Job summary
Are you an RMN looking to pick up extra shifts? Do you want to explore working on different wards or work with just one that you love? Do you want weekly pay with the flexibility to access shifts before agency staff? If so, please read on!

We are looking for Band 5 nurses with at least 6 months post qualifying experience who are interested in working in the wide variety of services we deliver predominately in inpatient settings across Weston Super Mare, Bristol, South Glos, Bath, Swindon, Devizes and Salisbury.

If you are interested in making a difference to our service users lives then we would love to hear from you.

You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team of health care professionals to ensure that the clinical, environmental and social needs of the service users are met by assessing, developing, implementing and evaluating care programmes. You will also support junior staff and nursing students and participate in their professional development while working on the ward.

The Trust is required to carry out mandatory employment checks. Please bring the original ID documents requested below to your interview if selected.

Interview date: 26th August 2026. No other interview dates or remote interviews will be available.

Main duties of the job
We value your hard work, skills and experience and in return, we offer you:

• Paid time to complete statutory and mandatory on line training before you start.
• Access to 2 paid shadow shifts to support your introduction to the bank.
• Early choice of shifts.
• The ability to book shifts using Employee On Line on your computer, smart phone or tablet, meaning you can view and book shifts even when the Bank Office is closed.
• Regular paid supervision from the Clinical Bank Team.
• Annual appraisal undertaken by the Clinical Bank Team.
• Access to NHS staff discounts from many high street names including cash back on grocery shopping from many supermarkets.
• Annual leave payment of 12.07% added to your hourly rate.
• Automatic enrolment into the NHS pension scheme if eligible or our alternative scheme NEST if you meet the criteria, this includes an employer contributions of 20.68% to the NHS Pensions scheme and 3% for NEST.
• Free access to Occupational Health & employee support.
• Annual staff survey for bank only staff, and regular shift surveys.
• Job satisfaction and the knowledge that your work will make a difference to our service users and their families and carers.

About us
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all-round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200 miles, to more than 1.8 million people.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Details
Date posted: 14 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year, pro rata
Contract: Bank
Working pattern: Flexible working
Reference number: 342-BASN01-0726
Job locations: Trustwide, Bath

Job responsibilities
Typical shift patterns are: Early Shift (7:00 15:00), Late Shift (13:30 21:30) and Night Shift (21:00 07:30). Each shift includes a 30 minute break.

To carry out clinical practice within designated clinical areas, ensuring that high quality evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, interventions and evaluations for patients is provided. This will include:

• Undertaking a comprehensive, person-centred, nursing assessment and prepare care plans in consultation with the service users to provide the best nursing care.
• Implementation of care and rehabilitation programme.
• Evaluation of effectiveness of care provided in partnership with service users.
• Ability to implement research-based practice.
• Ability to administer medicine within relevant Trust and legislative guidance e.g. NMC Standards for Medicines Management 2010 and the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.
• Ability to undertake risk assessment and develop risk management strategies for individual clients; ICPA/SAP to people who present with mental health problems.
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the key elements of relevant Mental Health Legislation.
• Ensure the ordering, storage, administration and disposal of medication complies with relevant trust and legislative guidance e.g. NMC Standards for Medicines Management 2010, Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 and MHA (1983).

Person Specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Mental Health Nursing Degree
• NMC pin
• Ability to maintain accurate, appropriate records
• Knowledge of medication rounds and safe administration and disposal of drugs
• De-escalation and listening skills
• Able to communicate effectively and efficiently

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).