About this role
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.
Job description Job responsibilities
Priory Hospital Woodbourne
Full-time role of 37.5 hours a week.
£36176.0 to £38596.0, dependent on experience
Qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), with 6-12 months post-registration experience with active NMC Registration and completed preceptorship programme. Knowledge of NMC guidelines, requests and professional practices. A dual qualification is desirable but not essential.
This role is not suitable for newly qualified nurses or preceptorship nurses.
You will be working on across all wards
Person Specification
Requirements Essential
Qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), with 6-12 months post registration experience with active NMC Registration and completed preceptorship programme. Knowledge of NMC guidelines, requests and professional practices. Evidence of post registration continuing professional development.
Desirable
A dual qualification is desirable but not essential
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 Priory Healthcare
Address Priory Hospital Woodbourne
21 Woodbourne Road, Edgbaston
Birmingham
West Midlands
B17 8BY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://jobs.priorygroup.com/why-join-us/ (Opens in a new tab)