Mental health Lead Nurse, Emergency Department

NHS; Southall; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Mental Health Lead Nurse to oversee quality care in the Emergency Department. Ideal candidates are experienced RMNs with strong leadership and communication skills. Responsibilities include collaborating with nursing teams and ensuring optimal care for mental health patients. This role offers a vibrant work environment with significant opportunities for professional impact.

Qualifications

• Experience in acute psychiatric settings.
• Proven ability to assess health needs of mental health patients.
• Able to take on leadership responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a quality service within the Emergency Department.
• Ensure RMNs and HCAs provide optimal patient support.
• Work closely with the senior nursing team and the Liaison Psychiatry team.

Skills

Good communication skills

Leadership skills

Risk assessment and management

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)

Degree level education

Courses related to Mental Health

Job description

Go back London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

Mental health Lead Nurse, Emergency Department

The closing date is 08 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has opened in the Emergency Department at Ealing hospital, for a Band 6 Senior RMN post. You will be joining an innovative and vibrant Emergency and Ambulatory Service within the Trust. You'll help to shape service developments that raise the bar even higher and assisting in delivering quality care to patient requiring mental health support.

Within the post you should be a highly skilled professional who can make their own mark within our services. You will be a leader who is committed and visionary with the ability to develop and implement revised ways of working to deliver improved patient care and organizational efficiencies.

You will have extremely good people skills and the ability to take services forward as you will be working closely with the nurse in charge to ensure that all Mental health patients have the right level of support while in the emergency department. You will also be working closely with the RMNs, HCAs and security allocated as 1:1s to ensure they are giving the correct support to our mental health patients and ensuring all documentations are updated and completed.

We're one big team with countless possibilities and will like you to join us if you meet the criteria.

Main duties of the job

Based within the London North West University Healthcare Trust, the post-holder will work with the senior nursing team in the Emergency Department to deliver a service which is evidence based, has a reputation for quality and ensures that all available resources are utilised efficiently and within budget.

The post holder will be employed by London North West Healthcare University NHS Trust (LNWHUT) and will be accountable to LNWHUT. Supervision will be in partnership with LNWH and CNWL. They will assist in the provision of day to day advice and guidance on the care of patients' requiring one to one and mental health needs within the Emergency department at Ealing Hospital. The post holder will ensure that the RMNs and HCAs undertaking 1:1s are performing at their optimum level and that the team is delivering a responsive, high quality and patient friendly service.

The post holder will work very closely with the Liaison Psychiatry team at Ealing Hospital, Enhanced observation team and the Nurse in charge of the Emergency Department ensuring that all patients who are on one to one are reviewed and that they still require being on observation levels. They will participate in the care planning for patients on one to one observations and ensure the RMNs and health care assistants are working in accordance to trust policies.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with current registration
• Educated to degree level
• Other courses related to Mental Health

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience (as a qualified nurse) in acute psychiatric setting
• Good Communication and leadership skills
• Able to assess health needs of Mental Health patients with the Emergency Department
• Risk assessment and management skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust