Staff Nurse
Devon Partnership NHS Trust
Torquay, TQ27AAView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
29 November 2026
16 days leftJob description
The role Are you someone looking for a career in one of the UK's most respected mental health and learning disability trusts? Would you like to be par...
The successful candidates will have excellent communication skills, commitment to working flexibly, participating in the internal 24 hours, 7 day a week rota to meet the needs of people who use our services, be able to demonstrate effective working in a multi-disciplinary team setting.
This role is on a ward that operates on a 24/7 shift basis and therefore enables staff to qualify for unsocial enhancements in addition to their basic pay.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate sound clinical decision making and clinical leadership skills for running the ward as the Nurse in Charge. We are looking for a person centred Nurse who is compassionate and caring towards the patients in our care.
There will be an excellent level of professionalism demonstrated in the successful candidate who leads by example and supports junior staff through supervision and when leading the shift.
We provide mental health, learning disability and neurodiversity services, as well as a range of specialist & secure services for the wider south west region & nationally. We are passionate about promoting good mental health & wellbeing. We strive to use the expertise & resources within our organisation, and through our partnerships, to deliver high quality services that are safe & focused on people's recovery.
Our values
We not only recruit employees based on their qualifications & experience - we recruit individuals who possess and demonstrate the behaviours which underpin the core values of our organisation. These values include such attributes as showing a commitment to quality of care, improving lives of others, giving respect, dignity & compassion. We can bring those values to life in our everyday tasks by giving a smile; making time for people; challenging ourselves & others, & being open to new ideas.
We are committed to being an inclusive employer & applications are encouraged & welcomed from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics as governed by the Equality Act 2010. Part time & flexible working applications will be considered & supported, where possible. We particularly encourage applicants with lived experience of mental health & learning disabilities. We are a Disability Confident Leader Employer.
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN/ Registered Nurse (Mental Health) with current registration.
- A willingness to complete Trust Mandatory Courses (will be required to complete and undertake relevant Physical
- Interventions training with adjustments considered if required)
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of ordering, storing and administering required medications.
- Knowledge of possible side effects of medication.
- Knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1987 (including updates).
- Knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act & Deprivation of Liberty safeguards.
Desirable
- Knowledge and skills in providing supervision.
- Understanding of Recovery principles in Mental Health.
- Knowledge and understanding of both adult and children's safeguarding guidance.
Experience
Essential: - Experience working as a Band 5 RMN
Desirable: - Experience of working with acute adult patients
Skills & Abilities
Essential
- Ability to form positive therapeutic relationships with service users, carers and other professional bodies.
- Ability to engage in and lead (when required) MDT meetings.
- Ability to assess situations, make decisions, co-ordinate and organise appropriate responses.
- Have an awareness and ability to maintain personal boundaries.
- Able to risk assess.
- To be able to work on the internal ward shift rotation which includes night duties.
- To work to the Trust Data Protection and Confidentiality guidance/policy.
- Work as an effective role model.
- Promote effective service delivery and future changes in a positive way.
- Willingness to develop self.
How to apply
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Provenance
Source
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First seen
13 November 2026
Last checked
13 November 2026
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