Staff Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Job share, Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 24
- Posted
- 28/08/2026
- Closes
- 11/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a motivated and professional Band 5 Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse to work in an Outstanding rated Male or Female Acute Ward at the Glenbourne Unit. The postholder will assess care needs, develop and implement care programmes, and supervise staff. You will work within the NMC code of Professional Conduct and local policies, providing high-quality, compassionate care to vulnerable individuals. The unit focuses on quality improvement and a recovery-focused environment.
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse / Diploma in Mental Health.
Desirable criteria
- ENB 998
- Multi disciplinary working
- Life experience in wide range of settings
- RMN
- Relevant working post registration experience
- Assessment Skills
- Communications Skills
- Leadership Skills
- Team Work Skills
- Management Ability
- Able to take charge
- Administration Skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Supervision of Junior Staff
- Prioritising
- Computer Skills
- Responsible and self motivated
- Able to manage own stress
- Flexible & reliable to work on rota 24/7 day service
- Empathetic
- Recreation/Diversion Skills
- Group Interaction Skills
- Change Management Skills
- Ability to recognise and support stress in others
- Mentorship or equivalent
- Mental Health Act
- Confidentiality
- Management methods
- PCF and Nursing Process
- Named Nurse responsibilities
- Administration and storage of medicines
- Statutory requirements
- Psychiatric illnesses and relevant nursing care
- Physical Intervention techniques
- Networking with other agencies
- Team nursing techniques
- Ethical issues in relation to Mental Health
- SystmOne trained
- Registered Mental Health Nurse / Diploma in Mental Health.
- ENB 998
- Multi disciplinary working
- Life experience in wide range of settings
- RMN
- Relevant working post registration experience
- Assessment Skills
- Communications Skills
- Leadership Skills
- Team Work Skills
- Management Ability
- Able to take charge
- Administration Skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Supervision of Junior Staff
- Prioritising
- Computer Skills
- Responsible and self motivated
- Able to manage own stress
- Flexible & reliable to work on rota 24/7 day service
- Empathetic
- Recreation/Diversion Skills
- Group Interaction Skills
- Change Management Skills
- Ability to recognise and support stress in others
- Mentorship or equivalent
- Mental Health Act
- Confidentiality
- Management methods
- PCF and Nursing Process
- Named Nurse responsibilities
- Administration and storage of medicines
- Statutory requirements
- Psychiatric illnesses and relevant nursing care
- Physical Intervention techniques
- Networking with other agencies
- Team nursing techniques
- Ethical issues in relation to Mental Health
- SystmOne trained
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.
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Livewell Southwest
Staff Nurse
The closing date is 11 September 2026
Job summary
Permanent
24 hours per week.
At the Glenbourne Unit we are actively recruiting motivated and professional Band 5 Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurses, including Preceptor Nurses, who are looking to work in our Outstanding rated Male and Female Acute Ward as awarded by the Care Quality Commission. Bridford Ward is a 19 bedded Female Acute Ward and Harford Ward is a 19 bedded Male Acute Ward.
Here at the Glenbourne we received an overall rating of outstanding, and we are one of only a few units of its kind to achieve this rating within the UK.
The unit was praised in particular for the compassionate care provided by staff, noting the 2015 mental health inpatient survey that rated nurses at the Glenbourne unit the highest in the country for treating patients with dignity and respect.
Our environment and organisation is supportive and driven to deliver quality, evidence based patient care, we have a clear focus on Quality Improvement and safe wards and strive to achieve a caring recovery focused environment and a supportive environment to develop in.
We are looking for clinically skilled, compassionate and caring professionals who are committed to providing care of the highest quality to some of the most vulnerable individuals known to our service.
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