Community Mental Health Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 28/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves managing a caseload of service users with complex health and social care needs, following a recovery-focused model. The successful candidate will be responsible for assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care, including health promotion. Previous care coordination experience is essential for this 6-month fixed-term contract or secondment.
Key responsibilities
- To be responsible for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of the evidence based care required, including health promotion for a named service user/group.
- Responsible for the admission, case conference/reviews and discharge in collaboration with members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Responsible for coordinating the care and assessment under the Care Programme Approach of a designated caseload.
- Responsible for ensuring the postholder understands and meets their professional responsibilities under Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Children Legislation.
- Responsible for ensuring that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented.
- Responsible for establishing therapeutic relationships with service users, and the implementation of evidence based therapeutic interventions with appropriate boundaries in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Councils professional code of conduct.
Essential criteria
- Post 2 years appropriate mental health nursing qualification/ experience
- experience in working within community mental health team/services
- must be able to drive and have access to a vehicle for work purposes
Desirable criteria
- understanding their responsibilities under the mental health act
- understanding their responsibilities under the care act and mental capacity act
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Community Mental Health Nurse
The closing date is 28 September 2026
Job summary
Community Mental Health Nurse Band 6 - £39,959 - £48,117 per annum 37.5 hours per week Taylor Centre, Warrior House, Southend 6 month Fixed Term Contract/Secondment As the successful post-holder you will manage a caseload of service users with complex health and social care needs, following a recovery focused model. Previous care coordination experience is essential for this post.
Previous applicants need not apply
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of the evidence based care required, including health promotion for a named service user/group..
- Responsible for the admission, case conference/reviews and discharge in collaboration with members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Responsible for coordinating the care and assessment under the Care Programme Approach of a designated caseload
- Responsible for ensuring the postholder understands and meets their professional responsibilities under Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Children Legislation.
- Responsible for ensuring that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented.
- Responsible for the promotion of carer and service user involvement
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