Registered Mental Health Nurse
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Uxbridge, UB8 3NN
Salary
£36,943 to £44,900
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
3 September 2026
3 days left
Job description
Oak Tree Ward in Hillingdon Part of CNWL is looking for compassionate and enthusiastic Band 5 RMN to work on our Older Adults Mental Health In-patient...
Work as an advocate for our service users speaking up for their care, offering dignity and respect, also encouraging our services users to be a part of decision making and maintain independence.
Have excellent communication skills and ability to use IT skills. As our medication administration regime is now via computer software and also service user documentation is computerised.
Stay up-to-date on mandatory trainings and revalidation.
Safeguarding knowledge
Be willingly to work as part of the team on quality improvement projects
Medication Management skills
Using their clinical judgement and risk assessments to keep the people using our services as
safe as possible
Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary
Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use
our services
Being open and transparent about their own practice
Supervising the work of others
Reflecting on everyday practice to identify areas where improvements in safety or quality can be made
Working with others to create a culture of continuous improvement
Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records
Maintaining compliance with their mandatory training requirements
We are a multi professional experienced diverse team from different ethic backgrounds.
We work together to learn different skills and achieve additional training to help support our services users to achieve a well rounded recovery plan.
We as a team; we undertake quality improvement projects to improve our service users safety and delivery of continuing care.
Our trust provides excellent access to additional training opportunities and to gain more knowledge.
We also have trust benefit schemes and a link on our trust site to access these.
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- NMC Registered General nurse, NMC Registered Mental Health Nurse or NMC registered dual trained nurse
- Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
Desirable
- NMC registered for both General nursing or Mental health nursing in the UK.Evidence of relevant Continuous Professional Development
Previous Experience
Essential
- You need previous experience of working in NHS hospital as either General nurse or Mental Health Nurse
Desirable
- Experience working in Older Adult Mental Health care in the UK
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Able to communicate with the multi-disciplinary team, present cases, take note of actions, update others in the team and use handover effectively. Speaking face to face but also by telephone and writing letters and reports.
- Maintaining accurate, timely, concise and legible clinical records both electronic and handwritten which adhere to the CNWL policies
- Able to talk to people about sensitive issues in a supportive manner but also challenge others assertively where necessary
- Able to maintain electronic patient records Use Microsoft Word for letter and report writing
- Proficient in Care planning: being able to assess patients, develop, implement and evaluate a care plan
- Understanding how the Mental Health Act impacts on their work and the people they are working with
- Understanding how the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards impacts on their work and the people they are working with
- Empowering and working in partnership
- Safeguarding and advocacy
- Risk assessment
Attitudes, aptitudes, personal characteristics
Essential
- Caring for the people who use our services, their families and carers, and other staff
- Respectful of others and genuinely treating them how you would want to be treated
- Able and willing to work with service users, family and carers, and other staff in a way which empowers and supports others and makes them feel better about themselves
- Able and willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health care professionals
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
21 August 2026
Last checked
24 August 2026
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