Senior Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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Role summary
This is a community-based role for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner within Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The team works with individuals aged 18-75 experiencing severe and enduring mental health illness, collaborating with specialist services. The role requires a motivated and confident professional with excellent communication skills and knowledge of general mental health problems. Successful candidates will empower individuals to manage their mental wellbeing and will need to manage frequent travel across the county.
Essential criteria
- Professional qualification - RMN, Social worker
- Current professional registration - RMN, SW
- Evidence of post basic training
- Extensive experience of working with mental health patients
Desirable criteria
- Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice
- Knowledge and abilities
- Knowledge around suicide awareness and prevention and the ability to support patients
- Education / Qualifications and Relevant Experience
- Professional qualification - RMN, Social worker
- Current professional registration - RMN, SW
- Evidence of post basic training
- Extensive experience of working with mental health patients
- Teaching & Assessing in Clinical Practice
- Knowledge and abilities
- Knowledge around suicide awareness and prevention and the ability to support patients
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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Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
Come and join us as we embark on an exciting journey of community transformation improvement for mental health services across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Significant investment is being made into our acute care pathway, expansion of our specialist services in-line with the NHS Long Term Plan, and the transformation of our community mental health model of care.
We have an opportunity for a motivated and passionate Senior Mental Health Practitioner, to become part of our established team within Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.
We work with individuals with severe and enduring mental health illness from the ages of 18 to 75, and we work in partnership with specialist mental health services/teams such as Eating Disorders Service and Home Treatment Team to facilitate high quality and effective integrated health and social care interventions.
We are a team who will recognise & value the expertise, experience and knowledge that each individual practitioner brings, and we have a genuine commitment to your career development and continued learning. Our mission is to provide a safe and empowering environment steeped in a caring, culture of acceptance, curiosity and empathy. We are dedicated to building a compassionate workplac
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