# Mental Health Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-nurse/d8431f24-2da2-4612-8032-f05eb96e1e1a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/mental-health-nurse/d8431f24-2da2-4612-8032-f05eb96e1e1a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Hellesdon Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 gross per annum (pro rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-15T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-02T08:32:12.818Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v8211756 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8211756?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a compassionate and motivated Registered Nurse looking to develop your career in acute mental health? We are looking for enthusiastic Band 5 Registered Nurses to join our supportive team on Sandpiper Ward at Hellesdon Hospital. Sandpiper is a 16-bed acute adult inpatient ward for men experiencing functional mental illness. We provide compassionate, recovery-focused care within a supportive multidisciplinary team. Our focus is on delivering safe, high-quality care while promoting dignity, independence and positive patient outcomes. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your clinical skills, confidence and leadership potential. You will be supported through induction, supervision, training and professional development. If you are passionate about making a meaningful difference and want to work within a team that values kindness, teamwork, learning and improvement, we would love to hear from you. ### Main duties of the job You will provide safe, effective and person-centred care to patients throughout their inpatient journey. You will develop therapeutic relationships, contribute to assessments and care planning, support recovery goals and promote patients’ independence and wellbeing. You will work collaboratively with patients, families, carers and the wider multidisciplinary team to ensure care is coordinated and responsive to individual needs. Your role will include physical health monitoring, risk assessment and management, medicines management, safeguarding and supporting the safe management of restrictive practices. Every shift offers opportunities to use your clinical judgement, respond to changing needs, support therapeutic interventions and contribute to positive recovery outcomes. We are committed to your development and offer a comprehensive induction, clinical supervision, preceptorship where appropriate, specialist training and continuing professional development. You will be encouraged to develop your expertise, contribute ideas and identify opportunities to improve patient care and experience. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY! Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying. Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs ### Applicant requirements 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. ## Person Specification ### Other **Essential** - Flexibility of duty and hours over a 24hr 7 day a week period - Ability to travel independently ### Skills **Essential** - Good observation and reporting skills - Ability to motivate others **Desirable** - Ability to supervise others ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality **Desirable** - Awareness of security and its impact and willingness to expand knowledge on it. - Working knowledge /application of the Mental Health Act 1983 ### Experience **Desirable** - Previous experience working with people with mental health needs ### Qualifications **Essential** - Nursing degree or equivalent RN(MH) ## Documents - [band 5 mental health nurse (pdf, 360.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10519137) - [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863) - [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028) ## 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.