Community Psychiatric Nurse
Company: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 28 October 2026

Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for experienced Mental Health Nurses to join our County South LMHT teams. We have vacancies within the Broxtowe & Hucknall LMHT.

We will provide the successful candidates the opportunity to develop skills needed to work within a community setting, providing care to an adult population across the Nottingham area, open to secondary care services, within SMI pathways (mood affective, complex psychosis, community rehabilitation and non psychosis).

You will have opportunity to access training, and to develop skills in working within a specific pathway. We offer a very supportive team environment, with access to regular clinical, managerial and peer supervision.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £20.00 (standard) or £41.00 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to hold a caseload and work with patients and their families to support personalised care plans and provide specialist interventions. You will promote the recovery of patients and through working with partner agencies and primary care to ensure timely and safe discharge from secondary care.

You will complete both triage assessments and more detailed initial assessments of new referrals. You will also be expected to provide support via the team's duty system, either from telephone support or face to face.

This is a leadership role and you will be expected to develop specialist skills in working with patients in at least one pathway within the team. You will also be expected to support students and more junior staff within the team through clinical supervision and mentorship, and you may be asked to line manage some staff.

We are seeking enthusiastic team players, to work within a dynamic multi-disciplinary health team, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability and experience to manage complex cases in partnership with other agencies.

Details
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum (pro-rata for part time)
Band: Band 6
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 186-696-26-MH-A
Location: Broxtowe and Hucknall LMHT, Beeston Clinic, 38 Wollaton Road, Beeston, Nottingham, NG9 2NR

Day to Day Duties

• Caseload management for patients living in the community, and acting as care coordinator.
• Triage of referrals, provision of initial assessments and one-to-one interventions with service users.
• To undertake and record comprehensive need/risk assessments, devise and implement treatment plans for service users.
• To demonstrate the application of specialist skills and knowledge in order to maintain professional competence and fitness to practice as a nurse practitioner.
• To establish and maintain robust communication networks with clients, carers, team members, other health care and social care workers within urgent care and the community.
• To use interpersonal skills in diffusing potentially emotive situations while undertaking assessments and pathway planning within acute settings.

Essential Qualifications

• Professional Qualification (Mental Health) to degree level or equivalent
• Maintains current registration with the NMC
• Further specialist knowledge/post registration experience in specific service area or other formal training

Desirable Qualifications

• Demonstrates continued professional development

Essential Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments
• Knowledge of the nursing 6 c's

Desirable Knowledge

• Awareness of national and local issues impacting on nursing care
• Knowledge of management theories

Essential Skills

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Good written/oral communication skills
• Diplomatic, caring & sympathetic
• Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues
• Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care
• Clinical supervision skills
• IT skills

Essential Experience

• Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding
• Specialist and area specific experience

Desirable Experience

• The ability to deal with and resolve conflict

Essential Contractual

• Ability to work to meet the needs of the service
• A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post

Essential Values and Behaviours

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role.

Essential Training

• Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.