Band 5 Mental Health Staff Nurse

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

The closing date is 13 May 2025

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Job summary

If you are newly qualified or already a Band 5 Nurse, who wants the opportunity to be developed and make a difference, we are looking for nurses to join our dedicated team on the Dragonfly Unit, based at Carlton Court, Suffolk.

The Dragonfly Unit is a general adolescent unit, for young people between the ages of 12-17, working with both males and females. We have 12 beds on our unit and work with young people who have a wide range of mental health problems and eating disorders.

We are looking for a Band 5 Nurse who has skills in working with children, young people and their families and carers. CAMHS experience would be especially welcome as would knowledge of attachment, child development and working systemically. Whilst experience in working with children and young people would make you perfectly suited to this role, we are really open to welcoming people from clinical backgrounds who have experience in other areas. We would like individuals to be well motivated, have good interpersonal skills, personal resilience, and an enthusiasm for working with children and their families who are going through a difficult and stressful periods in their lives, in terms of their mental health and well-being.

Main duties of the job

You will be working within an inpatient service with a focus on a recovery approach. You will have the opportunity to lead and direct the structure and focus of the ward routine for service users and staff and contribute to service developments bridging inpatient and community services.

As a Band 5 Nurse at Dragonfly, you will have the opportunity to develop both clinical and leadership skills in an exciting and dynamic environment.

Come and join us as we strive for excellence!

As part of our ongoing strive for excellence we are developing a 'care team' approach to patient centred care. We're looking for a hands-on, flexible nurse who is skilled at developing therapeutic relationships. You would be involved in the planning and delivering of interventions to support goal-based recovery plans.

It can be a challenging environment at times, so we need clinicians with a positive attitude, compassion, resilience, and a hands-on approach. It is vital that the clinician is reflective around issues of power and difference, see the importance of working across systems, and can do that effectively.

If you have the drive to provide excellent care, can demonstrate high quality clinical skills and are willing to go the extra mile to help make a difference to people's lives then we would love to hear from you.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Date posted

29 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year gross per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

246-CFYPN6706941-C

Job locations

Dragonfly Unit - Carlton Court

St. Peters Road, Carlton Colville

Lowestoft

NR33 8AG


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

  • NHS pension
  • a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
  • career progression
  • starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
  • staff physio service
  • NHS discounts and many more

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Interview dates are to be confirmed and candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days notice.

You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

  • NHS pension
  • a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
  • career progression
  • starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
  • staff physio service
  • NHS discounts and many more

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Interview dates are to be confirmed and candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days notice.

You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Nursing degree or equivalent RN(MH)
  • Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake training

Experience

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to work regularly unsupervised
  • Good verbal and written skills
  • Ability to use own initiative

Other

Essential

  • Flexibility of duty and hours over a 24hr 7 day a week period
  • Ability to travel independently
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Nursing degree or equivalent RN(MH)
  • Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake training

Experience

Desirable

  • Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to work regularly unsupervised
  • Good verbal and written skills
  • Ability to use own initiative

Other

Essential

  • Flexibility of duty and hours over a 24hr 7 day a week period
  • Ability to travel independently

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 dependants (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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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 dependants (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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Dragonfly Unit - Carlton Court

St. Peters Road, Carlton Colville

Lowestoft

NR33 8AG


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Dragonfly Unit - Carlton Court

St. Peters Road, Carlton Colville

Lowestoft

NR33 8AG


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Modern Matron & Operational Lead

Karen Newberry

karen.newberry@nsft.nhs.uk

01502527400

Date posted

29 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year gross per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

246-CFYPN6706941-C

Job locations

Dragonfly Unit - Carlton Court

St. Peters Road, Carlton Colville

Lowestoft

NR33 8AG


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