Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 days a week)
- Job ref
- 326-8065496-BN
- Employer
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- East Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Redhill
- Salary
- £49,387 - £56,515 per annum plus high cost allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/06/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 06/07/2026
Employer heading
Lead Nurse for Mental Health
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
Main duties of the job
What we are looking for:
You will be a current NMC-registered Registered Mental Health Nurse with significant post-registration experience and a strong understanding of mental health nursing within complex care environments. You will bring specialist knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, safeguarding, risk management and restrictive practice reduction, alongside the ability to communicate sensitively, lead confidently and work collaboratively across organisational boundaries. Experience of supervision, teaching, service improvement and supporting staff in challenging clinical situations will be essential.
Working for our organisation.
For further details, please see detailed job description and person specification for more more information.
Working for our organisation
We are a leading local employer with a diverse workforce of approximately 6,000 staff, dedicated to providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 780,000 individuals.
Our Trust provides both emergency and planned healthcare across East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon – covering towns like Crawley, Horsham, Reigate, and Redhill. Our main hospital, East Surrey in Redhill, offers a full range of acute and specialist services and is also the closest trauma unit to Gatwick Airport. We also provide outpatient, diagnostic, and planned care services at sites including The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital, Oxted Health Centre, Crawley Hospital, and Horsham Hospital.
We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we work hard to create an environment where everyone feels valued and supported. At our Trust, we strive to be the best place to work and receive care. We are dedicated to supporting you in your current role while helping you grow and develop your career. As part of our team, you will have access to excellent training opportunities, flexible working, dedicated support networks, and a strong emphasis on health and wellbeing to ensure a thriving and positive work environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details, please see detailed job description and person specification for more more information.
Person specification
Criteria
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
- A complete and accurate application
- Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
- Evidence of essential experience for role
- Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
- Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
- Evidence of Trust values and behaviours
- Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Justine Marino
- Job title
- Head of Nursing for Mental Health
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01737 768511
- Additional information
Vicky Abbot [email protected]
Ben Hill [email protected]
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