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Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Staff Nurse + £6,000 Recruitment Incentive

The closing date is 24 October 2025

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Job summary

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.

About us

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...

Date posted

10 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£31,049 to £37,796 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

367-LD&F-9760

Job locations

Little Plumstead Hospital

Hospital Road

Norwich

NR13 5EW

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work in close collaboration with other professionals in an Assessment & Treatment environment in assessing patients 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/oroverlying 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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To work in close collaboration with other professionals in an Assessment & Treatment environment in assessing patients 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/oroverlying 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

Academic qualifications - RNMH/RNLD/RMN
Membership of NMC

Desirable

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

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

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

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

Skills

Essential

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Academic qualifications - RNMH/RNLD/RMN
Membership of NMC

Desirable

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

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

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

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

Skills

Essential

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

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

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

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Little Plumstead Hospital

Hospital Road

Norwich

NR13 5EW

Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Little Plumstead Hospital

Hospital Road

Norwich

NR13 5EW

Employer's website

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