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Band 6
Full-time

Community Mental Health Nurse

Oxleas NHS Foundation TrustMIND in Bexley, Devonshire Road, Bexleyheath, DA6 8DS, United Kingdom£45,953 - £54,254Closes 27/09/2026

At a glance

Band
Band 6
Contract
Fixed-term
Pattern
Full-time
Posted
11/09/2026
Closes
27/09/2026

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Role summary

This role involves delivering and advising on high-quality, safe nursing care within the Bexley Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub. The post holder will conduct assessments and brief interventions within a multi-disciplinary framework, working with GPs, local authorities, and MIND. Key responsibilities include promoting clinical leadership, supporting staff development, and fostering collaborative working across organisations. The role requires autonomous practice, leading junior staff, and ensuring patient-centred care.

Essential criteria

  • Minimum 2 years of experience as a band 6 Mental Health nurse
  • Degree in Mental Health
  • Full uk driving license and access to a car
  • Ability to use RIO system
  • Experience in working with community settings mental health
  • Minimum 2 years of experience as a band 6 Mental Health nurse
  • Degree in Mental Health
  • Full uk driving license and access to a car
  • Ability to use RIO system
  • Experience in working with community settings mental health

Useful to know

Band 6 pay context

Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.

This advert: £45,953 – £54,254 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.

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Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

Community Mental Health Nurse

The closing date is 27 September 2026

Job summary

The post holder will deliver and or advise on the delivery of high-quality safe nursing care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct. Bexley Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub is a primary care level service in the Borough of Bexley. The post sits within a multi-disciplinary framework and provides assessments (telephone, virtual and face to face) and brief interventions. The team liaises and gets referrals from several sources including GPs, Bexley Local Authority and MIND.

As a Community Mental Health Hub Nurse you will promote and develop clinical leadership and clinical practice and be a positive role model to junior members of the team through the practice of evidence-based care. You will be expected to support professional development through clinical appraisal and supervision and contribute to the ongoing educational programme for staff, fostering a positive learning environment.

As a senior nurse working within the hub you are required to encourage and foster collaborative and cross organisational working.

Main duties of the job

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