Job summary
- Main area
- Nursing
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 246-GYW7909601
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northside House
- Town
- Norwich
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 gross per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 30/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Mental Health Nurse
Band 5
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience
Job overview
Staff Nurse – Low Secure Male Ward & Blended Secure Female Ward
We’re looking for compassionate, motivated and enthusiastic Staff Nurses to join our supportive multidisciplinary teams across two specialist inpatient services: a 16‑bedded Low Secure Male Ward and a 14‑bedded Blended Secure Female Ward.
In this role, you’ll work alongside colleagues who genuinely care about making a difference. You’ll provide high‑quality, person‑centred nursing care, helping service users on their recovery journey while maintaining a safe, therapeutic, and empowering environment. Every day brings opportunities to develop your clinical skills, build meaningful therapeutic relationships, and contribute to positive outcomes for the people we support.
You’ll be involved in:
- Delivering evidence‑based nursing care and care planning
- Supporting risk assessment and management within a secure setting
- Working collaboratively with the MDT
- Promoting recovery, wellbeing, and trauma‑informed practice
- Leading shifts and supporting junior staff when needed
- Championing dignity, respect, and patient involvement at every step
Whether you’re newly qualified or an experienced nurse, you’ll find a nurturing environment with opportunities for further training, professional development, and career progression.
Candidates must be able to complete mandatory training for working in secure and forensic inpatient environments, this includes PMA and Immediate life support.
Main duties of the job
We are openly welcoming people from a diverse clinical background who poses a vast experience in different areas of mental health. Wealth of skills and expertise in mental health will be valued and career progression will be supported within our line management and appraisal structures.
Are you a highly motivated, passionate, and skilled Mental Health Nurse? Do you believe in keeping Service Users and Carers at the heart of everything you do? Are you interested in developing your leadership skills whilst in a clinical role? Would you like to work in well supported, dynamic, enthusiastic recovery focused multi-disciplinary Low Secure team? Do you believe in co-production and embrace its principles? Within this role you will be involved in working alongside the MDT, working within the confines of a robust co-produced care plan that meets the individual service users’ needs whilst managing any risk factors for the individual or others. The recovery focused approach allows an opportunity to work collaboratively with carers, relatives, and other third-party agencies. In addition, this role will focus on proactively supporting reintegration back into the community, linking with third party services such as housing, drug and alcohol, attending all the necessary reviews and professional meetings as scheduled.
Please note this role requires Shift work of day and night shifts covering a 24/7 working week.
Working for our organisation
Blakeney Ward Low Secure and Whitlingham ward blended secure provides a recovery-focused service for men and women respectively, who are experiencing severe and enduring mental health problems alongside posing a significant risk of harm to others. They typically require time and intensive support to aid their recovery within a provision of low security.
By joining our team, you will be well supported to develop further your knowledge and skills to deliver evidence-based interventions for the group of service users. Personal development will be supported through meaningful Appraisal and via a bespoke training package (a comprehensive in house & external training programmes). On a monthly basis you will be offered reflective practice sessions, mandatory clinical supervision, and Line management supervision. You will also have an opportunity to actively take part in Quality improvement projects within the service.
Norfolk is a great all-year holiday, weekend, or short break destination. On the mid-east coast of England, we enjoy over 90 miles of unspoilt coastline, beautiful countryside, the unique Broads National Park, forests and heathland, internationally important nature reserves, picturesque market towns, amazing birdwatching and the fabulous seaside resorts of Great Yarmouth, Cromer. Norwich Airport is 5 miles from the City and you will be an hour and half away by road to London Stanstead Airport.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Ensure that nursing practice is person centred and, as far as possible, promoting the direct involvement of patients and carers in the development of the plan of care from admission to discharge.
Ensure that clinical practice is consistent with the Care Programme Approach.
Identify personal learning and training needs through appraisal and personal development plans linked to service needs.
Take responsibility for ensuring that personal nursing practice is informed by relevant local and national developments and is evidenced based.
Under the direction of the Ward Manager/Senior Charge Nurse, participate in clinical audit and clinical governance activities.
Act as the named nurse for a group of patients with ultimate responsible for providing an individualised plan of care for each patient.
Delegate appropriate tasks to junior staff were appropriate.
Effective management/co-ordination of shifts.
Share information with other members of the multi disciplinary team, either verbal or written.
Attending appropriate meetings.
Use available resources effectively.
Provide and receive clinical supervision as per Trust guidance.
Report any untoward incidents, accidents or complaints involving patients, relatives/carers or
staff to the nurse in charge of the area.
Maintain a general knowledge of current ward, service and trust arrangements, operational
policies, clinical objectives, procedures and overall philosophy and working in accordance with
these.
Ensure good working relationships with all disciplines, contributing to the effective running of the ward by engaging in ward discussions and attending appropriate meetings.
Be aware of personal limitations and role boundaries.
Induct new starters to the work environment.
Attend mandatory and non-mandatory in-service training sessions and refresher courses as required by the trust and as identified in the KSF/PDP process.
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!
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Nursing Degree or equivalent RN(MH)
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs.
Other
Essential criteria
- Generally interested and motivated to work in a care environment
- Fitness to undergo PMA training and perform full duties of post
- Ability to travel independently
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good interpersonal and communication skills
- Good observation and reporting skills
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel independently
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tom Clipsham
- Job title
- Matron Blakeney Ward
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01603707500
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