# Staff Nurse (RMN) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-rmn/0b5eff73-460b-4c8f-bdfd-3cb89b771ea4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-rmn/0b5eff73-460b-4c8f-bdfd-3cb89b771ea4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Dorset Healthcare University NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Poole - **Region:** South West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 p.a. - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Part Time Hours Considered) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-26T10:13:16.624Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Dorset/Poole/Dorset_HealthCare_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Psychiatric_Intensive_Care/Psychiatric_Intensive_Care-v8035718 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8035718?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.dorsethealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Ready for a nursing role that will challenge you, grow you and genuinely make a difference every single day? If you’re an RMN who thrives in dynamic environments, values therapeutic relationships and wants to be part of a close-knit, highly skilled team, we would love to meet you. Haven Male PICU is our 7-bedded Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit at St Ann’s Hospital, supporting men through the most acute phase of serious mental illness. This is specialist, fast-paced and rewarding environment where your clinical skills, compassion and calm leadership truly matter. Whether you’re an experienced nurse looking for your next challenge or a newly qualified RMN ready to start your career in a supportive and structured environment, this could be the perfect opportunity. And there’s more - in May 2026, we’re moving into a brand-new purpose-built 8-bedded ward, designed to enhance therapeutic care, patient safety and staff experience. By joining us now, you’ll not only become part of our established team, but you’ll also help shape the culture and energy of our new environment. It’s an exciting time to come on board. Please be aware that applications from candidates that require sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position. ### Main duties of the job As a nurse on Haven, you won’t just “do the job” - you’ll be central to the recovery journey of every patient you support. You will: - Deliver high-quality, person-centred nursing care to patients detained under the Mental Health Act - Lead shifts and act as a role model within a skilled multidisciplinary team - Build meaningful therapeutic relationships during times of crisis - Use positive engagement, DBT- and CBT-informed approaches alongside medication to promote recovery - Carry out dynamic risk assessments and support safe, least restrictive practice - Act as a named nurse, coordinating care plans that are truly co-produced - Champion both mental and physical health wellbeing - Support patients to regain independence, structure and confidence This is an excellent area to begin your career and each year, we welcome a number of newly qualified nurses to our team and support them in developing their skills and confidence as a nurse. This is also an exciting opportunity for nurses working in other settings who would like to utilise and apply their skills in a specialist environment, caring for people with a wide variety of presenting problems and needs. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Job Description and Person Specification You will be required to undertake a Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression course and it is a condition of your employment that you successfully complete all aspects of this course; if this is not achieved you will not be able to commence working in the post. ## Job Details Ready for a nursing role that will challenge you, grow you and genuinely make a difference every single day? If you’re an RMN who thrives in dynamic environments, values therapeutic relationships and wants to be part of a close-knit, highly skilled team, we would love to meet you. Haven Male PICU is our 7-bedded Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit at St Ann’s Hospital, supporting men through the most acute phase of serious mental illness. This is specialist, fast-paced and rewarding environment where your clinical skills, compassion and calm leadership truly matter. Whether you’re an experienced nurse looking for your next challenge or a newly qualified RMN ready to start your career in a supportive and structured environment, this could be the perfect opportunity. And there’s more - in May 2026, we’re moving into a brand-new purpose-built 8-bedded ward, designed to enhance therapeutic care, patient safety and staff experience. By joining us now, you’ll not only become part of our established team, but you’ll also help shape the culture and energy of our new environment. It’s an exciting time to come on board. Please be aware that applications from candidates that require sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position. ## Job Description As a nurse on Haven, you won’t just “do the job” - you’ll be central to the recovery journey of every patient you support. You will: Deliver high-quality, person-centred nursing care to patients detained under the Mental Health Act Lead shifts and act as a role model within a skilled multidisciplinary team Build meaningful therapeutic relationships during times of crisis Use positive engagement, DBT- and CBT-informed approaches alongside medication to promote recovery Carry out dynamic risk assessments and support safe, least restrictive practice Act as a named nurse, coordinating care plans that are truly co-produced Champion both mental and physical health wellbeing Support patients to regain independence, structure and confidence This is an excellent area to begin your career and each year, we welcome a number of newly qualified nurses to our team and support them in developing their skills and confidence as a nurse. This is also an exciting opportunity for nurses working in other settings who would like to utilise and apply their skills in a specialist environment, caring for people with a wide variety of presenting problems and needs. ## Responsibilities Job Description and Person Specification You will be required to undertake a Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression course and it is a condition of your employment that you successfully complete all aspects of this course; if this is not achieved you will not be able to commence working in the post. ## Person Specification ### Information Technology **Essential** - Basic IT skills, normally obtained through practice or practical training ### Additional requirements **Essential** - Ability to meet contractual requirements and participate in 24 hour care - A level of fitness and ability to participate and complete PMVA, Breakaway training and Manual Handling (practice and theory). - Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English to a standard which enables the post holder to carry out the full range of duties and responsibilities of the role effectively. ### Personal Qualities/Attributes **Essential** - Ability to work with minimum supervision / unsupervised - Ability to work in a team and positively influence others - Good organisational skills - Ability to remain calm under pressure and lead self effectively ### Knowledge, skills and training **Essential** - Registered Nurse (Mental Health) - Preceptorship or working towards it - Ability to take charge of a ward/case load regularly - Ability to supervise other staff - Supervised experience gained during clinical placements - Ability to mentor students ## Documents - [dbs information (pdf, 22.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2340) - [staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 316.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=695) - [pay scales from 1 april 2025 (pdf, 44.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1941) - [pmva information sheet and video (pdf, 75.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=997) - [applications recruitment flowchart (pdf, 434.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=866) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 195.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10323702) ## 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.