Staff Nurse

Staff Nurse + £6,000 Recruitment Incentive NHS AfC: Band 5 Main area Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5 Contract
Permanent Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Days and Nights) Job ref
367-LD&F-9760 Site
Little Plumstead Hospital Town
Norwich Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 per annum pro rata Salary period
Yearly Closing
24/10/2025 23:59 Values Based Screener At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form. http://hpft.recruitforvalues.co Job overview Are you:

• A newly qualified nurse looking for your first role?
• Are you a qualified mental health or learning disability looking to move from a suburban area in search for cleaner air and a better work life balance.

We have some great incentives that we can offer:

• Recruitment and Retention Premium (RRP) of £6,000 per year on top of the Band 5 salary. On average this will be £34,000-£40,000 per annum (inclusive of average unsocial hours payments and the RRP)
• The successful candidate will receive up to £120 towards their registration fee, which will be paid upon commencement. This payment will be subject to tax and national insurance deductions.
• We also offer a fantastic preceptorship Programme that allows you to develop your clinical, communication and leadership skills with excellent support.

Main duties of the job You will be responsible for the day-to-day running of a learning disability assessment and treatment service and will assist the Team Leader in maintaining effective team working processes.

• Registered Nurses must be able to exercise a considerable degree of initiative, possess mature judgment and maintain a calm, friendly and efficient manner when dealing with patients, their relatives, colleagues and visitors.
• You will be required to work independently using initiative, and apply a high degree of confidentiality and professionalism to their work.
• You must be able to demonstrate good interpersonal and communication skills, manage competing demands and organise their own work in meeting deadlines in order for the smooth running of the ward area.

Working for our organisation Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country. Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services. The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout: Our Trust values are: Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional. These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it! Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?Then please read on… Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To work in close collaboration with other professionals in an Assessment & Treatment environment in assessing patient's needs, devising Person Centered care plans and evaluating outcomes that promote patient empowerment through the process.
• You with the wider Multi -disciplinary Team will be expected to participate in the Assessment & Treatment to provide high quality, individualised care, which addresses the needs and wants of adolescents and adults with learning disabilities and/or
  overlying psychiatric disorders or challenging behaviours.

The Trust is embedding a Trauma Informed Approach within all of our inpatients units and that you will be part of this exciting development. Person specification Qualifications Essential criteria

• Academic qualifications - RNMH/RNLD/RMN
• Membership of NMC

Desirable criteria

• ENB 998/Mentorship
• Completion of management training
• Teaching / training experience

Experience & Knowledge Essential criteria

• Experience in care planning
• Organisational skills and the ability to work effectively within a management structure
• Communication skills - written, verbal and non-verbal
• IT skills, in particular MS word

Desirable criteria

• Provision of effective clinical supervision
• Leadership and motivational skills
• Ability to chair meetings effectively

Skills Essential criteria

• Recognises and reflects on barriers to effective communication, modifying communication in response
• De-escalation in managing verbal aggression of disturbed service users
• Keeps accurate and complete records and communication consistent with legislation, policies and procedures
• Demonstrate good decision making skills
• Flexible and responsive approach to care

About us Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as anOutstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional
so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers. If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you. Additional Information HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services. The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements. Infection Control All our staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures which could include wearing a mask on all our Trust sites and in all roles AI Usage Guidance While Artificial Intelligence (AI) can aid you in completing your application, these tools cannot fully grasp the context of requirements of the job you're applying for, nor can they accurately reflect your skills, knowledge and experience. Please ensure you have tailored your application before submitting it. For further information, please refer to the Trust's guidance on AI usage document which can be found below. Visa and Immigration Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on the Check if you need a UK visa - GOV.UK website. We would encourage all applicants to review the criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship. Employer certification / accreditation badges 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. Documents to download

• JD and person spec (PDF, 351.4KB)
• Refer a Friend (PDF, 160.5KB)
• Staff Benefits (PDF, 888.5KB)
• Guidance on AI usage in job applications (PDF, 55.0KB)

Apply online now Further details / informal visits contact Name
James Ruthen Job title
Service Manager Email address
Telephone number
01603 711148 Additional information
For any informal visits or further information about the team or role, please do not hesitate to contact James Ruthen - Service Manager