Staff Nurse

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Radlett; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health trust in Radlett is seeking a Band 5 Staff Nurse to manage clinical care for individuals with mental health issues. Candidates should hold a relevant mental health nursing qualification and have NHS experience. Responsibilities include assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care, maintaining effective communication and collaboration with colleagues. The role offers a supportive induction program, training opportunities, and a generous holiday allowance. Come join a compassionate team committed to person-centered care.

Benefits

Regular clinical and managerial supervision

Access to training and development programs

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Hold a mental health nursing or learning disabilities nursing qualification.
• Have NHS experience.
• Live registration with the NMC.
• Have appropriate UK professional registration.

Responsibilities

• Manage clinical aspects of being a Band 5 Staff Nurse.
• Participate in assessment, treatment, planning, and evaluation of care.
• Liaise with colleagues, ensuring they are aware of service user’s care.
• Identify individuals' care needs and plan necessary care.

Skills

Empathy

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Mental health nursing

Education

Mental health nursing or learning disabilities nursing qualification

Post-registration qualification

Job description

About the Trust

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission. We 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. We are rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year. This year, our staff rated us the 4th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff feel supported through development, wellbeing and work‑life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values‑driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional.

Prerequisites

• Hold a mental health nursing or learning disabilities nursing qualification
• Have NHS experience
• Live registration with the NMC
• Have appropriate UK professional registration

Key Responsibilities

• Manage clinical aspects of being a Band 5 Staff Nurse
• Take an active part in assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for service users in collaboration with inpatient multi‑disciplinary services
• Liaise with colleagues and carers, ensuring they are fully aware of all aspects of a service user’s care and treatment
• Maintain effective communication skills and contribute towards patient recovery and wellbeing
• Identify individuals’ care needs
• Plan, implement and evaluate care plans and risk assessments in collaboration with other teams and professionals
• Maintain lines of communication with all departments and staff involved in a service user’s care, reporting on progress and effectiveness to the appropriate MDT
• Demonstrate empathy, professionalism and the ability to build positive rapport with service users and carers
• Provide trauma‑informed, culturally competent, and recovery‑focused care
• Work effectively as part of a diverse and dedicated team
• Reflective, open to learning and keen to develop clinical confidence and leadership skills
• Live our Trust values: Welcoming, Kind, Positive, Respectful and Professional
• Participate in mentorship and preceptorship after one year

Desirable Criteria

• Appropriate post‑registration qualification
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
• Detailed knowledge of legislation and practice 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 communication skills – written, verbal and ability to complete computer data entry and recording
• Good team worker, able to demonstrate organisational skills
• Awareness of budgetary needs of the service
• Ability to participate in training of others – students and other team members
• Working with people detained under the Mental Health Act (1983)
• 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
• Ability to work with resources available
• Demonstrate ability to manage ward on a shift‑by‑shift basis, maintaining 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, participate in preceptorship process
• Maintains ‘Passport to Practice’
• Ability to participate in staff supervision, where appropriate to act as clinical supervisor
• Ability to support others with their ‘Passport to Practice’

Benefits

• 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