NHS
Registered Mental Health Nurse for a High Dependency Unit
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Job Description
- Req#: E0277-25-0024?language=en&page=984&sort=publicationDateDesc
- Provide person-centred care to individuals seeking support on their journey towards community integration
- To empower service users and help them realise their full potential through progressive improvements in their quality of life and a steady progression towards recovery, culminating in successful discharge.
- Your role will involve providing quality, evidence-based nursing advice, support, and care to individuals with complex, severe, and enduring mental health needs, in a multidisciplinary setting.
- Establishing, therapeutic relationships with service users and implement evidence-based interventions.
- Providing leadership to the ward by taking turns to be the nurse in charge and promoting effective team working
- Formulating and reviewing of care plans, risk assessments and relevant assessments
- Representing the nursing team in multi disciplinary meetings
- Promoting an inclusive and positive culture aligned with the company values and policies
- Participate in audits, care reviews and identify areas for quality improvements
- Ensuring duties of safeguarding are upheld at all times.
- Qualified Mental Health Nurse
- Adult mental health experience
- Qualified Mental Health Nurse
- Adult mental health experience
Job summary
Options for Care is looking to recruit an exceptional Mental Health Nurse passionate about working with individuals with severe and enduring mental health diagnoses, working 157.5 hours every 4 weeks in our high dependency unit, opening in Highgate, Birmingham. You will need to be flexible to work days, nights, weekends and bank holidays. You will be collaboratively working alongside a full multi disciplinary team including external stakeholders.
The individual will assist in the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of the care of our service, working in a multi disciplinary setting. You will be assisting in supporting service users to engage in social/therapeutic activities, promotion of effective relationships which respect and address spirituality, diversity and equality in accordance with our organisations mission, values, vision and legislation.
Main duties of the job
About us
Stanford Court will be a 23-bed male mental health inpatient unit based in Highgate, Birmingham. This will consist of 19-bed enhanced care service and four self-contained recovery flats to enable assessment of daily living skills in preparation for discharge.
Details
Date posted
17 July 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
Depending on experience From £16.68 per hour
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
E0277-25-0024
Job locations
106 Moseley Road
Birmingham
B12 0HG
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
You must be a Registered Mental Health Nurse, registered with the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council or in the process of achieving your registration.
A positive attitude and passion for high quality care and support
You should possess a working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and the changes brought about by the Mental Health Act 2007 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Additionally, you should have a clear understanding of your responsibilities under the Care Programme Approach, Clinical Governance, and Child Protection Legislation.
Effective communication.
Willingness to learn.
Job responsibilities
You must be a Registered Mental Health Nurse, registered with the UK Nursing and Midwifery Council or in the process of achieving your registration.
A positive attitude and passion for high quality care and support
You should possess a working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and the changes brought about by the Mental Health Act 2007 and the Mental Capacity Act 2005.
Additionally, you should have a clear understanding of your responsibilities under the Care Programme Approach, Clinical Governance, and Child Protection Legislation.
Effective communication.
Willingness to learn.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Additional informationDisclosure 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Options for Care
Address
106 Moseley Road
Birmingham
B12 0HG
Employer's website
Employer details
Employer name
Options for Care
Address
106 Moseley Road
Birmingham
B12 0HG
Employer's website
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.
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