Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Registered Nurse - Mental Health Inpatient
Closing date: 29 November 2026

Job summary

Are you looking for a new challenge?

Avondale is seeking to recruit a motivated and compassionate Band 5 Registered Nurse to join our established Multi-Disciplinary Team.

Avondale is a 14-bedded mixed-sex inpatient unit providing intensive, high-quality, person-centred assessment and treatment for individuals experiencing acute mental health difficulties. Using a trauma-informed approach, the team supports service users throughout their recovery journey and helps inform decisions regarding ongoing community support or referral to specialist treatment services.

Working as part of a multidisciplinary team, you will deliver evidence-based, recovery-focused care, undertake assessments, contribute to care planning, and promote positive outcomes for service users. You will also be expected to provide supervision and support to junior staff across the service and contribute to maintaining a safe, therapeutic environment.

The successful candidate will have excellent communication and clinical skills, with a commitment to delivering compassionate, person-centred care that supports recovery, independence and wellbeing.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a supportive team and make a meaningful difference to the lives of people experiencing mental health challenges.

Main duties of the job

Reporting to the Charge Nurse, the post holder will work as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team, co-ordinating with Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Occupational Therapists, Health Care Assistants and allied professionals, to help individuals with specific symptoms of mental illness, and supporting them to overcome challenges.

With a passion for positive change, the successful applicant will prepare, develop and maintain individualised patient records, producing care plans and risk assessments, with an aim to maximise care and assist people to live productive lives. Interacting with patients' families and other services is a key component of the role, offering education, information and advocacy.

Excellent observational skills are required to assess patients, along with the ability to stay calm and think quickly in challenging circumstances.

Applicants will also be required to administer medications and facilitate treatment options, monitoring results, recording and escalating any concerns in a timely manner.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Details
Date posted: 13 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year, per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 338-7991632-38
Job location: Avondale Assessment Unit, Miranda House, Gladstone Street, Hull, HU3 2RT, United Kingdom

Job description
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification
Experience

• Essential: Willingness to undertake and complete preceptorship; facilitating the transition for newly qualified nurse booklet and core competency development programme.
• Essential: Appropriate Knowledge and experience of working in a Mental health setting
• Desirable: Evidence of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development

Qualifications & Knowledge

• Essential: Part III or 13 of NMC live register
• Essential: A broad understanding of relevant Policy, legislation and their application to clinical and service area
• Essential: Standard IT skills
• Desirable: Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area

Skills and Competencies

• Essential: Able to demonstrate effective interpersonal/communication skills
• Essential: Evidence of good time management skills
• Essential: Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
• Desirable: Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures.

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Employer's website: https://www.humber.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Clinical Lead Sophie Coulman, sophie.coulman@nhs.net, 01482617565

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