Staff Nurse (Adult Mental Health - Inpatient Exeter)

Devon Partnership Nhs Trust; Exeter; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health service provider is seeking compassionate Staff Nurses to join their Adult Inpatient teams in Exeter. You will deliver high-quality, recovery-focused care within a supportive multi-disciplinary environment, providing crucial nursing support to adults with acute mental health needs. Excellent communication skills and a commitment to improving lives are essential. Opportunities for supervision and professional development are available.

Benefits

Ongoing professional development

Supportive multi-disciplinary team

Flexible working applications considered

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with passion for mental health care.
• Knowledge of recovery-focused approaches.
• Ability to manage challenging behaviours.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, compassionate nursing care.
• Support individual care plans and assessments.
• Build strong relationships with service users and families.

Skills

Compassionate care

Effective communication

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

De-escalation techniques

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

Are you a registered nurse with a passion for mental health care? We are looking for compassionate and motivated Staff Nurses (Band 5) to join our Adult Inpatient teams in Exeter. We have opportunities across three settings: The Junipers, a modern 10-bed Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) set in the tranquil grounds of Wonford House, providing specialist, short-term care for men and women with acute and complex mental health needs; and Russell Clinic, our rehabilitation and recovery ward supporting people with complex psychosis to rebuild their lives after severe mental illness, offering person-centred care using a wide range of therapeutic and recovery-focused approaches. As a Staff Nurse across our Exeter Adult Mental Health Inpatient Wards, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care to adults experiencing acute or complex mental health needs.

• Providing safe, compassionate, and recovery-focused nursing care as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Supporting the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of individual care plans.
• Administering medication and monitoring therapeutic responses in line with clinical protocols.
• Acting as a named nurse for allocated service users and maintaining accurate clinical records.
• Promoting a positive and therapeutic environment that supports recovery and rehabilitation.
• Responding effectively to challenging behaviours using de-escalation and trauma-informed approaches.
• Building strong relationships with service users, families, carers, and community services to support safe discharge planning.
• Contributing to ward activities, clinical discussions, and quality improvement initiatives.
• To manage the unit in the absence of Ward Manager / Team Leader.
• To participate in the internal rotation system including weekend working.

You’ll be supported with supervision, reflective practice, and access to ongoing professional development. Whether you’re newly qualified or experienced, you’ll be welcomed into a supportive, multidisciplinary team with access to training, development and career progression. You will need excellent communication skills and we are always looking for nurses who are keen to share new ideas and seek areas of improvement.

Organisation values and inclusion

We recruit individuals who possess and demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our core values: commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We are an inclusive employer and applications are encouraged from all sections of the community, regardless of protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part-time and flexible working applications will be considered where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health & learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Employer.

About Devon Partnership Trust

We provide mental health & learning disability services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region and nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing and strive to use the organisation’s expertise and resources, and partnerships, to deliver high quality, safe care focused on people’s recovery.