Job requirements
Essential
32 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Ability to undertake comprehensive clinical and risk assessments and formulate clear care plans
- Skills
Ability to deliver safe, effective and evidence-based nursing interventions and clinical procedures
- Skills
Ability to administer medicines safely, monitor effectiveness and side effects, and report concerns appropriately
- Skills
Ability to build therapeutic relationships and involve patients, carers and families appropriately in care
- Skills
Ability to maintain accurate, timely clinical records, including electronic records
- Skills
Ability to recognise deterioration, respond to changing risk and seek appropriate support
- Skills
Effective verbal and written communication skills, with a clear command of English appropriate to the role
- Skills
Ability to communicate sensitively with patients, carers, colleagues and partner agencies
- Skills
Ability to work collaboratively within multidisciplinary and multi-agency teams and contribute to continuity of care
- Skills
Ability to prioritise workload, manage a caseload or allocated group of patients, and work effectively under pressure
- Skills
Ability to support, supervise and share good practice with junior colleagues, healthcare assistants and students
- Skills
Ability, or willingness to develop the ability, to coordinate a shift or take responsibility for a ward or team in the absence of senior staff
- Skills
Competent in the use of information technology and electronic patient record systems
- General
Can you please confirm you will demonstrate how you meet the competencies highlighted in this section of your application and provide detailed examples?
- General
Please state your locality preference - Doncaster, Rotherham, North Lincolnshire (you can select more than one if applicable)
- General
Please state your preferred setting i.e. inpatient, community
- General
Please indicate whether you would consider roles with 24 hour shift patterns.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of the nursing process, person-centred care planning and evidence-based practice
- Knowledge
Knowledge of risk assessment, risk management, safeguarding and clinical governance
- Knowledge
Working knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and relevant codes of practice
- Knowledge
Understanding of the NMC Code, professional accountability, confidentiality, privacy and dignity
- Knowledge
Knowledge of safe medicines administration and associated legal and organisational requirements
- Knowledge
Awareness of health and safety, infection prevention, incident reporting and relevant Trust policies and procedures
- Experience
Relevant clinical placement or post-registration experience in mental health services
- Experience
Experience of assessing needs, planning, implementing and evaluating person-centred nursing care
- Experience
Experience of completing and reviewing risk assessments and risk-management plans
- Experience
Experience of working effectively within a multidisciplinary team and with patients, families and carers
- Experience
Ability to practise safely and accountably without direct supervision, within own competence
- Qualifications
Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with current NMC registration
- Qualifications
Recognised certificate, diploma or degree-level professional nursing qualification
- Qualifications
Commitment to maintaining NMC revalidation and continuing professional development requirements
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Desirable
13 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Skills in cognitive testing, counselling, interviewing or other specialist assessment and intervention techniques
- Skills
Ability to contribute to service development, audit, research or quality-improvement activity
- Skills
Report-writing, presentation, appraisal or interviewing skills. Experience of providing clinical or managerial supervision
- Knowledge
Knowledge of the Care Programme Approach and recovery-focused service models
- Knowledge
Knowledge of quality improvement, audit, research and benchmarking approaches
- Knowledge
Knowledge of cognitive-enhancing treatments or other interventions relevant to the clinical speciality
- Knowledge
Knowledge of local statutory, voluntary and community resources
- Experience
Recent experience in the intended speciality, including acute inpatient, community, older adult or severe mental health services
- Experience
Experience of recovery-focused practice, inter-agency working or acting as a named nurse or lead professional
- Experience
Experience of supervising staff, supporting learners or coordinating a shift
- Experience
Experience of cognitive assessment, complex assessment, or working therapeutically with families and carers
- Qualifications
Practice assessor, mentor preparation, teaching or training qualification, or willingness to complete relevant training
- Qualifications
Additional post-registration study relevant to mental health nursing
Job overview
Are you a compassionate, motivated and dedicated Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) looking for a rewarding career where you can make a real difference to people's lives?
Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust has a range of Registered Mental Health Nurse opportunities available across our services and sites in Rotherham, Doncaster and North Lincolnshire.
We seek resilient nurses committed to high-quality care with strong communication, clinical judgement and teamwork skills.
We welcome applications from experienced nurses as well as those looking to begin their career within a supportive and forward-thinking mental health organisation.
Our nursing opportunities span a variety of services and clinical settings, providing care to people with a diverse range of mental health needs. Depending on the vacancy, you may work within inpatient services, community teams, crisis services, specialist services or other areas of mental health care.
You will have the opportunity to state your vacancy preference on your application and at interview. If you are appointable at interview but are not successful, you will be given the option to be added to our recruitment pipeline for any future vacancies that arise.
Main duties of the job
As a Registered Mental Health Nurse, you will deliver safe, effective, person-centred care with service users, carers and the multidisciplinary team.
Responsibilities may include:
- Acting as named nurse for allocated patients and remain accountable for their care
- Complete and review clinical and risk assessments, including crisis plans
- Plan, deliver, review and evaluate individualised care
- Provide safe, evidence-based nursing care and interventions
- Administer medication safely and monitor effectiveness, side effects and adherence
- Build therapeutic relationships while protecting privacy, dignity and confidentiality
- Monitor patients’ needs, wellbeing, safety and whereabouts
- Maintain clear, accurate and timely clinical records
- Coordinate care with multidisciplinary, community and partner services
- Support recovery, continuity, discharge planning and access to community resources
- Apply relevant law, the NMC Code, safeguarding standards and Trust policies
- Maintain a safe environment and follow safety, infection-control and incident procedures
- Supervise, support and teach junior staff, assistants and students
- Coordinate shifts or lead the ward or team when required
- Contribute to supervision, appraisal, audit, improvement, research and service development
- Maintain NMC registration, mandatory training and continuing professional development
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached job descriptions and person specifications to view the full details about the roles on offer.
You must hold current NMC registration as a Registered Mental Health Nurse (or be a student nurse due to receive this) and demonstrate a commitment to continuing professional development. The specific experience and qualifications required will vary between vacancies, so please refer to the individual job description and person specification.
Should you choose to apply, please ensure you are demonstrating how you meet the competencies highlighted in the question section of your application and provided detailed examples.
We reserve the right to close the post early if a high number of applications are received.
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.
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This advert is for ***REGISTERED MENTAL HEALTH NURSE - RECRUITMENT CAMPAIGN*** with Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust in Doncaster, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Mental health nurse role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 per annum, pro rata. The contract type is Permanent: VARIOUS. The application deadline is 22 Oct 2026.
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