# Staff Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse/a396d976-bd80-4fbd-a934-c35dc5369eb5 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/staff-nurse/a396d976-bd80-4fbd-a934-c35dc5369eb5.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Rampton Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Staff nurse - **Salary:** £32073.00 to £39043.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24 hour/7 day per week working rota) - **Closing date:** 2026-10-20T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-07T15:23:21.463Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8283302 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8283302?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Hopewood Hospital in Sherwood, Nottingham has 32 beds across 3 wards and is based on site with an education facility for our inpatients, a CAMHS community base with specialist teams and both inpatient and community perinatal teams. Currently Hercules , Phoenix and Pegasus Ward have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Registered Mental Health Nurses or Registered Learning Disability Nurses to join our team. Hercules Ward is an 8 bedded PICU that works with young people experiencing severe and enduring mental health problems. We work closely with families and a full MDT to ensure positive outcomes for young people and we encourage staff to be fully involved in patients care and participate in both group and 1:1 work. Phoenix Ward is a busy 12 bedded general acute ward providing highly specialist services, 7 days a week, to young people aged 13 to 18 who are experiencing a range of mental health and emotional difficulties. We have a large MDT and opportunity to ensure a wide range of therapeutic intervention. Pegasus Ward is a specialist eating disorder ward. Family based treatment is integral to the treatment and recovery of young people with eating disorders and families and carers are encouraged to be fully involved in their care; there are therefore opportunities for staff to be involved in family work as well as individual & group work with the young people. All new staff nurses will rotate between all wards as part of their induction to the service. ### Main duties of the job Our nurses have a key clinical role within a well established multidisciplinary team. You will need to demonstrate that you have experience of working with people with mental health problems and supporting carers /families in an acute environment. You should have a working knowledge of the management of safeguarding processes, have excellent communication and leadership skills and have a strong ability to assess and manage risk. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the uploaded job description. Further details regarding the essential criteria can be found in the person specification. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £20.00 (standard) or £41.00 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £15 per year applies. ### 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 as part of a team - Good written and oral communication skills - Diplomatic, caring & sympathetic - Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues - Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care - IT skills - Able to effectively assess and manage risk - Able to provide comprehensive and accurate documentation - demonstrates effectively leadership skills, able to support junior staff members and students - Be an effective role model to others ### Training **Essential** - Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery. ### Knowledge **Essential** - Ability to work as part of a team - Good written/oral communication skills - Diplomatic, caring & sympathetic - Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues - Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care - IT skills **Desirable** - Awareness of national and local issues impacting nursing care ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding **Desirable** - Specialist and area specific experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - Professional Qualification (Mental Health/Learning Disabilities/General) to degree level or equivalent. - Maintains current registration with the NMC **Desirable** - Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration ### Physical requirements **Essential** - Able to undertake training in the management of violence reduction - Has the physical ability to perform the full range of nursing duties ### Values and Behaviours **Essential** - - All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork - - All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation ### Contractual Requirements **Essential** - Ability to work to meet the needs to the service (including unsocial hours and bank holidays) ## Documents - [about the trust (pdf, 6.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2983) - [colleague benefits (pdf, 16.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2913) - [job description and person specification (pdf, 416.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10600206) ## 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.