About this role
Job summary
Join Ridgeway Secure Inpatient Services as a Registered Nurse.
Ridgeway Secure Inpatient Services is seeking diverse, dynamic, and enthusiastic Registered Nurses to join our dedicated team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting the recovery, rehabilitation, and empowerment of our service users.
At Ridgeway, we provide specialist care for adults with mental health disorders, learning disabilities, or autism who present behaviours that may pose risks to themselves or others. Our service delivers individualised and comprehensive care packages within both Medium and Low Secure inpatient settings, with strong links to High Secure services and the wider justice system.
Our purpose-built facility has been designed to meet the unique needs of our service users, offering:
Medium and Low Secure standard environments Spacious, modern accommodation Ensuite bedrooms Access to therapeutic, leisure, and outdoor spaces As part of your role, you may be required to work across any of our three care pathways, with opportunities to support both male and female service users. This offers a varied, rewarding experience and the chance to develop a broad skill set within secure care.
If you're passionate about making a difference and want to work in a supportive, forward-thinking environment, we'd love to hear from you.
*Confirmed ward after successful interview. Part time hours of a minimum 22.5hrs per week may be considered for the right candidate.
Main duties of the job
Our vision is to provide a centre of excellence within secure inpatient care that is busy, rewarding, where you will get to practice a full range of psychiatric skills & interventions from assessment, treatment, and recovery.
You will have opportunities to develop professionally and to expand your professional portfolio through PDP and extensive training opportunities. The team will consist of a range of multi-disciplinary professions and will provide high quality care and treatment to patients with Mental Health and or a Learning Disability. Working with internal and external partners including working collaboratively and closely with prison colleagues, probation and existing services within Ridgeway Hospital.
You will need excellent communication skills and a teamwork ethos.
The position requires shift work, including occasional nights, on a rotational basis.
Main duties include:
Maintaining patients dignity, privacy and safety at all times. Assessing risk Adhering to mental capacity and mental health act. Recognising potential signs of harm and ensuring patients are safeguarded. Maintaining high professional standards. Delivering and planning evidenced based care in collaboration with the patient, families and wider MDT. Assessing patient need and delivering appropriate and timely interventions. Safe administration and storage of medicines.
About us
At Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust (TEWV), you can expect exceptional training, development, and career progression opportunities supported through our strong partnerships with local universities.
Our commitment to developing our workforce is strengthened by the Trust's Talent Management and Workforce Development Team, who support colleagues in planning their future career pathways. Whether you are aspiring to leadership and management roles or looking to advance within clinical practice, TEWV provides access to structured development programmes designed to help you excel.
Our service ethos is centred around collaborative, person-centred care. We work closely with service users and carers throughout assessment, treatment, intervention planning and rehabilitation. This ensures a holistic, recovery-focused approach, enabling us to tailor care that truly meets individual needs.
Benefits of Working for TEWV As a valued member of our team, you will have access to a wide range of staff benefits, including:
NHS Pension Scheme Extensive training & development opportunities Flexible working options Employee Assistance Programme Health & Wellbeing support Car lease scheme Free onsite gym access Free parking RN & HCA Council membership Think On coaching opportunities Quality Improvement (QI) training ...and many more
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for further detailed information to ensure that you meet the role criteria before applying.
Interviews will take place at Roseberry Park Hospital and will be face to face.
Person Specification
Qualification Essential
Current professional registration with Nursing & Midwifery Council RNMH or RNLD To be recognised practice assessor / mentor or work towards in an agreed timescale Trained Clinical Supervisor (within 6 month probationary period) Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
Experience Essential
Working with people with mental ill health / learning disabilities Working in a person centred therapeutic organisation Working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers Working in a multi-disciplinary team Working in partnership with other agencies
Knowledge Essential
Evidence based knowledge of best practice in caring for patients in the designated field. Understanding of relevant legislation (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act) Understanding of Safeguarding and its application in practice Clinical Risk Assessment and Management and its application in practice Clinical Governance and its application in practice Confident working knowledge of clinical medicines management, including administration of injections
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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 Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Address Roseberry Park Hospital
Marton Road
Middlesbrough
TS4 3AF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.tewv.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)