft Office proficiency (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, Outlook)
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and legal aspects of care
• Risk assessment and management skills
• Knowledge of mental health assessment approaches
• Knowledge of evidence-based interventions across all phases of mental illness
• Understanding of national policy on mental health
• Statutory and mandatory training including PMVA/PBM/Breakaway (subject to Health clearance)
• Flexible to cover a 24/7 service

Desirable

• Formal post-registration learning
• Collaborative experience with other agencies including voluntary sector
• Preceptorship programme completion
• Ability to travel around locality; driving may be required
• Social factors knowledge (accommodation, substance misuse, domestic violence, welfare rights)
• Child care / protection knowledge
• Up-to-date clinical knowledge including risk, dual diagnosis and health and social care needs

NMC Pin – Essential

• NMC

Disclosure and Sponsorship

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and a Disclosure to the DBS will be required.

Applications from job seekers who require Skilled Worker sponsorship are welcome. For information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website. Guidance on overseas criminal records checks is available.

UK Registration: Applicants must have current UK professional registration. See NHS Careers website for details.

Employer details

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Kingsholm Ward, Wotton Lawn Hospital, Horton Road, Gloucester, GL1 3WL

Employer\'s website: https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/