Mental Health Nurse
Closing date: 29 July 2026

Job summary
Do you want to work in a fast-paced yet highly rewarding environment? Do you want the opportunity to grow both personally and professionally within a caring, supportive team?

Then this may be the role for you!

We are looking for passionate, enthusiastic Mental Health Nurses to join our dynamic team, demonstrating our LPT Trust values of Compassion, Integrity, Respect and Trust.

Gwendolen Ward is a 19-bedded organic acute ward for males aged 65 and above, also catering to younger patients who may have cognitive impairment. On the ward, we work to support gentleman presenting with complex mental health conditions and physical co-morbidities, offering opportunity for our nurses to provide invaluable care to vulnerable people; in turn offering a sense of real fulfilment. This role provides an excellent opportunity to develop new skills under a nurturing team where you will be able to make a real difference to people's lives.

The ideal candidate will be a positive, pro-active individual, passionate about the delivery and improvement of care for older people.

You will be supported with regular supervision, training opportunities and various health and wellbeing resources.

If you are a newly-qualified nurse, LPT offer a detailed Preceptorship Programme to provide you with additional learning and support needs for up to 12-months.

Main duties of the job

• Providing evidence-based, effective care for all service users on the ward.
• Reviewing and assessing patient care including the implementation of various care plans, working collaboratively with patient's families and carers.
• Working co-operatively and in partnership with the MDT including doctors, nurses, healthcare support workers, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech and language therapists and dieticians.
• Maintaining responsibility for the care provision of your service users including: the administering of medications as per policy and procedure, completion of care records in line with confidentiality and data protection, participating toward the improvement of patient care, reporting and escalating of incidents, cooperating with concerns and complaints.
• Establishing an effective rapport with service users maintaining open and effective communication skills.
• Taking charge of the shift, delegating responsibilities, co-ordinating and prioritising tasks.
• Actively engage within the maintenance of your professional registration, mandatory training requirements and attendance of clinical supervision.

About us
We may close the advert early, if we receive a sufficient number of applicants, so please apply as soon as possible.

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serve over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information can be found in the Information for Applicants, please view the supporting documents.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Details
Date posted: 15 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 006903
Job locations: Evington Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester, LE5 4QG, United Kingdom

Employer details
Employer name: Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Address: Evington Centre, Leicester General Hospital, Gwendolen Road, Leicester, LE5 4QG, United Kingdom

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Hiring Manager
Rhianna Aspinall
rhianna.aspinall1@nhs.net

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.