Nurse Support Practitioner

Salary

Salary: £30,723.38 (based on 37.5 hours per week). Time at 1.3 of hourly rate for after 8pm and on Saturdays, 1.6 of hourly rate for Sundays and Bank Holiday.

We are proud to be launching a brand‑new CQC‑registered residential mental health service in Beckenham, developed in partnership with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. Our 12‑14 bed, clinically led community rehabilitation service will provide 24/7 clinical support to people with complex mental health needs, offering a safe, therapeutic, and recovery‑focused environment. This role is not eligible for sponsorship as it does not meet the UK Visa and Immigration Service requirements.

As a Nurse Support Practitioner, you will play a key role in delivering high‑quality, compassionate care, ensuring service users receive personalised support aligned with their individual nursing care plans.

• Deliver safe, effective care that meets the needs of service users, families, and carers.
• Administer and dispense medication in line with professional guidance, supporting Staff Nurses during medication rounds.
• Support Staff Nurses with day‑to‑day clinical duties.
• Prepare for and contribute to reviews with external professionals, including GPs and psychiatrists.
• Support colleagues to respond consistently to challenging behaviour in line with agreed nursing support plans.
• Coach and mentor Support Workers, supporting their development and confidence.
• Help ensure quality standards are met in line with professional and regulatory requirements.

• Experience supporting people with complex mental health needs and behaviours that challenge.
• Confidence working with individuals who may present as highly emotive or distressed.
• NVQ Level 3 (or above) in Health and Social Care (or willingness to complete).
• Safe Medicate training (or willingness to complete).
• GCSE Maths and English (Grade C or equivalent).
• Strong understanding of person‑centred care, safeguarding, and risk management.
• Excellent communication, organisation, and IT skills (including Office 365).
• Emotional resilience, professionalism, and a collaborative approach.

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years service) and the option to purchase or sell day.
• Enhanced pension.
• Wagestream‑ability to release earnings, giving you instant access to your pay.
• Smart Clinic Wellbeing Programme, including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and counselling sessions.
• Shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card.
• Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary.
• Plus, many more great benefits on offer!

We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity. We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQ+, Black, Asian and minority ethnic, menopause and neurodivergent communities.

In order to streamline our recruitment process, once we have received a sufficient number of applications, we reserve the right to expire vacancies, so please submit your application as soon as possible.