Registered Mental Health Nurse Band 5 | South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS mental health service provider in the UK is seeking a proactive RMN to join their team. This position involves delivering high-quality, person-centred care in a female PICU, supervising junior staff, and contributing to professional development through additional training. Applicants should have a current NMC registration and experience in mental health care. The role offers opportunities for personal and professional growth in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Specialized training programs

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Must hold a current NMC registration.
• Experience in providing mental health care is essential.
• Strong communication skills needed.

Responsibilities

• Deliver safe nursing care and high standards of practice.
• Develop and evaluate care plans collaboratively with service users.
• Supervise and support junior staff in providing care.

Skills

Evidence-based practice

Person-centred care

Clinical excellence

Risk assessment

Collaborative working

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse qualification

Relevant training in mental health

Job description

Overview

We are currently looking for a positive, proactive, experienced RMN to join our Team, Eileen Skellern (ES1), 10-bedded female PICU – Mausdley Hospital. It operates as a specially designed unit situated at the Maudsley Hospital, staffed by a dedicated multidisciplinary team on a 24/7 basis.

Responsibilities

• Working as part of the clinical team, the post holder will make appropriate use of the latest evidence-based practice to deliver person-centred care within the team and across all inpatient wards.
• Deliver high-quality, safe nursing care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.
• Provide care for presenting service users from initial contact and assessment, formulating and delivering care plans, and evaluating of care. Assess the risks and needs of service users to plan and evaluate care using a collaborative approach with service users and their carers.
• Coordinate a first-class service that includes assessment and monitoring of physical health, maintaining service users' rights, supervising junior staff and students, working collaboratively within multi-disciplinary teams, and maintaining a safe and therapeutic working environment and accurate records.
• Effectively screen referrals and initial data collection.
• Monitor individual service user / patient progress.
• Feedback and discussion within the team and collaborating with other teams and individuals to promote learning and personal development.
• Devising a plan of care and interventions supervised by a Clinical Charge Nurse.
• Leading on and directing junior to staff in providing hands‑on care to service users, including undertaking 1‑1 engagement with service users in an honest, open, and non‑judgmental manner.
• Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the importance of maintaining the service user’s respect and dignity at all times and ensuring that the care provided respects equality and developing care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patient care documentation, working in partnership with service users, wider MDT and friends/relatives/significant others.
• Ensuring the monitoring and recording of service user clinical observations such as physical observations and vital signs, and treating or escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that do not fulfill the personal parameters to the relevant professional for treatment. Promote healthy lifestyles and give health promotion advice and implement the principles of ‘recovery’: encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest. Where appropriate, contributing to psychological care.
• Facilitating the admission and discharge of service users in line with the Pan London section 136 pathway, ensuring the needs of the patient and service, including relevant legislative or required documentation, are met.
• Advocating for service users’ needs and rights within the Trust, encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.
• Regularly liaising with other professionals such as the Police, Acute Referral Centre, Psychiatric Liaison services, and other mental health organisations to ensure effective patient assessments are carried out to achieve a safe and positive outcome.
• Supporting the Trust’s commitment to minimising the use of forceful and restrictive practices across the services to improve the quality of life for those service users who may be at risk of restrictive practices.

Job Details

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) provides the widest range of NHS mental health services in the UK as well as substance misuse services for people who are addicted to drugs and alcohol. We work closely with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IoPPN), King's College London and are part of King's Health Partners Academic Health Sciences Centre. SLaM employs around 5,000 staff and serves a local population of 1.1 million people, with more than 230 services including inpatient wards, outpatient and community services.

Professional Development

There is a high level of opportunity to develop as a band 5 nurse. We offer additional training that is specialised to our service, giving you risk assessment and risk management skills which are invaluable in the mental health profession, including development of care plans and interventions, supervision of junior staff, and leadership within multidisciplinary teams.

This advert closes on Tuesday 25 Nov 2025