Registered Mental Health Nurse | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust; Uxbridge; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS healthcare provider in Uxbridge seeks a Band 5 Nurse to deliver high-quality nursing care and ensure patient safety. The successful candidate will support clinical effectiveness within a dynamic team while engaging in development opportunities. The role offers flexible hours and excellent staff benefits, including childcare vouchers and health services. This is a chance to contribute to innovative mental health care in a vibrant community.

Benefits

Childcare vouchers

Health and wellbeing services

Cycle-to-work scheme

Flexible shift working hours

Qualifications

• NMC registration required.
• Experience in mental health care preferred.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based nursing care.
• Ensure patient safety through clinical judgement.
• Act as patient advocate in multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Clinical judgement and risk assessments

Safeguarding skills

Communication skills

Evidence-based nursing care

Education

Nursing degree

NMC registration

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has opened up for you to join our accredited wards at Riverside Centre. At CNWL, we are committed to working at the highest standards of clinical excellence, and at Riverside, our wards are AIMS accredited (Accreditation for Inpatient Mental Health Services), and this has been recognised and awarded to us by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

Through our training and development opportunities, many of our Band 5 Nurses have been promoted to Band 6 roles, and we are also supporting Nurses to complete further training to develop their careers. We are committed to promoting staff development and retention and will offer you these same opportunities.

All our wards are currently engaging in Quality Improvement projects as we continually seek to improve service-user experiences and provide high-quality outcomes. You will have the opportunity to engage in these projects and be supported to identify new ones as we continue to evolve. Moreover, our new ward will provide ample scope for progression into more clinical and managerial positions, enabling you to broaden your horizons and take on new challenges.

In return, you will be offered:

• Opportunities to shadow other services across our site, including HTT, CMHT, low-secure unit, first-response service and our highly specialised mother & baby unit
• Development opportunities to help you progress in your career, i.e. secondment opportunities, rotations, funded courses
• Career mapping with a focus on your progression and development within the service
• Flexible shift working hours to provide a healthy work-life balance
• Working within a dynamic team with visibility of the Senior Management Team (Matron, Service Manager & Borough Director)
• Excellent staff benefits: our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include childcare vouchers, health and wellbeing services, season ticket loans and a cycle-to-work scheme
• Award-winning Staff Networks
• Hidden Gem & annual award ceremonies

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust, we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and, of course, patients and service users when working in our healthcare settings.

SSituated in the vibrant borough of Hillingdon, London, our ward offers an incredible location to live and work. Hillingdon is renowned for its rich cultural diversity, thriving arts scene, and numerous recreational amenities. There is always something exciting to explore during your downtime.

The borough is well-connected with excellent transportation links, allowing for easy access to Central London and beyond. Hillingdon is a place where you can thrive both professionally and personally, surrounded by a lively community and endless opportunities for leisure and entertainment.

Join us on this ground-breaking journey as we shape the future of mental healthcare.

Key Responsibilities

Central and North West London NHS Trust is committed to providing safe, effective services and providing patients and families with a positive experience.

Patient Safety

Band 5 nurses contribute to the provision of safe and reliable services by:

• Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as safe as possible
• Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their limits and asking for help, and escalating concerns when necessary
• Escalating safety concerns and, by doing so, acting as effective advocates for those who use our services
• Being open and transparent about their practice
• Supervising the work of other
• Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made
• Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement
• Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records
• Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training

The NMC plays an important role in safeguarding the public by regulating the work of nurses, and all nurses, including Band 5 nurses, are expected to register with the NMC each year and adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct.

Clinical Outcomes

Band 5 nurses contribute to the effectiveness of services by:

• Providing skilled, evidence-based nursing care which adheres to agreed policies and procedures
• Working with patients and families in all stages of the care planning process, including assessing risks and needs
• Acting as patient advocates in the multi-disciplinary team and overseeing the work of others to ensure that they are also responding to the needs of patients and providing clinically effective care
• Working as autonomous practitioners and taking responsibility for the care they give to patients but within their limits of competency and confidence
• Contributing to creating and maintaining high-performing teams by: communicating well with all members of the team, understanding their role in the team and how they help the team achieve its objectives, reflecting on their practice regularly and encouraging the whole team to reflect on their practices in handovers and team meetings, identifying how care could be improved

This advert closes on Thursday 2 Oct 2025