Band 5 Staff Nurse - Bristol

Bradley Brook is 8 bedded specialist admission and Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) ward within Fromeside Medium Secure Unit, providing assessment, treatment and recovery-focused care for men with complex mental health needs in a secure environment. The ward delivers high-quality, evidence-based care within a multidisciplinary setting, supporting service users through their recovery journey while maintaining safety, dignity and therapeutic engagement.

Why join us?

• Work within a specialist medium secure forensic service.
• Develop skills in assessment, risk management and recovery-focused practice.
• Be part of a supportive multidisciplinary team.
• Access ongoing training, supervision and career development opportunities.
• Contribute to delivering high-quality care that positively impacts the lives of service users.

We are recruiting 2 Full Time Substantive and 1 Full Time 12 month Secondment Band 5 Staff Nurse

Main duties of the job

The band 5 staff nurse role is a key member of the in-patient multidisciplinary team. Working with service users and their families, friends and carers to help make a difference to the experience of those using our services by:

Demonstrating kindness, respect and compassion

Helping to keep people safe through good risk assessment and good clinical practice

Helping to develop coproduced plans of care, which are personalised and responsive to peoples needs

Providing health promotion information to service users and carers

Undertaking effective treatment supported and delivered in line with current legislation, standards and evidence based guidance

Providing supervision and mentoring to other staff and students

Being part of the AWP vision to provide high quality care

About us

Details

Date posted

14 October 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

342-SEC051-1026

Job locations

Blackberry Hill Hospital Fromeside

Bristol

BS16 1EG

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

To carry out clinical nursing practice within designated areas, working to provide high quality, evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, intervention and evaluation.

This will include:

Utilising excellent communication skills to develop a rapport with service users, carers, colleagues and visitors.

Provide and receive complex sensitive confidential information.

Recognising the potential barriers to communication and practicing with empathy, reassurance and understanding.

Undertaking comprehensive nursing assessments using analytical and judgement skills

Collaboratively undertaking clinical risk assessments and developing and supporting personal safety plans and crisis and contingency planning with the service user, and where appropriate carers and families.

Using professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level and current practice-based evidence to plan and organise provision of care.

Planning appropriate care and treatment interventions alongside colleagues, service users and where appropriate carers and families.

Providing specialist advice in relation to care to service users and where appropriate carers and families.

Delivering a range of psychosocially-informed nursing therapies in accordance with service users care plans, needs and preferences.

Utilise opportunities to offer health promotion and education.

Demonstrating developed nursing skills obtained through practice, understanding the importance of accuracy and a narrow margin for error.

Demonstrating a commitment to reducing restrictive practice.

Administering appropriate medication within relevant Trust and legislative guidance

Ensuring the ordering, storing and disposal of medication complies with relevant Trust and legislative guidance.

Demonstrate a working knowledge of the key elements of the relevant Mental Health Legislation.

Collaboratively evaluating the impact and effectiveness of care and working to improve these outcomes.

Supervising the practice of less experienced and newly qualified practitioners, student nurses or support worker colleagues.

Please see attached Job Description for full details

Job responsibilities

To carry out clinical nursing practice within designated areas, working to provide high quality, evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, intervention and evaluation.

This will include:

Utilising excellent communication skills to develop a rapport with service users, carers, colleagues and visitors.

Provide and receive complex sensitive confidential information.

Recognising the potential barriers to communication and practicing with empathy, reassurance and understanding.

Undertaking comprehensive nursing assessments using analytical and judgement skills

Collaboratively undertaking clinical risk assessments and developing and supporting personal safety plans and crisis and contingency planning with the service user, and where appropriate carers and families.

Using professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level and current practice-based evidence to plan and organise provision of care.

Planning appropriate care and treatment interventions alongside colleagues, service users and where appropriate carers and families.

Providing specialist advice in relation to care to service users and where appropriate carers and families.

Delivering a range of psychosocially-informed nursing therapies in accordance with service users care plans, needs and preferences.

Utilise opportunities to offer health promotion and education.

Demonstrating developed nursing skills obtained through practice, understanding the importance of accuracy and a narrow margin for error.

Demonstrating a commitment to reducing restrictive practice.

Administering appropriate medication within relevant Trust and legislative guidance

Ensuring the ordering, storing and disposal of medication complies with relevant Trust and legislative guidance.

