Staff Nurse

Job overview

Are you a motivated and compassionate Registered Mental Health Nurse looking to make a meaningful difference? Join the dedicated team at Melstock House in Dorchester and help support individuals on their recovery journey back into the community.

Melstock House is a mixed-sex discharge ward for service users who are clinically ready for discharge but have complex care or social needs that require additional support before returning home. The ward specialises in caring for individuals with functional mental health conditions and mild cognitive impairment.

Our focus is on delivering high-quality, person-centred care that promotes recovery, independence, and successful community reintegration.

As a Staff Nurse, you will work alongside the Ward Manager and multidisciplinary team to provide excellent nursing care and treatment. You will play a key role in supporting service users through assessment, treatment, recovery planning, and preparing for discharge.

At Melstock House, we are committed to supporting your professional development and career progression. You will have access to a range of training and development opportunities to enhance your skills and advance your career.

Shift Patterns:

Early: 06:45 - 14:15

Late: 12:45 - 20:15

Long Day: 06:45 - 20:15

Night: 19:45 - 07:15

For further information, please contact Sarah Kenward  [email protected] or 01305 361460

Main duties of the job

• Deliver high-quality nursing care in a safe and therapeutic environment.
• Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments.
• Develop and implement person-centred care and treatment plans.
• Promote recovery, wellbeing, and self-management.
• Work collaboratively with service users, families, carers, and partner agencies.
• Contribute to reducing unnecessary hospital stays through effective discharge planning.
• Maintain accurate clinical documentation and professional standards.
• Supervise junior staff

If you are passionate about delivering  excellent mental health care and want to be part of a supportive and recovery-focused team, we would love to hear from you.

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification.  When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

We understand that using AI can be a useful and supportive tool when completing your application.  However, we have also seen an increase in the over-reliance of AI tools which is negatively impacting applications as they remove candidate’s individuality, and it becomes much harder to get a sense of who you are and your authentic experience.  If you do use AI, it should be used to enhance your application and not to create your supporting statement in its entirety.  If we suspect you have used AI to create your supporting statement and this does not match your experience, we may withdraw your application.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact [email protected]

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.

This is a fixed term role and for those with current NHS service, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only.  Please obtain permission to be released on a secondment before submitting an application.

Relocation support is not available for this position