Job summary
Join Ridgeway Secure Inpatient Services as a Registered Nurse.
Ridgeway Secure Inpatient Services is seeking diverse, dynamic, and enthusiastic Registered Nurses to join our dedicated team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting the recovery, rehabilitation, and empowerment of our service users.
At Ridgeway, we provide specialist care for adults with mental health disorders, learning disabilities, or autism who present behaviours that may pose risks to themselves or others. Our service delivers individualised and comprehensive care packages within both Medium and Low Secure inpatient settings, with strong links to High Secure services and the wider justice system.
Our purpose-built facility has been designed to meet the unique needs of our service users, offering:
1. Medium and Low Secure standard environments
2. Spacious, modern accommodation
3. Ensuite bedrooms
4. Access to therapeutic, leisure, and outdoor spaces
As part of your role, you may be required to work across any of our three care pathways, with opportunities to support both male and female service users. This offers a varied, rewarding experience and the chance to develop a broad skill set within secure care.
If you're passionate about making a difference and want to work in a supportive, forward-thinking environment, we'd love to hear from you.
*Confirmed ward after successful interview. Part time hours of a minimum 22.5hrs per week may be considered for the right candidate.
Main duties of the job
Our vision is to provide a centre of excellence within secure inpatient care that is busy, rewarding, where you will get to practice a full range of psychiatric skills & interventions from assessment, treatment, and recovery.
You will have opportunities to develop professionally and to expand your professional portfolio through PDP and extensive training opportunities. The team will consist of a range of multi-disciplinary professions and will provide high quality care and treatment to patients with Mental Health and or a Learning Disability. Working with internal and external partners including working collaboratively and closely with prison colleagues, probation and existing services within Ridgeway Hospital.
You will need excellent communication skills and a teamwork ethos.
The position requires shift work, including occasional nights, on a rotational basis.
Main duties include:
5. Maintaining patients dignity, privacy and safety at all times. Assessing risk
6. Adhering to mental capacity and mental health act.
7. Recognising potential signs of harm and ensuring patients are safeguarded.
8. Maintaining high professional standards.
9. Delivering and planning evidenced based care in collaboration with the patient, families and wider MDT.
10. Assessing patient need and delivering appropriate and timely interventions.
11. Safe administration and storage of medicines.
About us
At Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV), you can expect exceptional training, development, and career progression opportunities supported through our strong partnerships with local universities.
Our commitment to developing our workforce is strengthened by the Trust's Talent Management and Workforce Development Team, who support colleagues in planning their future career pathways. Whether you are aspiring to leadership and management roles or looking to advance within clinical practice, TEWV provides access to structured development programmes designed to help you excel.
Our service ethos is centred around collaborative, person-centred care. We work closely with service users and carers throughout assessment, treatment, intervention planning and rehabilitation. This ensures a holistic, recovery-focused approach, enabling us to tailor care that truly meets individual needs.
Benefits of Working for TEWV
As a valued member of our team, you will have access to a wide range of staff benefits, including:
12. NHS Pension Scheme
13. Extensive training & development opportunities
14. Flexible working options
15. Employee Assistance Programme
16. Health & Wellbeing support
17. Car lease scheme
18. Free onsite gym access
19. Free parking
20. RN & HCA Council membership
21. Think On coaching opportunities
22. Quality Improvement (QI) training
23. many more
Details
Date posted
20 March 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
24 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
346-FMH-017-26-B
Job locations
Roseberry Park Hospital
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3AF
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Interviews will take place at Roseberry Park Hospital and will be face to face.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
24. Current professional registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council RNMH or RNLD
25. To be recognised practice assessor / mentor or work towards in an agreed timescale
26. Trained Clinical Supervisor (within 6 month probationary period)
27. Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Experience
Essential
28. Working with people with mental ill health / learning disabilities
29. Working in a person centred therapeutic organisation
30. Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers
31. Working in a multi-disciplinary team
32. Working in partnership with other agencies
Knowledge
Essential
33. Evidence based knowledge of best practice in caring for patients in the designated field.
34. Understanding of relevant legislation (. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act)
35. Understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice
36. Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice
37. Clinical Governance and its application in practice
38. Confident working knowledge of clinical medicines management, including administration of injections