Staff Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 20/08/2026
- Closes
- 03/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Band 5 Staff Nurse at Wathwood Hospital, a medium secure forensic mental health facility. The nurse will provide person-centred care, act as a named nurse for patients, and lead and coordinate shifts. It requires working a 7-day, 24-hour shift pattern, including nights, and involves working within a multi-disciplinary team to support patients' recovery journeys. The ideal candidate will be compassionate, hardworking, and resilient.
Key responsibilities
- Lead and coordinate shifts, ensuring all necessary information is collated and acted upon.
- Promote and maintain the highest standard of care, supervising junior staff.
- Make primary nursing assessments and act as a named nurse for allocated patients.
- Assist with setting and monitoring clinical standards within the immediate clinical area.
- Maintain strict confidentiality of patient information and delegate tasks appropriately.
- Ensure safe custody and administration of medicines in line with policies.
Essential criteria
- RMN (RN(M)) or working towards mental health nursing qualification
- Experience of working in a mental health setting
- Understand current mental health legislation
- Understand Clinical Risk Assessment
- Experience of planning and being in charge of a ward
- Evidence of empathetic/non-judgmental attitude
- Evidence of ability to work under stress and manage stressful situations
- Have a commitment to personal development/motivated
- Evidence of ability to work within a Multi-Disciplinary Team
- Ability to function within a team
- Good oral and written communication
- Ability to develop professional working relationships with a challenging patient group
- Evidence of good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients' nursing care
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of Post Registration Development/Accredited Training/Courses
- Aware of National and Local Issues impacting on Nursing Care
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 11d ago · Closes in 4d
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Job summary
We are recruiting Band 3 Staff Nurses to join our teams at Wathwood Hospital.
Wathwood Hospital is a regional medium secure hospital and part of the forensic care group which includes other Low, medium and high secure services. We pride ourselves on providing a high standard of person-centred care.
We are seeking to recruit B5 RMNs to join our fantastic and well established multi-disciplinary teams. As a staff nurse you will be allocated to a ward and work as part of a skilled team of nurses and Healthcare assistants providing safe and effective care to our patients. You will have named nurse responsibility and oversee the care of a small number of patients allocated to you. You will lead and coordinate the shift and be able to prioritise and delegate responsibilities as necessary. We are looking for staff nurses who are compassionate but who have a firm and fair approach. Working in forensic services can be challenging and you will need to be hardworking and resilient.
Interviews for this vacancy will be held on the 23 September 2026.
Main duties of the job
Applicants will need to:
Have excellent interpersonal skillsThe ability to work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary teamBe committed to providing the highest standards of carePromote and maintain high standards of care through excellent communication, motivation, supervision and role modelling
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