Inpatient Staff Nurse (Greyfriars)
Gloucester
Job summary
Greyfriars is a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit situated within the grounds of Wotton Lawn Hospital. We provide care to patients who are acutely unwell and carry additional risk. We are a specialist, nurse led service, where we operate a referrals based system of eligible criteria in line with the PICU National Minimum Standards.
Service users are supported by a variety of healthcare workers including nurses, doctors and allied health professionals such as psychologists, art therapists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists and sports exercise therapists.
The hospital estate has four wards in the main Wotton Lawn building as well as a nurse-led Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and Low Secure Unit (LSU) in the grounds.
Everyone in the hospital is committed to making the admission and stay with us as pleasant as possible, and all staff work closely with both the regionalCrisis and Home Treatment Teams (CHTT)andCommunity Mental Health Teams (CMHT) to ensure seamless services are provided.
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Main duties of the job
Clinical
Work according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines as a named nurse or key worker taking responsibility for the assessment of care and health education needs
Develop, implement and evaluate care plans in conjunction with service users, carers and other professionals ensuring individual needs are met
As named nurse to have responsibility for undertaking mental and behavioural state examinations for own service users and service users being admitted, repeated on at least a weekly basis and clinical risk assessment and management plans.
Assist service users to meet their personal care needs e.g. assisting with bathing and washing, as outlined in the Care Plan. This intervention may be delegated where appropriate
Liaise with and offer specialist assessment and advice to other agencies and professions, including participating in Multi-Agency meetings to offer advice and opinions to facilitate the ongoing treatment and care of service users and to ensure adherence to National Service Framework (NSF) guidelines
Actively support service users in the management of their medication within a 'concordance framework' and relevant policies. Administer medication, including Intra-muscular injections depot medication as appropriate and monitor side effects. Delegate the checking and delivery of medication when appropriate.
We welcome applications from newly qualified nurses
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Details
Date posted
27 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£31,049 to £37,796 a year Per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
327-25-1086-A
Job locations
Greyfriars, Wotton Lawn Hospital
Horton Road
Gloucester
GL1 3WL
For further information and to apply, click on the APPLY BUTTON at the bottom of this advert to view the supporting documents or apply online
Closing Date for Applications: 10-02-2026
Salary: £31,049 to £37,796 a year
