Registered Staff Nurse

Hertfordshire Partnership University Nhs Foundation Trust; Radlett; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Induction programme

Regular supervision

Training and leadership programmes

Staff wellbeing support

5% HCAS allowance

27 days holiday rising to 33

NHS Pension scheme

NHS Car Lease Scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 Staff Nurse for Swift Ward, an Adult Acute Mental Health Inpatient Service in Radlett, Hertfordshire.

You will be a registered Mental Health Nurse with NHS experience, delivering compassionate, patient-centred care within a multidisciplinary team. The role offers a supportive induction, supervision, and opportunities for leadership and professional development.

Qualifications

• RMN/learning disabilities nursing qualification required.
• Live NMC registration.
• Mentorship and preceptorship after one year are desirable.

Responsibilities

• Manage clinical aspects of Band 5 Staff Nurse role and participate in care planning with MDT.
• Liaise with colleagues and carers to ensure awareness of care plans.
• Contribute to patient recovery, wellbeing and ongoing assessment.
• Identify care needs and plan, implement and evaluate care and risk assessments.

Skills

RMN Dip (Mental Health)

NMC registration

Mentorship after one year

Education

RMN / Dip (Mental Health) qualification

Job description

Job summary

Are you a registered Mental Health Nurse? Do you have NHS experience?

Join an outstanding Mental Health Trust!

Swift Ward Adult Acute Assessment Ward - 18 Bedded Male Only

The successful candidates will:

• hold a mental health nursing or learning disabilities nursing qualification


• have NHS experience

If you meet these criteria, we'd love to hear from you!

We are looking for enthusiastic and compassionate Staff Nurses to join our Adult Acute Mental Health Inpatient Service. This is a meaningful opportunity to support individuals at a critical point in their recovery journey, offering care that is safe, collaborative and person-centred.

As a Staff Nurse, you will play an essential role in delivering high-quality nursing care, building therapeutic relationships, and supporting service users to achieve their goals. You will work as part of a skilled and supportive multi-disciplinary team, where your ideas, professional growth and wellbeing are valued.

Whether you are newly qualified, returning to practice, or looking for a new challenge in a supportive and forward-thinking environment, we would be delighted to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

We are seeking individuals who:

• Demonstrate empathy, professionalism and the ability to build positive rapport with service users and carers


• Are committed to providing trauma-informed, culturally competent, and recovery-focused care


• Are able to work effectively as part of a diverse and dedicated team


• Are reflective, open to learning and keen to develop clinical confidence and leadership skills


• Live our Trust values: Welcoming, Kind, Positive, Respectful and Professional

In return, we can offer you:

• A supportive induction programme tailored to your experience


• Regular clinical and managerial supervision


• Access to training, development and leadership programmes


• Opportunities to gain experience in a range of clinical interventions and therapeutic approaches


• Staff wellbeing support and reflective practice spaces


• 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement


• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)


• One of the UK's best pension schemes


• NHS Car Lease Scheme (for substantive staff)


• Employee Assistance Programme

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Details

Date posted: 19 August 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 5

Salary: £33,677 to £40,996 a year

Per annum, Pro rata (5% HCAS Included)

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 367-A&UC-101542-A

Job locations:

• Swift Ward, Kingfisher Court, Radlett, WD7 9HQ


• Kingfisher Court


• Radlett, Hertfordshire


• WD7 9HQ


• United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• In addition to managing the clinical aspects of being a Band 5 Staff Nurse, you will take an active part in the assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for service users in collaboration with inpatient multi-disciplinary services.


• You will be liaising with colleagues and carers, ensuring they are fully aware of all aspects of a service users care and treatment.


• You will have effective communication skills and be able to contribute towards patient recovery and wellbeing.


• You will be able to identify individuals' care needs.


• You will be planning, implementing and evaluating care plans and risk assessments in collaboration with other teams and professionals.


• You will be maintaining lines of communication with all departments and staff involved in a service users care. Reporting on progress and effectiveness to the appropriate MDT.

For a more detailed description, please see attached JD and PS.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RMN\\Dip (Mental Health)


• Live registration with NMC


• Mentorship & Preceptorship after one year

Desirable

• Appropriate post registration qualification


• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Skills\\knowledge

Essential

• Detailed knowledge of legislation and practise guidelines concerning Adult Acute Mental Health


• Ability to develop professional relationships with staff, service users and all other stakeholders


• Ability to lead and motivate others


• Provision of effective clinical supervision


• Excellent communications skills - written, verbal and able to complete computer data entry and recording


• Good team worker, able to demonstrate organisational skills


• Awareness of budgetary needs of the service

Desirable

• Ability to participate in training of others - students and other team members


• Working with people detained under the Mental Health Act (1983)

Aptitude

Essential

• Ability to identify priorities of service and the need to deliver a high standard of care


• Ability to demonstrate flexibility in approach to solutions of service needs

Desirable

• Ability to work with resources available


• Demonstrate ability to manage ward on a shift by shift basis

Professional

Essential

• Maintains a high standard of care delivery


• Detailed awareness of current issues in Acute Mental Health


• Ability to support and educate others in their professional development


• Ability to act as a mentor to students, nurses and healthcare assistants

Other

Essential

• Participate in preceptorship process


• Maintains 'Passport to Practice'


• Ability to participate in staff supervision, where appropriate to act as clinical supervisor

Desirable

• Ability to support others with their 'Passport to Practice'


• Appropriate training taken up

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details

Employer name: Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Swift Ward, Kingfisher Court, Radlett, WD7 9HQ

Kingfisher Court

Radlett, Hertfordshire

WD7 9HQ

United Kingdom

Employer's website: https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Inpatient Manager

Oluwadamilola Oshodi

[e-mail]

07929090668

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