Community Psychiatric Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 26/08/2026
- Closes
- 09/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves delivering recovery-focused nursing care to service users, families, and carers experiencing acute mental health crises within their home environment. The Community Psychiatric Nurse will provide evidence-based, nurse-led care and psychosocial interventions, acting as a safe alternative to inpatient admission. Responsibilities also include screening new referrals, conducting urgent 24/7 assessments, and performing gatekeeping assessments in general hospitals. The position requires clinical leadership, shift coordination, and mentorship for nursing students, ensuring high standards of care and documentation.
Essential criteria
- Registration with relevant regulatory body. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
Desirable criteria
- Further training relevant to the role
- Mentorship or practice educator qualification
- Experience working in mental health service
- Experience of prioritising casework and allocation /delegation of tasks to others.
- Experience of liaising with a variety of stakeholders both internal and external to organisations.
- Experience working within Crisis Home Treatment Team
- Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Care programme approach, Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding, Consent to Treatment.
- An understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management.
- Understanding of the impact of mental health crisis on lifestyle and function for clients, family and carers and common pharmacological and psychosocial treatments
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times, especially in complex/challenging situations
- Ability to work autonomously and cooperatively as part of an interprofessional team.
- Ability to motivate, empower and enable others.
- Leadership skills
- Training, Qualifications and Registration
- Registration with relevant regulatory body. The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
- Further training relevant to the role
- Mentorship or practice educator qualification
- Experience working in mental health service
- Experience of prioritising casework and allocation /delegation of tasks to others.
- Experience of liaising with a variety of stakeholders both internal and external to organisations.
- Experience working within Crisis Home Treatment Team
- Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Care programme approach, Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding, Consent to Treatment.
- An understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management.
- Understanding of the impact of mental health crisis on lifestyle and function for clients, family and carers and common pharmacological and psychosocial treatments
- Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times, especially in complex/challenging situations
- Ability to work autonomously and cooperatively as part of an interprofessional team.
- Ability to motivate, empower and enable others.
- Leadership skills
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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Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Community Psychiatric Nurse
The closing date is 09 September 2026
Job summary
When a service user experiences an acute mental health crisis, receiving fast, compassionate care in their own home environment can transform their recovery. As a Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) within our East Kent Home Treatment & Rapid Response Teams, you'll play a crucial role delivering recovery-focussed nursing care to service users, families, and carers when they need it most.
This dynamic dual role brings together hands-on crisis nursing, hospital gatekeeping, shift leadership, and student mentorship:
- Home Treatment Function: Deliver evidence-based, nurse-led care and psychosocial interventions directly in service users' homes, providing a safe and effective alternative to inpatient hospital admission.
- Rapid Response Function: Screen new referrals, conduct urgent 24/7 assessments via the Urgent Mental Health Helpline, and carry out gatekeeping assessments in general hospital settings.
- Clinical Leadership & Mentorship: Lead shifts, allocate work across the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), uphold clinical documentation standards, and act as a Practice Educator for the next generation of mental health nurses.
If you are a passionate Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) looking for a supportive environment where your clinical judgement an
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