Senior Community Mental Health Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 01/09/2026
- Closes
- 15/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Senior Community Mental Health Nurse within the Older Persons Mental Health Team in Portsmouth. The successful applicant will provide skilled assessments and treatment interventions to older adults with complex mental health conditions and dementia. Responsibilities include managing a caseload, supervising junior staff, and contributing to service improvement. A key aspect is delivering compassionate, patient-centred care based on comprehensive assessment and evidence-based practice.
Essential criteria
- BSc Mental Health Nursing or Registered Mental Health Nurse currently registered with NMC.
- Practice assessor/supervisor.
- Post registration, specialist training relevant to specialty.
- Access to a car and a full driving licence
Desirable criteria
- Qualified - Registered Mental Health Nurse with experience
- Experience working and supporting patients and families, managing difficult and challenging mental health conditions including behavioural and psychological side effects of dementia, and patients who are nearing end of life.
- Experienced in mental health assessment.
- Experienced in developing care plans, delivering care and clinical interventions.
- Experience of Multi-Disciplinary Team working.
- Evidence of recent CPD.
- Evidence of developing policy, guidelines contributing to management of resources.
- Ability to prioritise workload and work autonomously, instruct and direct others; work is managed, not supervised.
- Experience in dealing with managing emotional issues.
- Clinically competent at Band 6 level.
- Experience of teaching, training, supervising and assessing skills.
- Treat patients with dignity, compassion and respect always.
- Be non-judgemental and inclusive, respecting diversity in background, culture and beliefs.
- Working with patients in their own homes and care / nursing home environment.
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
- Ability to receive and provide complex information which may be sensitive / contentious, where negotiation may be required and there could be barriers to understanding.
- Assess, develop and implement care plans and respond to deterioration in mental health or increased risk.
- Using judgement when assessing and evaluating mental health conditions and progress.
- Work as part of a team and support the development of others.
- Patient Advocacy skills.
- Problem solving skills.
- Manual Handling knowledge and skills.
- Ability to adapt to changes in the work situation.
- Understanding of the health needs of people in their care and health promotion.
- Awareness of research and evidence-based practice relevant to clinical area.
- Understanding of a range of clinical approaches.
- Requirement to work in or manage unpleasant working conditions / environments e.g. body fluids
- BSc Mental Health Nursing or Registered Mental Health Nurse currently registered with NMC.
- Practice assessor/supervisor.
- Post registration, specialist training relevant to specialty.
- Access to a car and a full driving licence
- Qualified - Registered Mental Health Nurse with experience
- Experience working and supporting patients and families, managing difficult and challenging mental health conditions including behavioural and psychological side effects of dementia, and patients who are nearing end of life.
- Experienced in mental health assessment.
- Experienced in developing care plans, delivering care and clinical interventions.
- Experience of Multi-Disciplinary Team working.
- Evidence of recent CPD.
- Evidence of developing policy, guidelines contributing to management of resources.
- Ability to prioritise workload and work autonomously, instruct and direct others; work is managed, not supervised.
- Experience in dealing with managing emotional issues.
- Clinically competent at Band 6 level.
- Experience of teaching, training, supervising and assessing skills.
- Treat patients with dignity, compassion and respect always.
- Be non-judgemental and inclusive, respecting diversity in background, culture and beliefs.
- Working with patients in their own homes and care / nursing home environment.
- Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
- Ability to receive and provide complex information which may be sensitive / contentious, where negotiation may be required and there could be barriers to understanding.
- Assess, develop and implement care plans and respond to deterioration in mental health or increased risk.
- Using judgement when assessing and evaluating mental health conditions and progress.
- Work as part of a team and support the development of others.
- Patient Advocacy skills.
- Problem solving skills.
- Manual Handling knowledge and skills.
- Ability to adapt to changes in the work situation.
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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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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Community Mental Health Nurse
The closing date is 15 September 2026
Job summary
Older Persons Mental Health Team in Portsmouth are looking for a motivated, enthusiastic practitioner to join our friendly team, who provide skilled assessments and treatment interventions to the older adult.
To be a successful applicant you will need to be a registered nurse, preferably RMN, with experience in the care of older adult with mental health problems. You must be enthusiastic inworking with older adults to provide compassionate care to patients and their families and have knowledge of dementia and functional illness with a good understanding of physical health and frailty.
You will be required to work within the wider MDT team, implementing and evaluating care, managing your caseload, supervising HCSWs, junior staff and students within the team.
You will play an important role in our team, as we aspire to provide excellent care to our patients and strive to improve and develop our service in line with national and local guidance.
Access to a car for this role and a full driving licence is essential.
At present, the Trust is unable to offer Skilled Worker visa sponsorship for this post. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application.
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