Registered Nurse / Mental Health Nurse

Job summary

Set in the leafy suburb of Edgbaston, just a short distance from Birmingham City Centre, Priory Hospital Woodbourne provides a welcoming and well-connected working environment within beautifully maintained grounds. 

Priory Hospital Woodbourne B17 8BY. With excellent access to the West Midlands motorway network and strong local public transport links, the site is easily accessible for commuters.

Main duties of the job

Responsible for delivering and coordinating high-quality, patient-centred nursing care within an agreed framework, including assessing, planning, implementing, monitoring, and evaluating care in partnership with patients and their families or carers. Duties include acting as the named nurse, responding to changes in patients needs, reviewing care plans, managing concerns and complaints, collaborating with the multidisciplinary team, prioritising and delegating workload, and acting as nurse in charge when required. The role also involves maintaining professional development, supporting newly qualified staff as a preceptor, participating in clinical supervision and reflective practice, promoting safeguarding and compliance with the Mental Capacity Act, Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, and medicines management policies, while adhering to organisational policies and the NMC Code.

You will join the team across all wards. In this role, you will play a key part in patient recovery, supporting the assessment and delivery of tailored treatment plans while ensuring dignity, respect, and high standards of care.

About us

Priory is the UKs leading independent provider of mental health and adult social care. With 12,000 colleagues and a network of 270 services, we support over 24,000 people each year to live their lives as fully and independently as possible. We treat more than 70 conditions including depression, anxiety, eating disorders and childrens mental health and provide residential and supported living care for autistic adults, people with a learning disability, PraderWilli Syndrome, brain injuries and older people.

We are an equal opportunities employer committed to providing an inclusive, accessible recruitment process. Learn more about the accessibility support we offer here.

All roles are subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check.