# Mental Health Nurse Acute In-Patients > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-nurse-acute-in-patients/aaf73798-9067-41c8-a401-a0ede6dcabe2 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-nurse-acute-in-patients/aaf73798-9067-41c8-a401-a0ede6dcabe2.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Stafford - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24/7 shift pattern including nights (including enhancements)) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-29T08:00:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-15T09:00:43.702Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Staffordshire/Shrewsbury/Midlands_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Registered_Mental_health_nurse_inpatients/Registered_Mental_health_nurse_inpatients-v8156325 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8156325?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.mpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may be withdrawn Are you a Mental Health Nurse (RMN) looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, you're in luck. Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has an opportunity to join our Adult Acute Mental Health Ward at Redwoods Centre Shrewsbury. Birch ward is a 16 bedded mixed gender adult acute admissions ward providing treatment and care for a wide range of mental health illnesses to patients who are of working age. Whether you’re newly qualified or have years of experience behind you, a career at the Redwoods Centre could be waiting for you. If you are a newly qualified nurse we will support you while in clinical practice and offer a trust preceptorship program. ### Main duties of the job - Delivering a high quality clinical service to patients and their families. - Acting as named nurse to a group of patients under the direction / supervision of the person identified with continuing responsibility. - Participating in therapeutic group work programmes. - You will be responsible for the assessment of care needs and contributing to; the formulation of the person’s needs and the development of a relevant plan based upon the person’s negotiated goals and relevant evidence based interventions. - You will, in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team, provide nursing interventions to support the   person to meet their agreed goals and coordinate and/ or participate in the review of progress towards those goals, utilising recommended outcome measures, involving the service user and any identified carer throughout the clinical ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube What is it like to be an Inpatient Mental Health Nurse at MPFT? - YouTube We provide inpatient facilities for working age adults with acute mental health problems and we are looking for caring, compassionate individual to work within our acute service who are committed to providing high quality care and treatment to our patients. Working in an acute environment can be challenging, but with the right team, positive attitude and resilience we are rising to the challenge and reaping the reward of being able to support people during their most difficult times. With you in our team, we will empower you to work innovatively, showing a commitment to providing compassionate care and a strong desire to improve the patient’s experience. You will be able to apply the philosophies of engagement, recovery and positive care in your work with your patients. Your career with us will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society. It's a career that you can take pride in and enjoy, and together we can make life better for our communities. You will need to be NMC registered and you will be required to work within the NMC Code of Practice and Professional guidelines. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of providing care and interventions within a health setting including specialist mental health settings. **Desirable** - Experience of working in a variety of healthcare settings and making decisions autonomously. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse on NMC Register. **Desirable** - Experience as working as a nurse ## Documents - [benefits booklet (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2957) - [job description (pdf, 480.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10456614) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.