Community Mental Health Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 13/08/2026
- Closes
- 06/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Community Mental Health Nurse to join the Adult Community Mental Health Services Team in Stevenage. The nurse will be responsible for assessing care needs, developing and implementing care plans for a caseload of individuals with complex mental health needs, and maintaining associated records. The position also involves acting as a mentor for student nurses and contributing to effective team communication and inter-agency liaison. The successful candidate will manage a patient caseload, administer medication, and participate in clinical audit and service improvement.
Key responsibilities
- Assess care needs and develop, implement, and evaluate programmes of care for a defined caseload of people with complex mental health and/or social care needs.
- Maintain associated records and act as a mentor for Student Nurses.
- Support the CMHT Team Leader in establishing and maintaining effective inter-team and inter-agency communication.
- Manage a patient caseload in consultation with medical, nursing, and other professions.
- Be responsible for the administration, carriage, and storage of medication in accordance with Trust policies.
- Participate in clinical audit and evaluation of mental health services within secondary care.
Essential criteria
- RMN or Dip / BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing
- Demonstrable post-registration experience at Band 5 in a relevant Mental Health Setting
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Working knowledge of MHA (1983), CPA, Risk Assessment and Section 25 etc
- Effective multi-professional team communication and team working. Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate Nursing care with Supervision. Medication administration.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with colleagues, service users, carers and relatives. Also, with a range of local statutory and non-statutory agencies
- Able to elicit information from service users, carers and professional staff in regard to a wide range of topics
- Ability to use problem solving techniques in a variety of situations
- Able to manage own time and caseload and have good administration skills
- Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathetic or reassuring skills are required
Desirable criteria
- ENB 998 / Preceptorship and Mentorship
- Experience in working with acute mental health problems in a community setting.
- Understanding of the National Service Framework.
- Understanding Primary / Secondary Care interface
- Successful change experiences
- High standard of report writing
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.
Posted 17d ago · Closes in 8d
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Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Community Mental Health Nurse to join our Adult Community Mental Health Services Team in Stevenage / North Hertfordshire.
The area is well served with transport links to historic Hertfordshire and its glorious countryside as well as into London and beyond. We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering care to Adults with mental health issues.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an exceptional organisation with big ambitions, our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
We can offer you a competitive salary, staff benefits package, excellent career development and training that comes from working for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.
Whilst it is a challenging period for the NHS, there has never been a more exciting time to join HPFT. We are on a "Good to Great" journey as we continue to innovate, improve, transform and deliver the very highest standards of care to the service users and communities that we serve.
Please refer to the "Main Duties Of The Job", "Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities" sections and the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached elsewhere for full details.
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