As a Band 5 Staff Nurse on Medlock Ward, you will provide high-quality, compassionate, and recovery-focused care to women experiencing acute mental health difficulties. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will support service users through assessment, care planning, therapeutic engagement, risk management, and discharge planning, ensuring care is delivered in a safe, trauma-informed, and person-centred way.
You will have experience working with female service users and a genuine passion for women's mental health services. You will understand the unique challenges many women face, including trauma, safeguarding concerns, domestic abuse, self-harm, and complex emotional needs, and be committed to promoting dignity, empowerment, and recovery.
Key Responsibilities
Deliver effective nursing care to women admitted with acute mental health needs.
Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments and contribute to risk assessments and management plans.
Develop, implement, and evaluate individualised care plans in partnership with service users, carers, and the multidisciplinary team.
Act as a named nurse and coordinate care throughout the service user's inpatient journey.
Promote a safe, therapeutic, and recovery-focused ward environment.
Administer medication safely and monitor its effectiveness in line with NMC standards and Trust policies.
Facilitate therapeutic interventions, engagement activities, and one-to-one support sessions.
Safeguard vulnerable adults and ensure all safeguarding concerns are promptly identified and escalated.
Work collaboratively with psychiatrists, psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers, and community teams.
Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to incident reporting, audits, and quality improvement initiatives.
Support and supervise support workers, students, and newly appointed staff where appropriate.
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Please see attached job description and person specification
Staff benefits
Pay Enhancements
27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
Excellent pension
Cycle to work scheme
Salary sacrifice car scheme
Wellbeing programme
Blue Light Card Discounts
fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles
