Homeless Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 08/09/2026
- Closes
- 22/09/2026
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Role summary
This is a newly created full-time Band 5 Mental Health Homeless Nurse position within the Manchester Mental Health and Homeless Team. The role involves providing engagement and assessment to clients with complex mental health and dual diagnosis needs, particularly homeless individuals not engaged with mainstream services. The post holder will be supported by a senior team and multi-disciplinary team, developing skills in assertive outreach and inclusion health. This role offers an opportunity to contribute to service planning and development for mental health support for homeless individuals in Manchester.
Essential criteria
- experience and understanding of mental health and/dual diagnoisis
- Knowledge around system barriers for homeless people
Desirable criteria
- experience of community working
- NMC registration as mental health nurse
- Experience of completing risk assessments
- Experience of working within MDT setting
- Previous experience of working with homeless population/inclusion health
- Previous experience of working with VCSE sector
- experience and understanding of mental health and/dual diagnoisis
- Knowledge around system barriers for homeless people
- experience of community working
- NMC registration as mental health nurse
- Experience of completing risk assessments
- Experience of working within MDT setting
- Previous experience of working with homeless population/inclusion health
- Previous experience of working with VCSE sector
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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Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
Homeless Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
The closing date is 22 September 2026
Job summary
We are excited to offer a newly created, full-time position of Band 5 Mental Health Homeless Nurse (RMN) within the Manchester Mental Health and Homeless Team.
We would welcome applications from newly qualified nurses or existing Band 5 nurses who would like to broaden their community nursing experience.
This is the first time there has been a Band 5 post within the Manchester Mental Health Homeless Team and therefore the role will be developed alongside and supporting the post holder's development needs. The post holder will be fully supported via the trust preceptorship package if required, alongside intensive support from the senior team and wider multi-disciplinary team.
The post holder will be supported by a team of band 6 practitioners to develop their own knowledge and skills with our service users, using the combined model of assertive outreach and inclusion health. You will be closely supervised to hold a caseload of individuals within your scope of competence.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide engagement and assessment to clients with complex mental health and dual diagnosis needs.
The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of mental health needs for homeless individuals who are not
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