Community Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 04/09/2026
- Closes
- 18/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 registered nurse to work within the Newcastle North and East CTT. The role involves delivering high-quality, person-centred care to individuals with mental health needs in a community setting. The post holder will manage a defined caseload, providing holistic assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care. Key duties include participating in depot and clozapine clinics, ensuring safe administration and monitoring. The aim is to promote recovery, independence, and wellbeing while reducing hospital admissions.
Essential criteria
- First Level Registration RMN/RNMH/RNLD Qualification
- Experience of working with service users and carers in successful delivery of treatment plans
- Complete preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses
- Multi-disciplinary team work.
- Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers.
- Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users.
Desirable criteria
- Physical Health assessment skills
- Further relevant post qualifying training
- Previous experience in a community setting.
- Experience of involving service users/ carers in evaluation/planning and monitoring of services
- Knowledge and Experience
- Knowledge of relevant contemporary professional theories of mental health care and evidence based interventions.
- Understanding of the statutory issues which impact on service users.
- Skills and Competencies
- Ability to work autonomously and within a team
- Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers.
- Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users.
- Risk Assessment skills.
- Risk Management and Safety Planning skills.
- Ability to establish a rapport and demonstrate engagement skills with service users
- Adaptability, flexibility, good communication skills and a commitment to multi-agency team work
- Education and Qualifications
- First Level Registration RMN/RNMH/RNLD Qualification
- Experience of working with service users and carers in successful delivery of treatment plans
- Complete preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses
- Multi-disciplinary team work.
- Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers.
- Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users.
- Physical Health assessment skills
- Further relevant post qualifying training
- Previous experience in a community setting.
- Experience of involving service users/ carers in evaluation/planning and monitoring of services
- Knowledge and Experience
- Knowledge of relevant contemporary professional theories of mental health care and evidence based interventions.
- Understanding of the statutory issues which impact on service users.
- Skills and Competencies
- Ability to work autonomously and within a team
- Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers.
- Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users.
- Risk Assessment skills.
- Risk Management and Safety Planning skills.
- Ability to establish a rapport and demonstrate engagement skills with service users
- Adaptability, flexibility, good communication skills and a commitment to multi-agency team work
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
Community Nurse
The closing date is 18 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 registered nurse to work within the Newcastle North and East CTT.
The Band 5 Mental Health Community Nurse is responsible for delivering high-quality, person-centred care within CTT, supporting individuals living with a range of mental health needs in a community setting. The role involves working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to promote recovery, independence, and wellbeing, while reducing hospital admissions and supporting early discharge.
The post holder will manage a defined caseload, providing holistic assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care in line with evidence-based practice and organisational policies. Care is delivered in service users' homes, clinics, and other community settings, ensuring accessibility and continuity of care.
The role also includes participation in depot and clozapine clinics, ensuring safe administration, monitoring, and follow-up in line with local and national guidelines.
Main duties of the job
- Undertake comprehensive mental health and risk assessments, contributing to care planning and review processes
- Deliver therapeutic interventions in line with individual care plans, including psychosocial and recover
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