mental health nursing

As a leading UK mental health nursing recruitment agency, Pulse offers a wide range of opportunities for registered mental health nurses (RMN), learning disabilities nurses (RNLD), psychiatric nurses, community psychiatric nurses (CPN) and healthcare assistants (HCA). We offer the widest choice of shifts across the NHS and private sector, so you can make your flexible mental health nursing job work for you.

Explore our range of mental health nurse jobs in the UK. We offer a variety of permanent roles as well as temporary and locum mental health nursing roles across the NHS and private healthcare organisations.

A mental health nurse provides care and support to people with mental health conditions. Some of a mental health nurse’s day-to-day responsibilities might be developing care plans, administering medication, providing support to patients and their family, and more.

Responsibilities

1. Developing care plans
2. Administering medication
3. Providing support to patients and their families

Salary Information

A mental health nurse’s salary in the UK, in the NHS, starts in the region of £25,000, rising to around £31,000 in band 5. Experienced NHS mental health nurses can earn in the region of £40,000 and up to £53,000. Mental health nurse jobs in the private sector may have varying salaries, depending on a number of factors such as location, type of organisation and years of experience.

Why Choose Pulse?

At Pulse, we put our nurses first. We don’t just help you to find jobs, but we support you with your career goals. We’re a leading mental health nursing agency with dedicated consultants who will give you personalised support when looking for your next mental health nursing role. We’re proud to have been awarded approved supplier status on all major NHS frameworks; meaning unlike some agencies, our mental health nurses have access to shifts at all major NHS trusts. We also partner with many private sector organisations which gives you lots of choice when choosing which sector you would like to work in.