Closing date: 21 October 2026
Location: The Railings, Woodside Park, Rugby, CV21 2AW
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum (Agenda for Change, Band 6)
Contract: Permanent, Full-time

Job summary
Depot Clinic Nurse

The Band 6 CPN will provide clinical leadership, co-ordination and professional oversight of the depot clinic, ensuring that the service operates safely, effectively and consistently and that patients receive high-quality person-centred care.

The post holder will work predominantly within the depot clinic environment and will have responsibility for overseeing the clinical and operational delivery of depot clinics.

They will provide day-to-day leadership, guidance and support to the Band 5 nurses working within the clinic, promoting safe practice, sound clinical decision making, effective documentation and adherence to Trust policies and relevant professional standards.

The post holder will act as a key link between the depot clinic, CMHT, prescribers, GPs, pharmacies and other relevant services to ensure continuity of care and effective management of patients who receive a depot.

Main duties of the job

• Overseeing the safe and timely administration of depot medication and ensuring no patients are missed
• Co-ordinating clinics, appointments, missed depots, and liaise with primary care
• Ensuring robust patient identification, medication checks and accurate documentation
• Monitoring medication stock, ordering requirements and safe storage
• Ensuring appropriate mental health, relapse and physical health monitoring is undertaken
• Liaising with care co-ordinators, prescribers, GPs, pharmacies and other services
• Undertaking regular audits of environment and stock
• Identify patients that require more input and discuss and highlight this with MDT
• Have dedicated outreach days to complete home depots
• Assist with QI projects including development of SystemOne
• Maintain clear communication of the needs of the clinic and patients

Person Specification
Essential qualifications:

• Relevant Professional Qualification ie. RMN, DipCOT
• Current unrestricted registration with HCPC/NMC
• Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures and theory
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Essential knowledge:

• Excellent written communication skills

Essential experience:

• Substantial experience in a Community Mental health care setting
• Developed specialist knowledge gained within a similar environment over a considerable period of time
• Significant experience of undertaking assessment, formulation, risk assessment and positive risk management
• Experience of safeguarding and investigations
• Proven experience of people management

Essential other:

• Must have full driving licence and access to a motor vehicle for business use

About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

Benefits

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• Staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

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.

Contact: Samantha Gray, Team Manager, Samantha.Gray@covwarkpt.nhs.uk

Apply through our website.