Job summary
- Main area
- Inpatient Older Person Mental Health
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Full time permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shift pattern working over 7 days/nights)
- Job ref
- 297-7383880-A
- Employer
- Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cragside Older Person Mental Health Inpatient Unit
- Town
- Gateshead
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Mental Health
NHS AfC: Band 5
In the event of excessive applications being received this vacancy may close earlier than the stated closing date, you are encouraged to submit your application as soon as possible
IMPORTANT NOTE ON COMPLETION OF REFERENCE SECTION OF APPLICATION FORM
All references from current and previous employers will be sought and MUST cover a minimum of 3 years employment. Therefore, when completing the reference section of your application form, please give the address, telephone number and work email address of each of your current/previous line managers that cover 3 years employment. Where possible this should be from two separate employers. Failure to complete this section may result in your application not being processed.
PLEASE NOTE it is a requirement of this Trust that all successful applicants pay for their DBS certificate if a check is required for the post. This will be done through deduction from your monthly pay over a maximum of three months. It is also a requirement that all successful applicants register or are registered with the DBS update service where a DBS is required.
All new entrants to the NHS will be appointed on the minimum of the pay scale in line with Terms & Conditions.
Job overview
Staff Nurse,
Band 5 Older Person Mental Health, Inpatient.
Are you passionate about Older Person’s Mental Health Nursing? Are you looking for a demanding but rewarding nursing career? Do you want to work for a provider that values integrated and hollistic care for Older People with mental illness?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated staff nurses to join the Older Persons Mental Health Service Line, working into our inpatient unit. The unit is situated in the grounds of The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead, and compromises of two wards - Cragside and Sunniside.
The vacancies are for Cragside ward which provides inpatient admission, assessment, treatment and discharge planning to patients who have an Organic illness, and are over the age of 65. The team works closely with Sunniside ward. You would be joining a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team at an exciting time as the unit participates in the NHS England Culture of Care Program.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
We are looking for caring, empathetic, enthusiastic and motivated individuals, who have a desire to improve the lives of Older People experiencing Mental Health Problems.
The post holder will work as part of the multi-disciplinary team, and will be part of the assessment of care needs, risk assessment, formulation and implementation of care plans that are meaningful to our Patients.
You will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be motivated to engage within our patient group & ward environment.
The postholder will be expected to be flexible to meet the needs of the service and work across all shift patterns including night shift.
Working for our organisation
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.
Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.
We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.
The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description attached for full details.
If you are interested in applying, please get in touch and we can arrange for you to ‘Meet the Team’. To book a time slot or arrange an informal discussion, email [email protected]
Person specification
Knowledge skills and Experience
Essential criteria
- • Registered Mental Health Nurse with current NMC Registration
- • Diploma/ Degree in Nursing.
- • Excellent communication and organisational skills.
- • Ability to assess. Plan, deliver and evaluate quality care
- • Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload.
- • Relevant NHS experience
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of complex mental health problems
- • Participate in audit.
- • Recent relevant experience.
- • Knowledge and experience of Older Peoples Mental Health
Analytical and Judgemental Skills
Essential criteria
- • Analyse and make clinical decisions based on clinical information through detailed Nursing assessment and evaluation.
- • Ensure that patient care is planned and delivered to meet individual patient need
- • Make clinical judgements involving a range of facts and situations which require analysis or comparison of a range of options.
- • Respond to situations and plan short and longer tem adjustments to own workload and that of the team to ensure safe delivery of care.
Desirable criteria
- • Respond to information gained from audit and research in area of practice to implement change where necessary to ensure best practice.
Analytical and Judgemental Skills
Essential criteria
- • Analyse and make clinical decisions based on clinical information through detailed Nursing assessment and evaluation.
- • Ensure that patient care is planned and delivered to meet individual patient need
Desirable criteria
- • Respond to information gained from audit and research in area of practice to implement change where necessary to ensure best practice.
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
- Lisa Stobbs
- Job title
- Ward Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 4455570
- Additional information
Kayleigh Purvis - Clinical Nurse Lead
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