Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

Staff Nurse - 3K Incentive

The closing date is 23 September 2025

Job summary

We are looking for motivated, hard-working, and enthusiastic Registered Nurses with excellent values to work in our team.

We have exciting opportunities across our inpatient wards at the Carleton clinic including Inpatient Learning Disabilities, Acute inpatients and Older People's Inpatient Services.

You must have excellent communication skills, be reliable, punctual, and work well within a team, whilst being adaptable to changing situations. You will need to be able to work calmly and efficiently, whilst remaining focused on providing a person centred approach to care and treatment.

This vacancy includes an Attraction Incentive of £3000(*, **)

This will be paid on the following basis:

£1,500 on appointment to be included in the employee's first salary

£750 on the first anniversary of appointment

£750 on the second anniversary of appointment

*this will include a repayment clause if staff leave within 3 years (Appendix 1).

**Should this post be filled by a CNTW employee not currently working into inpatients services, the £3K Incentive payment may beapplicable. This can be discussed in detail at interview.

Main duties of the job

As part of the multi-disciplinary team, you will provide high quality nursing care for the cohort of patients on the ward. You will contribute to the assessment, care planning, review and discharge process and ensure that patients are receiving high quality, evidence based care. You will contribute to the daily activity on the ward and have opportunity to be involved in multiple different care tasks.

You will have excellent learning and development opportunities and will be working with a supportive and dynamic team, who always strive to achieve the best possible outcomes for their patients.

About us

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

It's an exciting time to join us here at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW) as we continue to develop and invest in our services as well as our staff.

We are looking for caring, empathetic, enthusiastic and motivated individuals who have a passion to improve the lives of our patients. We have new opportunities for Registered Nurses and Doctors Trustwide across all of our inpatient services.

As a CNTW employee we will support you in your personal and career development. You'll have access to a great range of training opportunities through our in-house Academy including Coaching, Apprenticeships, and our Leadership Development Programme.

We are committed to improving the working lives and health and wellbeing of our staff and that's why we have our Thrive programme. Thrive is here to support your whole wellbeing which covers emotional, physical, psychological, financial, career and social aspects.

If you'd like to apply for one of our vacancies, please complete your application. We look forward to hearing from you!

Details

Date posted

09 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

263-ICG25-065-JW

Job locations

Carleton Clinic

Cumbria

CA1 3SX


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date : 9th September 2025

Closing date : 23rd September 2025

We welcome your application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date : 9th September 2025

Closing date : 23rd September 2025

We welcome your application.

Person Specification

Education and Qualification

Essential

  • Professional Nursing qualification e.g.RMN/RNMH/ RNLD
  • Continued professional development
  • Post registration clinical experience
  • Successfully completed the OSCE exam

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with service users with complex mental health/learning disability needs
  • Clinical Supervision
  • Mental Health/ Learning Disabilities needs
  • Care Co-ordination
  • Safeguarding

Skills and Competencies

Essential

  • Good interpersonal and Communication skills
  • Collaborative working
  • Time Management
  • Risk Assessment/ Management
Person Specification

Education and Qualification

Essential

  • Professional Nursing qualification e.g.RMN/RNMH/ RNLD
  • Continued professional development
  • Post registration clinical experience
  • Successfully completed the OSCE exam

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working with service users with complex mental health/learning disability needs
  • Clinical Supervision
  • Mental Health/ Learning Disabilities needs
  • Care Co-ordination
  • Safeguarding

Skills and Competencies

Essential

  • Good interpersonal and Communication skills
  • Collaborative working
  • Time Management
  • Risk Assessment/ Management

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Carleton Clinic

Cumbria

CA1 3SX


Employer's website

https://www.cntw.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Carleton Clinic

Cumbria

CA1 3SX


Employer's website

https://www.cntw.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Manager

Hannah Lund

hannah.lund@cntw.nhs.uk

Details

Date posted

09 September 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

263-ICG25-065-JW

Job locations

Carleton Clinic

Cumbria

CA1 3SX


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