Registered Mental Health Nurse

Registered Mental Health Nurse

The closing date is 24 December 2025.

We are seeking to recruit Band 5 nurse assessors to join our new Mental Health Urgent Care Centre, based at The Lister Hospital in Stevenage.

The role will deliver Crisis assessment and treatment in an innovative Urgent Care Centre environment. There are no night shifts for band 5

The Mental Health Urgent Care Centre will operate with an enhanced specialist multidisciplinary team, focusing on improving the experience and outcomes for service users, carers, and staff, alongside supporting acute colleagues in the system by enabling the acute hospital to operate and improve ED performance and quality of care.

The service will operate 24/7 and will be a multi-disciplinary, cross sector service that is practitioner-led and supported by social care, voluntary sector partners and Lived Experience Workers.

Please apply promptly as the vacancy may close early if sufficient applications received

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will:

• to assist with the daily clinical duties within MHUCC
• medication rounds
• involvement in clinical reviews
• band 5 are not expected to carry out assessments
• to support the team in the clinical duties within the unit
• to take part in audits
• to participate in reviews and MDTS
• medication rounds
• participate in supervision and PDPs

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Job responsibilities

• To support the team in the clinical duties within the unit
• To take part in audits
• To participate in reviews and MDTS
• Medication rounds
• Participate in supervision and PDPs

See attached JD&PS for further information

QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING

• RMN\Dip (Mental)
• Live registration with NMC Mentorship & Preceptorship after one year.
• Appropriate post registration Qualification
• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE

• Detailed knowledge of legislation and practise guidelines concerning Adult Acute Mental Health
• Ability to develop professional relationships with staff, service users and all other stakeholders.
• Ability to lead and motivate others.
• Working with people detained under the Mental Health Act (1983)
• Provision of effective clinical supervision Ability to participate in training of others - students and other team members.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Address

Mental Health Urgent Care Centre, Stevenage

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

367-A&UC-9750-A

Job locations

Mental Health Urgent Care Centre, Stevenage

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year
Per annum, Pro rata