Mental Health Nurse Older Adult In-Patients inShrewsbury inShrewsbury PUBLISHED 20 DEC 2023

Band 5: £29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum  PERMANENT 

Before applying for the exciting and challenging role, we encourage you to view the full job description and person specification.


Job Overview


This post is part time- 15 hours per week.

Redwoods Centre is situated in the rural town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The hospital offers mental health care and treatment across a variety of different age ranges and presentation.

We welcome applications of newly qualified mental health nurses looking for opportunities for growth and development. This role would give you excellent experience and a firm foundation in assessment while in a safe environment offering interventions for a variety of mental health conditions.

Oak Ward is a mixed gender, Dementia Service ward, made up of 16 beds. We also support older adults with a functional mental health diagnosis.

  • As a Registered Mental Health Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering high quality clinical service to service users and their families and carers.
  • You will participate in therapeutic group work programmes as well as taking the lead where appropriate.
  • You will be required to administer medication and assess each individuals' care needs in order to develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
  • You will also be required to support student nurses on placement.
  • You will need to be NMC registered and you will be required to work within the NMC Code of Practice and Professional guidelines.

Before applying for the exciting and challenging role, we encourage you to view the full job description and person specification.


Job Overview


This post is part time- 15 hours per week.

Redwoods Centre is situated in the rural town of Shrewsbury, Shropshire. The hospital offers mental health care and treatment across a variety of different age ranges and presentation.

We welcome applications of newly qualified mental health nurses looking for opportunities for growth and development. This role would give you excellent experience and a firm foundation in assessment while in a safe environment offering interventions for a variety of mental health conditions.

Oak Ward is a mixed gender, Dementia Service ward, made up of 16 beds. We also support older adults with a functional mental health diagnosis.

  • As a Registered Mental Health Nurse, you will be responsible for delivering high quality clinical service to service users and their families and carers.
  • You will participate in therapeutic group work programmes as well as taking the lead where appropriate.
  • You will be required to administer medication and assess each individuals' care needs in order to develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
  • You will also be required to support student nurses on placement.
  • You will need to be NMC registered and you will be required to work within the NMC Code of Practice and Professional guidelines.



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