🌟 Registered Mental Health Nurse 🌟

Make a real difference. Support recovery. Change lives.

📍 Location: Northwest
💷 Salary: Band 5
🕒 Hours: 37.5
📋 Contract: Perm

At Northern Healthcare, we believe that everyone deserves the opportunity to live a fulfilling, meaningful and independent life.

We are looking for passionate and compassionate Registered Mental Health Nurses (RMNs) to join our team and play a key role in supporting adults with complex mental health needs within an enhanced supported living environment.

Whether you're an experienced RMN, newly qualified or looking to complete your Preceptorship, we'd love to hear from you. We are committed to supporting nurses at every stage of their career and providing the guidance, development and clinical support you need to grow in confidence and make a real difference.

💙 About the Role

As a Registered Mental Health Nurse, you will take clinical responsibility for a caseload of people we support, providing high-quality, evidence-based nursing care tailored to their individual needs.

You will be involved throughout the individual's journey — from assessment and admission through to care planning, ongoing support and discharge — working closely with the people we support, families, colleagues and external professionals.

No two days will be the same. You will use your clinical knowledge, therapeutic approach and positive risk-management skills to support people with complex and changing needs.

🌱 Newly Qualified & Preceptorship Nurses Welcome

Starting your nursing career can feel daunting, which is why we're passionate about supporting the next generation of RMNs.

If you're a newly qualified Mental Health Nurse or looking for a Preceptorship opportunity, you'll receive support from experienced clinical colleagues while developing your confidence, knowledge and professional practice.

You'll have opportunities to gain experience in:

• Mental health assessment and formulation.

• Care and support planning.

• Positive risk management.

• Medication management.

• Safeguarding.

• Multi-disciplinary working.

• Working within the principles of the Mental Health Capacity Act.

• Clinical documentation and governance.

• Recovery-focused and person-centred care.

You won't be expected to know everything from day one. We want to help you develop into a confident, capable and compassionate mental health professional.

👩‍⚕️ What You'll Be Doing

Your role will include:

• Completing comprehensive mental health assessments and developing detailed case summaries.

• Developing, implementing and reviewing care, support and risk management plans.

• Supporting admissions, transitions and discharges.

• Managing a caseload of people we support with complex mental health presentations.

• Providing evidence-based, person-centred nursing interventions.

• Working collaboratively with the people we support to promote recovery, independence and quality of life.

• Liaising with secondary mental health services, commissioners and wider multi-disciplinary teams.

• Supporting and leading on medication management, audits and competency assessments.

• Monitoring and responding appropriately to clinical emergencies and changes in risk.

• Providing clinical input into weekly escalation calls.

• Ensuring all clinical records and documentation are accurate, timely and maintained in line with professional and legal requirements.

• Supporting safeguarding and ensuring concerns are identified, reported and managed appropriately.

• Chairing and contributing to care reviews and multi-agency meetings.

• Contributing to audits, governance, research and continuous service improvement.

• Participating in the out-of-hours on-call rota.

🌟 Why Work for Northern Healthcare?

At Northern Healthcare, you're not just joining a care organisation — you're joining a team that genuinely believes people can recover, grow and achieve more.

We put our people and the people we support at the heart of everything we do.

💙 Make a Difference Every Day

Your work will have a direct impact on people's lives. You'll build meaningful relationships, support individuals through their recovery journeys and see the difference that great nursing care can make.

🌱 Grow Your Career

Whether you're newly qualified, completing your Preceptorship or an experienced RMN, we'll support you to develop your clinical skills and progress your career.

You'll have access to training, supervision, reflective practice and opportunities to take on additional responsibilities as your experience grows.

🤝 Be Part of a Supportive Team

You'll work alongside experienced colleagues across our services, with a strong focus on collaboration, communication and shared learning.

We believe in supporting our staff just as much as we support the people who use our services.

🧠 Use Your Clinical Skills in a Different Way

Working within enhanced supported living gives you the opportunity to build strong therapeutic relationships and provide person-centred, recovery-focused care.

You'll have the opportunity to use your clinical judgement, develop positive risk-management approaches and work creatively with individuals to achieve their goals.

⭐ Your Voice Matters

We believe that the best services are created when our people and the people we support have a voice.

You'll be encouraged to contribute ideas, challenge processes positively and get involved in service development and quality improvement.

🎓 Invest in Your Development

We want you to keep learning and growing throughout your career. You'll be supported through:

• Regular supervision and reflective practice.

• Annual appraisal and professional development planning.

• Mandatory and role-specific training.

• Opportunities to develop specialist knowledge and skills.

• Support with maintaining your NMC registration and professional development.

• Opportunities to take on clinical leadership and additional responsibilities.

❤️ Our Values

Everything we do is guided by our PROUD values:

P – Positive
We approach challenges with optimism and look for solutions.

R – Respectful
We treat everyone with dignity, kindness and respect.

O – Open & Honest
We communicate openly and create an environment where people feel heard.

U – Understanding
We take the time to understand the individual, their experiences and what matters to them.

D – Dedicated
We're committed to providing the very best support and making a lasting difference.

🏥 About You

We're looking for someone who is:

• A Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with current NMC registration.

• Newly qualified nurses and nurses looking to complete their Preceptorship are encouraged to apply.

• Passionate about developing a career in mental health.

• Experienced in or keen to develop skills in, supporting people with complex mental health needs.

• A strong communicator who can build positive relationships.

• Compassionate, professional and committed to person-centred care.

• Able to work collaboratively with residents, colleagues and external professionals.

• Organised and able to manage competing priorities.

• Committed to continuous learning and professional development.

• Passionate about helping people achieve their goals and live more independently.

Experience is valuable, but attitude, compassion and a willingness to learn are just as important to us.

🚀 Ready to Make a Difference?

If you're passionate about mental health and want a nursing role where you can genuinely make a difference, develop your skills and change lives, we'd love to hear from you. Whether you're taking your first step into your nursing career, completing your Preceptorship, or bringing years of experience to the role, Northern Healthcare could be the place for your next chapter.

Apply today and become part of the Northern Healthcare team.

💙 Putting people first. Changing lives.