Band 5 Staff Nurse - Salisbury
The closing date is 20 August 2025
Job summary
Would you like to work in a caring friendly environment and make a difference to people's lives? Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse looking for a change? If so we have fantastic opportunities foryou.
We are looking for like-minded enthusiastic and dedicated Registered Mental Health nurses who share our visions and values.
Amblescroft North is a 20 bedded later life ward, this is an excellent opportunity to work with service users presenting with a range of mental health needs in crisis.
If you are successful you will be involved with a supportive and cohesive multi-disciplinary team caring for service users on an inpatient later life ward. You will care for your patients holistically, involving carers and relatives and work alongside medical and therapies staff. You will be able to adapt quickly to changing situations and provide high quality care toyour patients. You will have excellent communication skills, be able to demonstrate shift coordination and show competent nursing abilities within the clinical area to both registered and unregistered staff. You will be able to demonstrate effectiveness in ensuring continuity of care and implementation of trust policies.
Main duties of the job
To carry out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high qualityevidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, interventions and evaluations forpatients is provided. This will include:o Undertaking a comprehensive, person-centred, nursing assessment and prepare care plans in consultation with the service users to provide the best nursing care.o Implementation of care and rehabilitation programme.o Evaluation of effectiveness of care provided in partnership with users.o Ability to implement research-based practice.o Following successful completion of preceptorship, ability to supervise junior and unqualified staff.o Ability to administer medicine within relevant Trust and legislative guidance e.g. NMCStandards for Medicines Management 2010 and the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.o Ability to undertake risk assessment and develop risk management strategies forindividual clients; ICPA/SAP to people who present with mental health problems.o Demonstrate a working knowledge of the key elements of relevant mental Health Legislation.o Ensure the ordering storage, administration and disposal of medication complies with relevant trust and legislative guidance e.g. NMC Standards for Medicines Management 2010,Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and MHA (1983).
About us
We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust) a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.
Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Details
Date posted
06 August 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£31,049 to £37,796 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
342-WTS156-0825
Job locations
Fountain Way Hospital
Wilton road
Wiltshire
SP2 7FD
Employer details
Employer name
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address
Fountain Way Hospital
Wilton road
Wiltshire
SP2 7FD
Employer's website
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