Staff Nurse: Rose ward - Organic Older Persons Inpatient
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
Candidates needing sponsorship are encouraged to apply.
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“Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Staff Nurse to join Rose ward, a specialist mixed-gender inpatient unit for the assessment and treatment of organic mental health in older persons. The role involves providing quality, evidence-based, and collaborative care, interacting with service users, health and social care staff, medical professionals, and carers. You will be passionate about delivering compassionate, individualized care, driving quality improvement, and providing clinical leadership within a challenging yet dynamic mental health setting. The position requires shift work, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays, as the ward operates 24/7.
Essential criteria
- Ability to work regularly unsupervised
- Good observation and reporting skills
- Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality
- Registered Mental Health Nurse (nursing degree or equivalent)
- Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake training
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs
- Ability to work regularly unsupervised
- Good observation and reporting skills
- Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality
- Registered Mental Health Nurse (nursing degree or equivalent)
- Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake training
- Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs
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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Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Staff Nurse: Rose ward - Organic Older Persons Inpatient
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
Staff Nurse: Rose ward, Organic Older Persons' Inpatient
We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Nurse to join our team. Rose ward is a specialist mixed-gender continuing assessment ward for the assessment and treatment of organic mental health, with 13 beds.
We work hard to make sure we provide quality, evidence-based and collaborative care in all of the areas we cover. This role will include interaction and communication with a wide scope of people including service users, health and social care staff, medical and carers.
So, are you someone who is passionate about delivering compassionate and individualised care, driving quality improvement and able to provide clinical leadership within an inpatient mental health setting? If you have the qualities described above then we want you to think about coming to be a part of our team.
Main duties of the job
You will be working within an inpatient service with a focus on the safety of our patients and the quality of the care they receive. You will have the opportunity to lead and direct the structure and focus of the ward routine for service users and staff.
As a Band 5 Nurse on Rose ward you will have the opportunity to develop both clinical and leadership skills
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