Job summary
Are you an experienced Community Psychiatric Nurse looking for your next challenge?

The West Wiltshire Community Mental Health Team currently has a vacancy within our Psychosis Pathway. We are looking for a motivated and compassionate practitioner who is dedicated to supporting people living with severe and enduring mental health conditions.

We believe that empowering our staff to achieve their full potential directly improves outcomes for the people we support. In return, we offer a supportive team environment, opportunities for professional development, and the chance to make a real impact within your community.

This is a community role with a base in Shearwater Lodge Warminster, there is an aspect of being able to have access to independent transport to visit service users.

Right to Work in the UK: This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post. This is because it is part time hours therefore does not meet the UKVI salary threshold for sponsorship.

Main duties of the job
We are a multidisciplinary team consisting of a talented pool of both registered and non-registered mental health professionals.

We have moved away from the use of care programme approach (CPA) and now work with service users and carers under the "your team, your conversation, your plan" approach, which is a strength based, intervention led model of care, that supports the individual to address their own identified needs. We support the conversation through the use of a personal well-being and safety plan, as well the use of patient related outcome measures (dialogue +).

About us
We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Details
Date posted: 03 September 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 342-WTS128-0926
Job locations: Shearwater Lodge, 1 The Avenue, Warminster, BA12 9AA, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
Please refer to Band 6 job description for further details.

• To undertake the full range of activities required to deliver an ongoing comprehensive mentalhealth service.
• To facilitate the delivery of Personalised Care and Support Planning in line with the Your Team your Conversation-Your Plan Policy and guidance.
• To record risk incidents and to collaboratively create and update Safety Assessments and Safety Plans.
• To provide personalised interventions to support people with Mental Health difficulties.
• To sometimes act as a Keyworker for people to whom you are delivering interventions.
• To plan, deliver and evaluate defined, non-profession specific specialist therapeutic interventions.
• To plan, deliver and evaluate Nursing Interventions as a member of a Multi- Disciplinary Team.
• To work as a member of a Multi-Disciplinary Team, assisting it to function well. Providing profession specific leadership, input and understanding, respecting and utilising the input of other professionals to enhance the overall quality of support provided.
• To deliver a range of defined activities/interventions to support Carers.
• To be responsible for maintaining own workload, as well as planning the workload of others, on a day to day basis, ensuring that time is prioritised effectively, utilising of electronic resources such as diaries/scheduling.
• To be responsible for the protection of individuals from abuse and harm in line with local safeguarding policies and procedures, including working with others in the planning development and review of protection plans, ensuring the appropriate sharing of information.
• Coordinating and undertaking protective interventions which may be required in the protection of others, as outlined in the protection plan, taking individual action where indicated.
• Undertake active clinical leadership and supervision within the team, covering for the manager and colleagues as required.
• To maintain the single health and social care record, ensuring both paper and electronic records are kept up to date in accordance with professional and organisational standards.
• Report and record within agreed timeframes, all activity relating to information reporting and performance requirements.
• To participate in management, caseload and clinical supervision in accordance with trust policy.
• To provide mentoring/training for others in relevant practice areas, according to professional requirements, taking a collaborative approach to practice development and evidence-based care. Specifically this means providing a safe and effective learning environment for the assessment and supervision of students , participating in their learning objectives and assessments.

Person Specification
Professional Registration
Essential

• Professional Registration - Registered Mental Health Nurse

Experience
Essential

• Experience in adult community mental health
• Evidence of risk management and developing risk management strategies

Desirable

• Experience, or placements in a wide variety of settings
• experience in medication management
• Older Adult Experience/Transferrable Skills
• Child and Young Person Experience/Transferable Skills

Communication skills
Essential

• Highly developed written communication skills
• Excellent documentation skills and report writing

Skills and Ability
Essential

• To be able to deliver interventions in the community and be practically able to do so. i.e - Driver

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust
Address: Shearwater Lodge, 1 The Avenue, Warminster, BA12 9AA, United Kingdom
Employer's website: http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Team Manager, Kirsty Bale, k.bale1@nhs.net, 01985220033

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.