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Bank Registered Mental Health Nurse

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
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Location
Salary
£17.46 per hour + 12.07% WTD
Profession
Nurse (adult and children)
Grade
Band 5
Deadline
01 Mar 2026
Contract Type
Bank
Posted Date
16 Feb 2026

Job overview

Bank Registered Nurse (Mental Health/ Learning Disability)

We are looking for an experienced, dynamic, creative, positive and motivated Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurses to join our Nursing Bank at East Surrey Hospital.

You will need to have excellent communication and engagement skills and a commitment to improving service delivery for patients with learning disability and/or mental health needs including dementia who are inpatients on a variety of medical, surgical or the emergency department.

Bank Mental Health Nurses and Learning Disability Nurse will support the Trust’s Enhanced Care Policy to ensure that we provide excellent patient centred care are correctly assessed and reviewed.

In return you will have a fulfilling and varied role within a friendly and supportive team working in a variety of clinical areas. The teams are committed to provide safe and supportive services to our patients.

The Hospital has been rated as Outstanding by the CQC, they noted our commitment to dementia care. The Trust has recently been awarded the Best Dementia Friendly Hospital at the National Care Awards (November 2019).

For further information please contact Chris O’Connor (Consultant Admiral Nurse) 01737 68511 (ext 6288 or bleep 970)

If you are shortlisted you will be contacted accordingly and invited to interview.

Main duties of the job

For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information, regarding the role please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.

Once you understand the requirements outlined in the advert, please ensure your application clearly reflects where you match them including any examples you would like to highlight.