Mental health Lead Nurse, Emergency Department | London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust; Southall; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Southall is seeking a Band 6 Senior RMN to enhance mental health support in the Emergency Department. The successful candidate will demonstrate strong leadership, excellent people skills, and experience in mental health care. Responsibilities include leading service developments, collaborating with nursing staff, and ensuring high-quality patient support. This is a great opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Highly skilled professional capable of leading service developments.
• Visionary with ability to implement revised care methods.
• Experience with mental health support in emergency settings.

Responsibilities

• Lead patient care service developments within the emergency department.
• Collaborate with RMNs and HCAs to provide mental health support.
• Ensure documentation for patient care is accurate and completed.

Skills

Leadership

People skills

Commitment to patient care

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) qualification

Job description

Overview

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 assist in delivering quality care to patients 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 would like you to join us if you meet the criteria.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to service developments to deliver improved patient care and organizational efficiencies.
• Collaborate with the nurse in charge to ensure appropriate support for mental health patients in the emergency department.
• Work closely with RMNs, HCAs and security on 1:1s to provide correct support and ensure documentation is updated and completed.
• Ensure RMNs and HCAs undertaking 1:1s perform at their optimum level and that the team delivers a responsive, high quality and patient-friendly service.
• Participate in care planning for patients on one-to-one observations and ensure staff work in accordance with Trust policies.

Supervision and Collaboration

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 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.

Links with Specialist Teams

The post holder will work very closely with the Liaison Psychiatry team at Ealing Hospital, the Enhanced Observation team and the Nurse in Charge of the Emergency Department to ensure that patients on one-to-one are reviewed and that they still require the current level of observation. They will participate in the care planning for patients on one-to-one observations and ensure RMNs and HCAs are working in accordance with Trust policies.

About LNWH

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.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country, providing 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, 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: 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, reflecting our important role in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

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

This advert closes on Wednesday 8 Oct 2025