Demonstrate a working knowledge of the key elements of the relevant Mental Health Legislation.

Collaboratively evaluating the impact and effectiveness of care and working to improve these outcomes.

Supervising the practice of less experienced and newly qualified practitioners, student nurses or support worker colleagues.

Please see attached Job Description for full details

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RMN Pin Registration
• Willingness to complete or completed relevant course on teaching and assessing in clinical practice or equivalent.

Desirable

• Relevant specialist CPD qualification.
• Post-graduate qualification in nursing or related discipline

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of working with people who experience mental health difficulties
• Practical experience of providing high quality care and exceeding expectations
• Experience of medication administration within inpatient settings and medication management
• Understanding the importance of Health and Safety
• Experienced in current developments in mental health care and nursing practice
• Understanding effective risk assessment and developing coproduced safety plans/risk management plans.
• Understanding of and demonstrable practice within the NMC Code of Practice
• Working understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983

Desirable

• Training in specific clinical interventions
• Evidence of basic counseling and group work
• Evidence of QI work

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• RMN Pin Registration
• Willingness to complete or completed relevant course on teaching and assessing in clinical practice or equivalent.

Desirable

• Relevant specialist CPD qualification.
• Post-graduate qualification in nursing or related discipline

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of working with people who experience mental health difficulties
• Practical experience of providing high quality care and exceeding expectations
• Experience of medication administration within inpatient settings and medication management
• Understanding the importance of Health and Safety
• Experienced in current developments in mental health care and nursing practice
• Understanding effective risk assessment and developing coproduced safety plans/risk management plans.
• Understanding of and demonstrable practice within the NMC Code of Practice
• Working understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983

Desirable

• Training in specific clinical interventions
• Evidence of basic counseling and group work
• Evidence of QI work

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 (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

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 (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Blackberry Hill Hospital Fromeside

Bristol

BS16 1EG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Blackberry Hill Hospital Fromeside

Bristol

BS16 1EG

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

To carry out clinical nursing practice within designated areas, working to provide high quality, evidence-based nursing assessment, care planning, intervention and evaluation.

This will include:

Utilising excellent communication skills to develop a rapport with service users, carers, colleagues and visitors.

Provide and receive complex sensitive confidential information.

Recognising the potential barriers to communication and practicing with empathy, reassurance and understanding.

Undertaking comprehensive nursing assessments using analytical and judgement skills

Collaboratively undertaking clinical risk assessments and developing and supporting personal safety plans and crisis and contingency planning with the service user, and where appropriate carers and families.

Using professional, clinical knowledge acquired through training to degree/diploma level and current practice-based evidence to plan and organise provision of care.

Planning appropriate care and treatment interventions alongside colleagues, service users and where appropriate carers and families.

Providing specialist advice in relation to care to service users and where appropriate carers and families.

Delivering a range of psychosocially-informed nursing therapies in accordance with service users care plans, needs and preferences.

Utilise opportunities to offer health promotion and education.

Demonstrating developed nursing skills obtained through practice, understanding the importance of accuracy and a narrow margin for error.

Demonstrating a commitment to reducing restrictive practice.

Administering appropriate medication within relevant Trust and legislative guidance

Ensuring the ordering, storing and disposal of medication complies with relevant Trust and legislative guidance.

Demonstrate a working knowledge of the key elements of the relevant Mental Health Legislation.

Collaboratively evaluating the impact and effectiveness of care and working to improve these outcomes.

Supervising the practice of less experienced and newly qualified practitioners, student nurses or support worker colleagues.

Please see attached Job Description for full details

Qualifications

Essential

• RMN Pin Registration
• Willingness to complete or completed relevant course on teaching and assessing in clinical practice or equivalent.

Desirable

• Relevant specialist CPD qualification.
• Post-graduate qualification in nursing or related discipline

Experience & Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of working with people who experience mental health difficulties
• Practical experience of providing high quality care and exceeding expectations
• Experience of medication administration within inpatient settings and medication management
• Understanding the importance of Health and Safety
• Experienced in current developments in mental health care and nursing practice
• Understanding effective risk assessment and developing coproduced safety plans/risk management plans.
• Understanding of and demonstrable practice within the NMC Code of Practice
• Working understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983

Desirable

• Training in specific clinical interventions
• Evidence of basic counseling and group work
• Evidence of QI work