South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust • London SW17 0YF
About this role
This is an exciting opportunity to join a dynamic team in one of our acute inpatient wards, as Staff Nurse at our newly developed Springfield Hospital at the heart of South West London.
As a Staff Nurse, you will have an active role in working collaboratively with service users and families and enhancing your skills within the acute care setting. You will be working alongside our MDT, formulating treatment plans, as well as conducting daily risk and mental state assessments of patients with a variety of different mental health diagnoses.
Our teams have an amazing culture of supporting new and existing staff, seeking to establish in them a solid foundation of knowledge of the treatment and management of acute mental health illness; as well as an understanding of what is required to fulfil this role safely. We have teams of dedicated mental health professionals compromised of Mental Health Nurses, Health Care Assistants, an Occupational Therapist and an Activity Co-ordinator as well as Psychiatrists.
As a Registered Nurse you provide direct personal care to service users/ patients, without direct supervision, and co-ordinate the care given by colleagues.
The post holder will deliver high quality safe nursing care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.
The role includes leading the delivery of comprehensive service user assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of person-centred care in a collaborative way. The post holder will co-ordinate a firstclass service that includes assessment and monitoring of physical health,
maintaining service users rights, supervising junior staff and students, working collaboratively with the Multi-Disciplinary Team and maintaining a safe and therapeutic working environment and accurate records.
Band 5 nursing roles are only open only to staff with a nursing registration, obtained as a result of completing a qualification recognised by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together.We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
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Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
1. Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading on
implementing the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.
2. Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support.
3. Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient-centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
4. Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers.
5. Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner organisations.
6. Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoring service user compliance.
7. Safety; safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all
incidents following trust policy.
8. Developing the management of care needs through
a. Initial data collection
b. Monitoring of individual service user / patient progress
c. Feedback and discussion
d. Producing reports and in-care reviews
e. Devising a plan of care and interventions supervised by a Registered Nurse.
9. Leading on and directing junior to staff in providing hands-on care to service users including
a. Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non- judgmental way.
b. Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the
importance of maintaining the service user’s respect and dignity at all times and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity.
c. Developing care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patient care documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT and friends/relatives/significant others.
d. Ensuring the monitoring and recording service user clinical observations are undertaken, such as Physical observations and vital signs and treating or escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that do not fulfill the personal parameters to the relevant professional for treatment. Promote healthy lifestyles and give health promotion advice and support.
e. Implementing the principles of ‘recovery’: encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest. Where appropriate contributing to psychological interventions.
10. Escorting service users, as required, in line with Trust policies.
11. Facilitating the admission and discharge of service users, ensuring needs of the patient and service including relevant legislative or required documentation are completed.
12. Advocating for service users’ needs and rights within Trust policy. Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.
This advert closes on Monday 25 May 2026