Staff Nurse
| Posting date: | 15 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £31,049.00 to £37,796.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £31049.00 - £37796.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 December 2025 |
| Location: | Wakefield, WF1 3SP |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9378-W1398 |
Summary
JOB SUMMARY This is a generic band 5 staff nurse job description designed to reflect mental health services Trust-wide. Individuals will be expected to: To contribute to an integrated team of staff in providing a high quality of care and treatment both on an individual basis and with a purposeful group programme within a core facility. Have an understanding of and a commitment to the philosophy mental health or learning disability services and the local service provision. Be responsible and accountable for the Assessment, Planning, Implementation and Evaluation of treatment and care for defined service users within the pathway. Utilise core nursing / specialist skills within the role of primary nurse. Contribute specific professional support and advice to the team, service users and carers. Work in partnership with other teams within and outside of the organisation. Oversee and support junior members of staff in implementing planned treatment and care. Support the Management Team in carrying out their duties. KEY RESULT AREAS: Workload Management To work flexibly to cover shifts to provide a 365 day per year service. Act as shift co-ordinator as required and to participate in the planning and co-ordinating of the shift to ensure smooth and effective running of the service and role model best practice. Co-ordinate and lead the team to make effective use of team skills to provide the best possible standards of care and treatment / interventions. To prioritise workload in keeping with the team and service objectives. Take full involvement as a primary nurse by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating treatment / care for named service users. To actively participate and contribute to service users reviews, ward rounds, meetings as applicable. To provide care and specific interventions for other service users as allocated on a daily basis, and directly in accordance with their written care plan. Communication Maintain accurate and up to date care plans for each service user. Maintain effective use of systems for service user and carer documentation. Contribute to keeping statistical service records, be involved in the evaluation process, as required by the manager. Develop good working relationships with consultants, their teams and other trust teams and services to ensure effective service delivery and best use of resources. Develop positive relationships with non-statutory and voluntary agencies to develop working partnerships as appropriate to the service development and local delivery. Positively embrace service user / carer involvement in all aspects of service delivery wherever and whenever possible. Inform all service users of their right to access their care plan, and to actively encourage them to read, write / evaluate their care plan. In conjunction with the team contribute constructively to develop and communicate a shared philosophy of culture and practice. To work within the boundaries of accountability and confidentiality. Human Resources / Supervision / Management Know, maintain and constantly strive to improve all standards of care and procedures (written and implicit) within the team Ensure that high standards of care are maintained by self and peers To provide direction, guidance and support to junior staff Participate in and provide clinical supervision Participate in and provide managerial supervision Participate in and implement (under supervision) Personal Development Planning Participate and be actively involved in team reflective forums / sessions To be involved in the induction programme for all new starters Resource Management To be involved in the off duty planning and day to day cover of the service. Manage individual / teams time and resource effectively. Show appropriate regard for budgetary constraints within the service. Participate in the selection and recruitment of junior staff when appropriate. Decision Making and Advice To make comprehensive risk assessments and implement management plansappropriately. Identify training needs and contribute to the education and development of all staff and students. For full job description, please see attached supporting documents. We are aware that an increasing number of applicants are using AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms.Over reliance on AI-generated content in application forms is strongly discouraged and we will conduct a thorough screening process before selecting candidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance your application, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.