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Location
Salary
£31,049 to £37,796 a year
Profession
Nurse (adult and children)
Grade
Band 5
Deadline
04 Nov 2025
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
21 Oct 2025

Job summary

Main duties of the job

What matters to us is your passion, commitment, and determination to succeed. You will have excellent communication skills, a commitment to working flexibly and be happy to participate in the internal 24 hours, 7 day a week rota to meet the needs of people who use our services.

You will need to be passionate about improving the quality of care and support we deliver. You will have an interest in developing supportive networks and be able to demonstrate energy, drive, and enthusiasm. You will be thoughtful and resilient in the way you care for our service users in a busy mental health setting with exciting challenges.

If you have the necessary skills and qualities to help us to put our service users first then please contact Rosa Llewellyn or Courtney Fairclough Ward Managers on 01422 222904/ 01422 222909 or by email to Courtney.fairclough@swyt.nhs.uk/ Rosa.Llewellyn@swyt.nhs.uk for an informal discussion or visit.

At the time of advertising, this role does meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. We look forward to receiving your application.

Job responsibilities

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.