Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Staff Nurse - Mental Health
The closing date is 12 April 2026
We are looking for an enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurses to join the Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP). The vacancy is for our functional mental health ward (Ward 21).
We are very passionate about delivering high quality person centred care for our patients and providing support for carers/relatives.
Interested candidates are welcome to visit the service prior to interview, please see details for vacancy contact to arrange.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
* To provide nursing care to a caseload of patients and to provide verbal and written handovers to nursing colleagues and the multi-disciplinary team.
* When responsible for the ward/dept to ensure that individualised programmes of care are formulated and carried out fully for each patient on the ward/dept (up to 30 patients in a ward area).
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job responsibilities
* To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the ward team under the direction of the Ward Manager.
* To be responsible for the organising and co-ordination of nursing services in the ward/dept in the absence of senior staff on a regular basis.
* To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
* To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
* To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
No specific items listed beyond Qualifications and Experience.
Qualifications
* 1st Level live NMC Registered Mental Nurse
* Registered Mentor. Mentorship qualification of relevant qualification (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period)
* PP126/7
* D32/33
Experience
* Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
* Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods
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.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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