# Registered Mental Health Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for NHS Fife. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/registered-mental-health-nurse/741bb9b7-a733-41a4-8633-4e6028ec5a36 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/registered-mental-health-nurse/741bb9b7-a733-41a4-8633-4e6028ec5a36.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** NHS Fife - **Town:** Kirkcaldy - **Region:** East of Scotland - **Country:** Scotland - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £34,544 - £43,039 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - **Closing date:** 2026-08-04T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-22T08:32:43.808Z - **Source information URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/JobDetail?JobId=251630 - **Application URL:** https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/DecideInternalExternal/DecideInternalExternal?JobId=251630 - **Employer website:** https://www.nhsfife.org ## Job Content ### Job details - Job reference: 241231 - Salary: Band 5 (£34,544 - £43,039) - Job closing date: 04/08/2026 - Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery - Location: Whytemans Brae Hospital - Employment type: Permanent - Hours Per Week: 36 - Job posted date: 22/07/2026 - Employer (NHS Board): NHS Fife - Department: Ravenscraig ward An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Ravenscraig Ward for an enthusiastic registered mental health nurse who is keen to enhance and develop their clinical skills within this environment. Ravenscraig Ward is a 23 bedded mixed sex acute admission psychiatric ward within Complex Critical Care Services. Admissions will routinely include adults experiencing an acute psychiatric crisis with associated significant risks to self or others which cannot be safely contained and managed in the community, thus necessitating psychiatric hospital admission typically on an urgent or emergency basis. The ward will also admit individuals with a co-morbid diagnosis of learning disability and/or neurdivergence as well as patients who are under 18 or over 65 when required. As a pivotal member of the team, you should possess good interpersonal and communication skills (both written and verbal) and have genuine interest in working with this patient group.The post holder will contribute to providing high quality evidence-based care and support to patients who experience a diverse range of mental health issues within the Acute Services. The post holder will provide care through a progressive patient focused approach, within a therapeutic environment that is underpinned by risk assessment and multidisciplinary working. Ravenscraig Ward is a dynamic environment, and the ideal candidate should be motivated, work well as a member of the team and support a positive and therapeutic culture which is focused on the ever-changing needs of the patient group. For further information and informal enquiries please contact Senior Charge Nurse Leanne Marlow leanne.marlow@nhs.scot or Lead Nurse Lynne Black lynne.black@nhs.scot or you can call the ward directly on 01592 648194 ### AI tools like ChatGPT or Copilot can be great for planning and preparing your application—but your answers must be your own. - Show us the real you: Your application should reflect your skills, experience, and motivations authentically. - Use AI wisely: It’s fine to use AI for ideas or to check spelling and grammar, but don’t let it write your answers. - Why this matters: Applications that rely on AI-generated content may be withdrawn. By applying, you confirm your responses are based on your own knowledge and achievements. Tip: Think of AI as a helper, not a substitute. We want to understand you—not an AI tool. A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment. To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form. We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices. NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society. ## Documents - [241231 - Person Spec (DOC, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1175905&JobId=251630) - [241231 - Job Description (DOC, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1175901&JobId=251630) - [NHS Fife - Terms & Conditions January 2024 (PDF, KB)](https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk/Job/GetJobAdvertDocument?Id=1175900&JobId=251630) ## 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.