Mental Health Staff Nurse

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust; Dewsbury; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust is seeking a Band 5 Mental Health Staff Nurse to provide patient-centred care within a ward setting. You will be part of a compassionate, dedicated team committed to dignity and wellbeing, delivering nursing care, assessments and care planning while engaging patients and families.

You will work with the multidisciplinary team, prioritise safety, participate in governance and CPD, and support junior staff to uphold high standards of care.

Qualifications

• Qualified Staff Nurse or newly qualified preceptee nurse.
• NMC registration.
• Strong team-working skills.
• High level of self-motivation and a flexible approach.
• Positive attitude and naturally caring and compassionate.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care within the ward environment, acting as a named nurse.
• Assess, plan, and deliver nursing care in collaboration with patients and families/carers.
• Accurately observe, communicate with, and engage service users to assess their needs and evaluate progress.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and clinical governance processes.
• Monitor and review Nursing Care plans and advocate for patients.
• Oversee and support junior staff in implementing planned care.

Skills

Teamwork

Self-motivation

Flexible approach

Compassionate

Job description

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Mental Health Staff Nurse

The closing date is 13 November 2026

You will be part of acompassionate & dedicated team who are committed to our patientswellbeing, respect and dignity. We love to make a difference and give ourpatients a positive hospital experience.

Providing nursing care withinthe ward environment, including acting as a named nurse for a defined group ofpatients

Assessing, planning, anddelivering nursing care in collaboration with patients and theirfamilies/carers, ensuring it reflects individual needs and preferences

Accurately observing,communicating with, and engaging service users to assess their needs andevaluate their progress

Actively participating inquality improvement initiatives and clinical governance processes

Monitor and review NursingCare plans & acting as an advocate for the patients.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged tohave their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a qualifiedStaff Nurse or newly qualified preceptee nurse who is able to deliver excellentclinical and organisational skills. The post holder will be dynamic and have aclear vision of what excellent patient care looks and feels like.

As a Registered Mental HealthNurse or Newly Qualified Nursing Preceptee (RMN), you will provideperson-centred care by assessing, planning, delivering and evaluating nursingcare tailored to patients' individual needs. Monitor patient progress, updatecare plans, respond to changes in condition, and work collaboratively with themultidisciplinary team to ensure safe and effective care.

Prioritise and delegatenursing responsibilities, maintain professional standards by adhering tosafeguarding, medicines management, the NMC Code, and organisational policies.Committed to continuous professional development, you will participate inclinical supervision and strive to deliver high-quality, compassionate carewhile promoting positive outcomes for patients and their families.

Relevant nursing qualificationor preceptee nurse in their first nursing role.

NMC registration.

Strong team-working skills.

High level of self-motivationand a flexible approach.

Positive attitude and benaturally caring and compassionate.

Commitment to high-qualitycare and to values and evidence-based practice.

About us

Weare a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental healthand learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and arethe lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission isto help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do thisby providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employstaff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make adifference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourageand welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we valuediversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Beinga foundation Trust means were accountable to ourmembers, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people(including staff) are members of our Trust.

Joinus and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improvingthe mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet andhelp each year.

Weare committedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people andvulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share thiscommitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

This is a generic band 5 staff nurse job description designed to reflect mental health services Trust-wide.

Individuals will be expected to:

To contribute to an integrated team of staff in providing a high quality of care and treatment both on an individual basis and with a purposeful group programme within a core facility.

Have an understanding of and a commitment to the philosophy mental health or learning disability services and the local service provision.

Be responsible and accountable for the Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of treatment and care for defined service users within the pathway.

Utilise core nursing / specialist skills within the role of primary nurse.

Contribute specific professional support and advice to the team, service users and carers.

Work in partnership with other teams within and outside of the organisation.

Oversee and support junior members of staff in implementing planned treatment and care.

Support the Management Team in carrying out their duties.

KEY RESULT AREAS:

• To work flexibly to cover shifts to provide a 365 day per year service
• Act as shift co-ordinator as required and to participate in the planning and co-ordinating of the shift to ensure smooth and effective running of the service and role model best practice
• Co-ordinate and lead the team to make effective use of team skills to provide the best possible standards of care and treatment / interventions
• To prioritise workload in keeping with the team and service objectives
• Take full involvement as a primary nurse by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment / care for named service users
• To actively participate and contribute to service users reviews, ward rounds, meetings as applicable
• To provide care and specific interventions for other service users as allocated on a daily basis, and directly in accordance with their written care plan

Communication

• Maintain accurate and up to date care plans for each service user
• Maintain effective use of systems for service user and carer documentation
• Contribute to keeping statistical service records, be involved in the evaluation process, as required by the manager
• Develop good working relationships with consultants, their teams and other trust teams and services to ensure effective service delivery and best use of resources
• Develop positive relationships with non-statutory and voluntary agencies to develop working partnerships as appropriate to the service development and local delivery
• Positively embrace service user / carer involvement in all aspects of service delivery wherever and whenever possible
• Inform all service users of their right to access their care plan, and to actively encourage them to read, write / evaluate their care plan
• In conjunction with the team contribute constructively to develop and communicate a shared philosophy of culture and practice
• To work within the boundaries of accountability and confidentiality

Human Resources / Supervision / Management

• Know, maintain and constantly strive to improve all standards of care and procedures (written and implicit) within the team
• Ensure that high standards of care are maintained by self and peers
• To provide direction, guidance and support to junior staff
• Participate in and provide clinical supervision
• Participate in and provide managerial supervision
• Participate and be actively involved in team reflective forums / sessions
• To be involved in the induction programme for all new starters.

For full job description, please see attached supporting documents.