Mental Health Nurse - £3k Welcome BonusThe closing date is 20 July 2026Job summaryWe are seeking a skilled and compassionate Mental Health Nurse to join our Crisis Assessment and Intensive Support Team (CAIST) within the Suffolk Crisis Service. This is a dynamic and rewarding role supporting children and young people in acute mental health distress. You will be responsible for assessing referrals, delivering direct care, and managing a caseload in collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team. The role involves work in a fast-paced environment where your clinical expertise and decision-making will have a direct impact on service users and their families.
Main duties of the job- Undertake direct assessments and deliver care plans for children and young people in crisis.
- Ensure the appropriateness of referrals and continuity of care across services.
- Work collaboratively with multi-agency partners including CAMHS, social care, and education.
- Provide supervision and support to junior staff and students.
- Maintain accurate mental health clustering and documentation across all stages of care.
- Contribute to service development and quality improvement initiatives.
About usHere at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us?We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk?The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
DetailsDate posted: 06 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year pa/pro rata
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 246-WSU7659299-L
Job locations: Stowmarket, Suffolk, IP14 1RF, United Kingdom
Job responsibilitiesThe post holder will be working within a community CAMHS Crisis team, ensuring the appropriateness of referrals, undertaking direct assessment and planning and delivering direct patient care with appropriate supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi- disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
- Managing a caseload and the provision of Mental Health Care services to people with mental health care needs.
- Support and advising to other health care professionals. To support aspects of service development.
- Provide an appropriate learning environment for relevant UEA students.
- To be responsible for accurate mental health clustering of all patients on admission, discharge and at review.
- To ensure all mental health clustering information is passed onto other Trust teams or services on transfer of patients.
- To ensure the accuracy and quality of mental health clustering activity within the team.
This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3,000 (pro-rata for part time roles). This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment. Please note this recruitment premium is for external applicants only. Not applicable to newly qualified applicants.Previous Applicants Need Not Apply.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssential- Registered Mental Health Nurse with the relevant professional registration
- Practice Supervisor / Practice Assessor training (in line with NMC Standards for Student Supervision and Assessment 2018)
ExperienceEssential- Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
- Familiar with risk assessment and its management
SkillsEssential- Able to demonstrate the ability to process, plan and delegate work
Desirable- Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice
OthersEssential- Be able and willing to undertake further training / development specific to the role.
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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 SponsorshipApplications 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.UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website. 
