Community Mental Health Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 21/09/2026
- Closes
- 05/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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“Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
The Norwich City Community Mental Health Team is seeking two caring and motivated Band 5 Registered Mental Health Nurses to provide patient-centred care to individuals with moderate to severe mental illness. Based at the Julian Hospital in Norwich, the role involves working with a defined number of service users, developing assessment skills, providing interventions, and managing medicines. There is also an opportunity for a specific depot and physical health nursing role. The team prides itself on collaborative working and offers support for skill development and career progression.
Essential criteria
- Nursing degree or equivalent RN(MH)
- Membership qualification or willingness to undertake training
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of working with mental health needs
- Ability to work regularly unsupervised
- Good Observation and reporting Skills
- Ability to display calm, mature response to difficult situations
- Ability to supervise others
- Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality
- Awareness of security and its impact and willingness to expand knowledge on it
- Working knowledge/application of the Mental Health Act 1993
- Other
- Ability to travel independently
- Awareness and understanding equity and diversity issues
- Nursing degree or equivalent RN(MH)
- Membership qualification or willingness to undertake training
- Previous experience of working with mental health needs
- Ability to work regularly unsupervised
- Good Observation and reporting Skills
- Ability to display calm, mature response to difficult situations
- Ability to supervise others
- Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality
- Awareness of security and its impact and willingness to expand knowledge on it
- Working knowledge/application of the Mental Health Act 1993
- Other
- Ability to travel independently
- Awareness and understanding equity and diversity issues
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.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Community Mental Health Nurse
The closing date is 05 October 2026
Job summary
The Norwich City Community Mental Health Team's provides patient centred and compassionate care to people in with moderate to severe mental illness.** Based at the Julian Hospital in Norwich we are looking for 2 caring and motivated Band 5 Registered Mental Health Nurses**
We are a team that prides itself on its team working and we value working together to meet the needs of service users. We work closely with psychology, psychiatry and staff from occupational health and Social Work and work hard to provide the opportunity to learn from each other.
As a band 5 qualified mental health nurse within the team, you would work with a defined and planned number of service users with moderate to severe mental illness who require care coordination. You would have opportunities to develop assessment skills, the direct provision of interventions and medicines management. We also have an opportunity for a defined depot and physical health nursing role overseeing the day to day running of our community teams depot clinic.
If you are looking for a highly functioning CMHT with caring colleagues and the opportunity to develop your career further, we'd love to hear from you!
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