Staff Nurse - Oak Unit | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider in London is seeking a Registered Nurse to join their forensic learning disability team. The role involves providing patient-centered care, formulating treatment plans, and collaborating with families and multidisciplinary teams. Ideal candidates will show a passion for working with Learning Disability and Autism patients. This position offers flexible working opportunities and a supportive training package. Closing date: 28 Sep 2025.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Comprehensive training package

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a passion for Learning Disability and Autism care.
• Ability to conduct daily risk and mental state assessments.
• Experience working collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Formulate treatment plans and conduct assessments.
• Liaise with community mental health services and families.
• Lead on delivering quality nursing care tailored to service users.

Skills

Holistic care approach

Collaboration with families

Experience with Learning Disability and Autism

Clinical assessment skills

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting and unique opportunity to join the newly developed low secure 12 bedded forensic learning disability service based on Turner ward, Shaftesbury Clinic. The forensic service sits within the Specialist Service Line of the Trust. From May 2023 this unit will be housed in a state-of-the-art new secure building on the Springfield Hospital site. The ward has been adapted to deliver care and treatment to patients with intellectual (learning) disabilities who may also have Autism. All patients will have a learning disability with mental health disorder and will be detained under the Mental Health Act. Patients will have an offending history, convicted or pending offence with the courts and may also be subject to additional restrictions under the Mental Health Act. The service is provided by a full specialist multidisciplinary team equipped to effectively assess and treat coexisting mental disorders in this group and to provide appropriate therapies.

As well as offering a new and purpose-built environment to work in, this post will also offer staff members an opportunity to enhance already existing skills or develop a new skill set. We will be providing new staff members with a comprehensive and bespoke training package as part of opening the new service.

Please note: "previous applicants need not apply"

Staff members will also have access to an ongoing training package relevant to the needs of the client group and will be supported through regular clinical and managerial supervision as well as training to develop personally within the role.

If you are successful with your application, you will be working alongside our MDT, formulating treatment plans, as well as conducting daily risk and mental state assessments of patients with Learning Disability and Autism.

You will be part of the team for admissions, continued treatment and discharges pathways of patients. You will be expected to liaise with learning disability community, mental health services, families, and careers, and other third parties involved in the care of the patient.

We are looking for a nurse who will work holistically with Learning Disability and Autism service users to ensure excellent patient-centered care, aiming towards a safe discharge into the community.

We would expect you to be passionate about Learning Disability and Autism mental health patient – working in line with the good life Model, our Trust Values, as well as being able to work collaboratively with service users and their families.

Flexible working:

We are proud to offer agile and flexible working opportunities as part of our new ways of working and can discuss this at interview. In this role you will work shifts either early, late, nights or long days

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading on implementing the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.

Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support.

Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient-centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).

Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers.

Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner organisations.

Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoring service user compliance.

Escorting service users, as required, in line with Trust policies.

Facilitating the admission and discharge of service users, ensuring needs of the patient and service including relevant legislative or required documentation are completed.

Advocating for service users’ needs and rights within Trust policy. Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.

This advert closes on Sunday 28 Sep 2025