Band 5 Staff Nurse - Bristol
Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust · Registered Nurse · viaNHS Jobs
£32073.00 to £39043.00
- Closing date
- 28 Oct 2026
- Posted
- 2d ago
- Specialism
- Registered Nurse
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Reference
- nhs-5663526
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Job summary
Bradley Brook is 8 bedded specialist admission and Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) ward within Fromeside Medium Secure Unit, providing assessment, treatment and recovery-focused care for men with complex mental health needs in a secure environment. The ward delivers high-quality, evidence-based care within a multidisciplinary setting, supporting service users through their recovery journey while maintaining safety, dignity and therapeutic engagement.
Why join us?
- Work within a specialist medium secure forensic service.
- Develop skills in assessment, risk management and recovery-focused practice.
- Be part of a supportive multidisciplinary team.
- Access ongoing training, supervision and career development opportunities.
- Contribute to delivering high-quality care that positively impacts the lives of service users.
We are recruiting 2 Full Time Substantive and 1 Full Time 12 month Secondment Band 5 Staff Nurse
Main duties of the job
The band 5 staff nurse role is a key member of the in-patient multidisciplinary team. Working with service users and their families, friends and carers to help make a difference to the experience of those using our services by:
Demonstrating kindness, respect and compassion
Helping to keep people safe through good risk assessment and good clinical practice
Helping to develop coproduced plans of care, which are personalised and responsive to peoples needs
Providing health promotion information to service users and carers
Undertaking effective treatment supported and delivered in line with current legislation, standards and evidence based guidance
Providing supervision and mentoring to other staff and students
Being part of the AWP vision to provide high quality care
About us
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Details
Date posted
14 October 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
342-SEC051-1026
Job locations
Blackberry Hill Hospital Fromeside
Bristol
BS16 1EG
United Kingdom
Job description
Job responsibilities
To carry out clinical nursing practice within designated areas, working to provide high quality, evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, intervention and evaluation.
This will include:
Utilising excellent communication skills to develop a rapport with service users, carers, colleagues and visitors.
Provide and receive complex sensitive confidential information.
Recognising the potential barriers to communication and practicing with empathy, reassurance and understanding.
Undertaking comprehensive nursing assessments using analytical and judgement skills
Collaboratively undertaking clinical risk assessments and developing and supporting personal safety plans and crisis and contingency planning with the service user, and where appropriate carers and families.
Using professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level and current practice-based evidence to plan and organise provision of care.
Planning appropriate care and treatment interventions alongside colleagues, service users and where appropriate carers and families.
Providing specialist advice in relation to care to service users and where appropriate carers and families.
Delivering a range of psychosocially-informed nursing therapies in accordance with service users care plans, needs and preferences.
Utilise opportunities to offer health promotion and education.
Demonstrating developed nursing skills obtained through practice, understanding the importance of accuracy and a narrow margin for error.
Demonstrating a commitment to reducing restrictive practice.
Administering appropriate medication within relevant Trust and legislative guidance
Ensuring the ordering, storing and disposal of medication complies with relevant Trust and legislative guidance.
Demonstrate a working knowledge of the key elements of the relevant Mental Health Legislation.
Collaboratively evaluating the impact and effectiveness of care and working to improve these outcomes.
Supervising the practice of less experienced and newly qualified practitioners, student nurses or support worker colleagues.
Please see attached Job Description for full details
Job responsibilities
To carry out clinical nursing practice within designated areas, working to provide high quality, evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, intervention and evaluation.
This will include:
Utilising excellent communication skills to develop a rapport with service users, carers, colleagues and visitors.
Provide and receive complex sensitive confidential information.
Recognising the potential barriers to communication and practicing with empathy, reassurance and understanding.
Undertaking comprehensive nursing assessments using analytical and judgement skills
Collaboratively undertaking clinical risk assessments and developing and supporting personal safety plans and crisis and contingency planning with the service user, and where appropriate carers and families.
Using professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level and current practice-based evidence to plan and organise provision of care.
Planning appropriate care and treatment interventions alongside colleagues, service users and where appropriate carers and families.
Providing specialist advice in relation to care to service users and where appropriate carers and families.
Delivering a range of psychosocially-informed nursing therapies in accordance with service users care plans, needs and preferences.
Utilise opportunities to offer health promotion and education.
Demonstrating developed nursing skills obtained through practice, understanding the importance of accuracy and a narrow margin for error.
Demonstrating a commitment to reducing restrictive practice.
Administering appropriate medication within relevant Trust and legislative guidance
Ensuring the ordering, storing and disposal of medication complies with relevant Trust and legislative guidance.
Demonstrate a working knowledge of the key elements of the relevant Mental Health Legislation.
Collaboratively evaluating the impact and effectiveness of care and working to improve these outcomes.
Supervising the practice of less experienced and newly qualified practitioners, student nurses or support worker colleagues.
Please see attached Job Description for full details
What you need to do now
Applications are handled by Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust on their own site — BOQQS does not collect CVs or hold your application. This listing closes on 28 Oct 2026.
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