Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Bank Band 5
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - Various
- Job ref
- 354-Bank-CO-20179
- Employer
- Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Various
- Town
- Various
- Salary
- £16.53 Band 5 - £16.53 per hour
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 14/09/2025 08:00
Employer heading

Bank Mental Health Nurse
Bank Band 5
Come and join us
We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
Mental Health and Learning Disability Nurses
We provide mental health and learning disability services to adults, children and young people across East Sussex, West Sussex, Brighton and Hove, and children's services in Hampshire. We have been awarded an overall rating of ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and assessed ‘outstanding’ for being caring. We offer the following services:
- Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS)
- Community Mental Health Teams
- Inpatient Services
- Specialist services, such as perinatal mental health and early intervention in psychosis
- Secure and Forensic Services
- Lindridge Care Community (for both RMNs and RGNs)
- Dementia Services
- Learning Disability and Neurobehavioural Science
Main duties of the job
- To deliver a high standard of evidence based inpatient nursing care in the designated care group in partnership with the team, the service users and where appropriate their family.
- To act as a primary nurse in the assessment of needs and organising of care.
- To co-ordinate shifts and provide supervision for support workers and students.
Working for our organisation
As a Trust we make a positive difference to thousands of people’s lives across Sussex and Hampshire, providing support so that they can fulfil their potential and enjoy healthy lives. We believe that staff who feel valued by the Trust and are truly engaged in the organisation deliver better outcomes for our patients and we are always looking for people with the right core values to join our team. The Trust is clinician-led, and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services.
Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment you can be confident in. To achieve the highest standards we have already embarked on a programme to transform the culture of the Trust to one of continuous improvement, delivered through participation of all staff and with service users, carers and families at the heart of our efforts.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- To work within a team of nurses and other professionals who are committed to the delivery
of a quality service.
To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Has current NMC registration
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
- Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation tRUST
- Job title
- New Starter Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 304 0037
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