Community Mental Health Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/08/2026
- Closes
- 30/08/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Community Mental Health Nurse to work with older adults in a Community Mental Health Team based at Andover Health Hub. The team provides assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and support for people with cognitive deterioration, dementia, and functional mental health illnesses. You will manage a complex caseload, participate in the duty system, and work collaboratively with other agencies. The position requires excellent assessment, communication, and clinical skills, along with good administration and IT proficiency.
Key responsibilities
- Coordinate the care of a complex caseload of service users as a core member of the Community Mental Health team.
- Supervise a Band 5 Community Practitioner/Band 3 Community Health Care Support Worker.
- Formulate recovery-focused care and risk management plans in collaboration with service users, relatives, and carers.
- Liaise with other services to ensure optimal outcomes for patients and their networks.
- Actively consider and participate in team development.
- Participate in the team's duty system and run clinics as necessary.
Essential criteria
- \*Registered Nurse, Mental Health Practitioner
- \*Recognised Mentorship qualification (applies to nurses) or preparedness to undertake this within agreed timeframe
- \*24 months post registration experience
- \*Registered Nurse, Mental Health Practitioner
- \*Recognised Mentorship qualification (applies to nurses) or preparedness to undertake this within agreed timeframe
- \*24 months post registration experience
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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Job summary
Do you have a passion for working with older adults? Are you interested to work with Older People in a Community Mental Health Team?
If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!
Based at Andover Health Hub, Chantry Centre the Older Persons CMHT offers assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and support for people with a deterioration in cognition and/or dementia and over 65's who present with functional mental health illnesses. We work closely with carers and other services, such as Adult Health and Social Care and with the voluntary sector.
The CMHT is a lively, dynamic, and supportive multi-disciplinary team which provides care coordination and recovery focused care for individuals with complex and challenging mental health needs.
You will need excellent assessment and communication skills. In addition, you will carry a caseload and participate in the team's duty system. As a senior clinician, you will need to work alongside other agencies to promote holistic recovery focused care as well as producing reports, supervising staff and running clinics as necessary.
The successful candidate will have sound clinical skills, be able to coordinate complex care, have good administration and IT skills, as well as good report writing, organisational skills and working knowledge of safeguarding.
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