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Staff Nurse - Band 5

Job summary

• Main area: Mental Health Nurse
• Contract: Full-time (37.5 hours per week)
• Job reference: 222-LS-ICS-401
• Site: Jubilee Ward
• Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
• Application end date: Wednesday 25 June 2025

West London NHS Trust provides a range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.

We also provide some specialist services that are commissioned regionally, such as our medium secure services, and nationally, such as the Cassel Hospital for people with complex and severe personality disorder, and our high secure services at Broadmoor Hospital.

Job overview

Are you a registered mental health nurse looking for a new challenge in a specialist ward?

Come and join our multi-disciplinary teams who work together to help people maintain their dignity and maintain a good quality and meaningful life. We are looking for a registered mental health nurse who is passionate about caring and committed to delivering the highest quality of care. To thrive in this role, you need to be resilient, motivated, and committed to adapting to working in an ever-changing environment. For further information, please read the attached Job Description and Personal Specification.

Main duties of the job

• To develop and maintain communication with individuals and/or groups of patients, carers, and staff, about difficult matters and/or in difficult situations
• To develop own knowledge and skills and contribute to the development of others
• To promote, monitor, and maintain the best health, safety, and security of self and others in the work area
• To contribute to the improvement of the service
• To contribute to improving quality
• To support people’s equality, diversity, and rights
• To contribute to promoting health and wellbeing and preventing adverse effects on health and wellbeing
• To assess health and wellbeing needs and develop, monitor, and review care plans to meet specific needs
• To plan, deliver, and evaluate care to meet people’s health and well-being needs
• To transport people and/or items
• To input, store, and provide data and information
• To monitor expenditure
• To supervise people’s work

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and   Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m. 

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed. 

Person specification

Qualifications and training

Essential criteria

• Registered Mental Health Nurse registered on the NMC register
• Working towards a Mentorship qualification.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Undertake all work as guided by the NMC protocols and Code of Conduct
• Work within the Codes of Practice and Professional guidelines.
• Coordinate shifts effectively on a day-to-day basis
• Care Programme Approach Clinical supervision
• Experience of Inpatient Mental Health
• Experience in completing assessments and providing plans of care for patients who are in an acute state of crisis.

• Desirable criteria

• Experience working with individuals who have complex physical health care needs and ensuring they receive the appropriate nursing care.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

• To understand and gain experience in risk management
• Good communication skills both verbal and written
• Able to contribute to complex discussions around patients’ care
• Able to challenge decisions that are not in line with best practice
• Health Act Code of Practice and its relationship to the detention and treatment of mental health patients, understanding the relationship between restrictive practice and violence
• Clear understanding of how to engage with patients who are distressed and in crisis.

Skills and abilities

Essential criteria

• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
• To understand and have experience in risk Management
• Able to contribute to complex discussions around patients’ care
• Able to challenge decisions that are not in line with best practice
• Act Code of Practice and its relationship to the detention and treatment of mental health patients
• Understanding the relationship between restrictive practice and violence
• Clear understanding of how to engage with patients in distress

• As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.

As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.

We reserve the right to close adverts before the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.

By applying for this post, you are agreeing to West London NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, you will be required to undergo a pre-employment checks, which can take between four to eight weeks. After which, your information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system (ESR ).

Please ensure you include email addresses for your referees, who must be at supervisory or managerial capacity covering the last three years of employment to date, to avoid delay in the recruitment process.

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. For further information, visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants applying for entry clearance into the UK have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependents (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Candidate information pack

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020, and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Contact information

Name: Nitika Narad

Email: n.narad@nhs.net​​​​​​​