Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, skilled and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner/ Community Mental Health Nurse (Band 6) to join the City Central Local Mental Health Team (LMHT).

If you are a confident, experienced clinician looking for a new challenge and would like an opportunity to use your skills working in a busy, rewarding and supportive environment we would like to hear from you.

LMHT is a community-based service which operates Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.

Main duties of the job
The LMHTs provide mental health services for adults across Nottinghamshire.

We help patients and their families cope with periods of severe mental illness and assess, plan and implement a personalised path of recovery. Some of our patients may require short term intervention, and sometimes longer-term care plans will be put in place.

We are seeking an enthusiastic team player, working within a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability and experience to manage complex cases in partnership with other agencies. In return the successful applicant will receive training and support to develop specific therapeutic skills to enable them to provide a high-quality service to our patients and their families.

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 £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (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

About us
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment

Details
Date posted: 10 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
per annum (pro rata for part time)
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 186-305-26-MH-A
Job locations: City Central LMHT, Highbury Hospital
Highbury Vale
Nottingham
NG6 9DR
United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
This is a rewarding and vital role within the team, delivering treatment to our patients within a supportive environment. In return, we offer a vast range of benefits and opportunities.

Benefits of working at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust include:

• Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Sick pay
• Comprehensive induction and ongoing training
• Commitment to career development
• Wide range of training and development opportunities
• Working in a supportive environment
• Retail Discounts
• Option to purchase additional Annual Leave
• Clinical Supervision
• Preceptorship Programme
• Staff Health and Wellbeing Services

Day to Day Duties:

• Caseload management under the Care Programme Approach
• 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.
• To demonstrate high level communication skills.

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Professional Qualification (Mental Health/Learning Disabilities/General) 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

• Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration

Skills
Essential

• Ability to work as part of a MDT
• 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

Experience
Essential

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

Desirable

• The ability to deal with and resolve conflict

Knowledge
Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments
• Knowledge of the Trusts values and behaviours

Desirable

• Awareness of national and local issues impacting of nursing care

Training
Essential

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

Contractual Requirements
Essential

• A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
• Ability to work to meet the needs to the service (including unsocial hours and bank holidays)

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications 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 (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

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.

Applications 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 (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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

Employer details
Employer name: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address: City Central LMHT, Highbury Hospital
Highbury Vale
Nottingham
NG6 9DR
United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Team Manager
Jen Hambling
jennifer.hambling@nottshc.nhs.uk
01159560841

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