Staff Nurse

Overview

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There's a place for you at CNWL. We're passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient's own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we're hoping to find our future leaders and we'll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career. With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more - whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Main area Mental Health Grade NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24 hour rotational shift pattern) Job ref 333-D-MK-MH-1268. Site Topas Town Milton Keynes Salary £31,049 - £37,796 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 10/09/:00 Interview date 22/09/2025

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run. Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries. We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Job overview

We are currently looking to recruit a highly motivated Band 5 Staff Nurse to join our team of nurses. We are keen to gain a good skills mix within the teams and invite applications from both recently qualified nurses, for whom we will support through preceptorship in the first year of joining, as well as experienced Staff Nurses who want to gain new skills and career progression prospects. Interviews will be taken place in a face to face format.

Please note that the use of AI is monitored and if used in your application must be declared

Main duties of the job

You will receive access to training through a dedicated in house team that has staff development at the forefront.

The role will provide you with the opportunity to gain experience of undertaking appraisals, shift co-ordination and the potential to lead on an area of special interest related to acute admission and care.

We seek nurses who are able or have the potential to lead a team of nurses towards the goal of high quality care.

You will work as part of team on one of our two wards on a rotational shift patterns which includes early, late and night shifts. The vacancies allow for a range of competencies as identified within the AFC Knowledge and Skills Framework.

Working for our organisation

We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. Were always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust.

With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programs of care within TOPAS as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

To develop and run individual and group therapeutic interventions.

To supervise and teach qualified, unqualified staff and students.

For further details about this post please see attached job description

Person specification Qualifications

• UK NMC Registered Nurse, RMN
• Teaching and Assessing qualification
• UK NMC Registered Nurse RGN

Experience

• Experience of working with the older Adult
• An express wish to work with older people and people
• An express wish to work with people with dementia

Knowledge

• Understands & promotes equality, diversity and human rights in accordance with legislation, policy and procedures relating to recruitment (KSF 6.2)
• Understanding of confidentiality in the workplace

Skills

• Good interpersonal and communication skills.
• IT literate
• Ability to demonstrate initiative

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

• Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.
• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system
• Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.
• If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.