# Staff Nurse: Willows ward - Older Persons Inpatient > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-willows-ward-older-persons-inpatient/50c338dc-ad80-4bdd-b88f-3ee0a5553877 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse-willows-ward-older-persons-inpatient/50c338dc-ad80-4bdd-b88f-3ee0a5553877.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Hellesdon Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Staff nurse - **Grade:** Band 5 - **Salary:** £32,073 - £39,043 gross per annum (pro rata) - **Contract type:** Permanent: Availability to work both days and nights - **Employment type:** Full time, Flexible working, 37.5 hours per week (Long Days and Nights) - **Closing date:** 2026-11-02T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-19T09:55:18.506Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/IPSWICH/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Older_Persons_Mental_Health/Older_Persons_Mental_Health-v8347761 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8347761?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Staff Nurse: Willows ward, Older Persons' Inpatient We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Nurse to join our team. Willows ward is a specialist mixed sex admission ward for the assessment and treatment of functional and organic mental health, with 19 beds. We work hard to make sure we provide quality, evidence-based and collaborative care in all of the areas we cover. This role will include interaction and communication with a wide scope of people including service users, health and social care staff, medical and carers. So, are you someone who is passionate about delivering compassionate and individualised care, driving quality improvement and able to provide clinical leadership within an inpatient mental health setting? If you have the qualities described above then we want you to think about coming to be a part of our team. ### Main duties of the job Staff Nurse: Willow Ward – Mixed sex Organic and functional inpatient later life ward. We are looking for energetic people who want to make a difference and be part of specialist team who like to think outside of the box. We value life skills, lived experience and a commitment to work with us to meet the needs of the service user and their carers and relatives. We are keen to integrate individuals existing skills into the services we are able to provide, as well as supporting personal and professional development through training and professional development. On Willow Ward we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other. Main duties of the job Ensure that nursing practice is person centred and, as far as possible, promoting the direct involvement of patients and carers in the development of the plan of care from admission to discharge. Identify personal learning and training needs through appraisal and personal development plans linked to service needs. Use available resources effectively. Participate in recruitment, selection and induction of junior staff. Report and record incidents, complaints and accidents involving patients, staff or visitors in accordance with Trust and Service Standards. ### 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! Some of the benefits you can expect: - NHS pension - a comprehensive in house & external training programmes - career progression - starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) - staff physio service - NHS discounts and many more. 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Ability to work regularly unsupervised - Good observation and reporting skills ### Knowledge **Essential** - Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality ### Experience **Desirable** - Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs ### Qualifications **Essential** - Nursing degree or equivalent RN(MH) - Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake training ## Documents - [band 5 job description (pdf, 248.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10672770) - [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.