Job summary
Thank you for your interest in the Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) position within our H&F Assertive Engagement and Rehabilitation Team.

Please read the Job Description and Person Specification carefully to ensure you meet the essential criteria and hold the relevant current professional registration. This post is currently ring-fenced for nursing applicants only.

West London NHS Trust's Community Rehabilitation Services are undergoing an exciting period of development, with the integration of an assertive outreach function. The successful candidate will work across both rehabilitation and assertive outreach pathways.

We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic mental health nurse with experience in psychosocial rehabilitation and a passion for service development.

Previous experience in a rehabilitation or assertive outreach setting is essential. You will support people with complex mental health needs to achieve recovery, greater independence and improved quality of life.

The role requires excellent communication, clinical decision-making, risk management, multidisciplinary working and the ability to engage individuals who may find it difficult to access or maintain contact with services.

You will be supported by experienced senior and professional managers and a committed multidisciplinary team. We offer opportunities for ongoing training, professional development and involvement in service improvement.

Main duties of the job

• To provide comprehensive, culturally appropriate, evidence-based assessments to establish client's needs; level of support and type of interventions required to facilitate their rehabilitation
• To manage a small caseload of service users with complex, severe and enduring mental health needs; using evidence based and recovery principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate treatment and support for clients in our Boroughs who are registered with a local GP.
• To act as a named worker for service users and hold a caseload of nursing-specific clients (usually for medication administration and physical health monitoring). Undertake assessment and care co-ordination activities within a multi-disciplinary framework, in order to identify the needs of service users and to arrange and provide appropriate packages of care within the available budget.
• To present cases to the relevant placement panels for in-borough and out-of-borough placements, both for initial funding requests and reviews.
• To work proactively with service providers to draw up resettlement plans and carry out regular reviews for clients to assess their progress towards identified goals.
• To contribute to service development
• To undertake supervisory and appraisal responsibilities for allocated team members
• To act as mentor to students on practice placement and to mentor junior members of staff.

About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Details
Date posted: 27 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £47,951 to £56,863 a year per annum pro rata inclusive of 20% HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 222-H&F-140
Job locations: Fulham Palace Rd, Fulham Palace Rd Hammersmith, London, W6 8RF, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential

• Current professional qualification in Mental Health Nursing
• Registration must be live with the NMC
• Evidence of post registration training and CPD.

Desirable

• Other relevant training, e.g. substance misuse
• Family Therapy/Work training.
• Training in Psychosocial Interventions or Thorn

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working in multi-disciplinary mental health teams with clients with severe and enduring mental health problems
• Knowledge of multi/unidisciplinary care planning processes and multi-agency working
• Work with people experiencing mental health crisis.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including report writing and presentations / IT skills.
• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive care package for the identified client group, using a wide range of resources.
• Able to develop a comprehensive programme of intervention and support for the identified client group and their families
• Advanced skills in risk assessment and management.
• Can demonstrate understanding of psychosis and its impact on service users and carers.
• Demonstrate knowledge of current legislation and guidance applicable to this client group
• Can demonstrate understanding of the needs of diverse groups, e.g. residents of inner city; black and minority ethnic groups, and skills in engaging with them.
• Skills in psychosocial interventions
• Prior experience of working in mental health rehabilitation or assertive outreach

Desirable

• Basic counselling and group work skills.
• Skills in leadership: ability to motivate others, use initiative and manage change.
• Working with people who use substances
• Audit and research; Teaching.
• Supervision of students and junior staff.

Personal Qualities
Essential

• Motivated
• Able to create good relationships with clients, carers, other professionals and other stakeholders
• Work with service users who are difficult to engage with
• Reliable
• Disciplined

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).

West London NHS Trust is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.