Registered and Experienced Mental Health Band 6 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 highly motivated and experienced Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner to join the CMHT. The successful candidate will manage a caseload of service users, conduct assessments, and provide front-line clinical care. They will also be involved in training, mentoring, and supervising new staff. The role requires sound clinical, administration, and IT skills, along with excellent assessment and communication abilities. A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle are essential.
Key responsibilities
- Act as an active member of the multi-disciplinary team supporting assessment and care planning.
- Act as care co-ordinator to an agreed caseload of service users with severe and enduring mental illness.
- Undertake ongoing review, treatment and evaluation for service users.
- Support the delivery of therapeutic interventions individually or within a group setting.
- Co-ordinate the care of an agreed caseload of service users with severe and enduring mental illness.
- Assess risk, develop risk management plans, review and adjust in line with the service user's needs.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse, Social Worker, Mental Health Practitioner or O.T.
- Computer skills.
- Commitment to lifelong learning.
- Ability to communicate effectively with people who have difficulty understanding.
- Good facilitation skills.
- Evidence of effective interpersonal skills (active listening, building empathy).
- Ability to organise self and others to achieve tasks.
- Able to co-facilitate group work.
- Working knowledge of the application of the appropriate professional Code of Conduct.
- Providing compassionate, safe care.
- Listening to each other.
- Doing the right thing.
- Appreciating each other.
- Delivering quality.
- Communicating clearly.
- Supporting each other.
- Working as a team.
- Building relationships.
- Making things happen.
- Acting with honesty and integrity.
- Respecting each other.
- Taking responsibility.
- Getting the best from our resources.
Desirable criteria
- Psychological therapies training - CBT, ECS.
- Completion of in-depth safeguarding.
- Knowledge of high-cost placements.
- Knowledge of risk assessments and outcome measures.
- Facilitating group and/or project work.
- Able to carry out supervision of staff.
- Willingness to complete studies as required to meet service delivery.
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
Registered and Experienced Mental Health Band 6 Nurse
The closing date is 30 August 2026
Job summary
We are looking for a highly motivated, experienced and innovative Band 6 mental Health Practitioner to join our CMHT. Meadows CMHT is a close, lively, dynamic, nurturing, and supportive team with excellent peer support and regular supervision. You will manage a reasonable-sized caseload of service users, covering shared care and carrying out assessments. You will be involved in training, mentoring and supervising new and unregistered staff as well as providing excellent front-line clinical care. Meadows CMHT provides compassionate, kind and recovery-focused care to our patients, carers and their families. The successful candidates will have sound clinical skills, administration and IT skills including be able to type. You will also need excellent assessment and communication skills. There will be lots of shadowing/training opportunities to introduce you to the care coordination role and you will need to work alongside other agencies to promote holistic recovery-focused care. Meadows CMHT have regular weekly training slots which are psychologically informed so that our interventions are meaningful.
Successful applicants will need a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work use.
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