Community Mental Health Staff Nurse - Older Person's Mental Health
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 03/09/2026
- Closes
- 17/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a Community Mental Health Staff Nurse at the Gateshead Specialist Memory Hub, an accredited service at Bensham Hospital. You will manage a caseload of patients with dementia, providing evidence-based treatment and post-diagnostic support in clinics and homes. The role involves supervising student nurses, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams and external agencies, and delivering cognitive stimulation therapy. You will also participate in audit and complete outcome measures.
Key responsibilities
- Work autonomously, managing a caseload of patients diagnosed with dementia.
- Provide evidence-based treatment and post-diagnostic support in clinic and patients' homes.
- Supervise student nurses and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams.
- Work collaboratively with external agencies.
- Deliver cognitive stimulation therapy in line with NICE guidance.
- Complete outcome measures and participate in audit.
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse Part1 with current NMC Registration or working towards
- Diploma/ Degree in Nursing
- Previous experience of Dementia care.
- Ability to work unsupervised.
- Good working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act.
- Excellent communication and organisational skills.
- Understanding of pre-registration curriculum.
- Evidence of ongoing professional development.
- Understanding of change management
- High level of interpersonal and communication skills.
- Team working skills.
- Ability to assess. Plan, deliver and evaluate quality care.
- Excellent organisational skills and the ability to prioritise workload.
- Value people as individuals.
- Car driver.
- IT skills/knowledge appropriate to the role
- Suitable NHS experience
Desirable criteria
- Participate in audit.
- Experience in Cognitive Stimulation Therapy
- Teaching qualification.
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.
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Job summary
The Gateshead Specialist Memory Hub is an Accredited service based at Bensham Hospital. We work Mon - Fri 9am-5pm to provide treatment, post diagnostic support and education for patients with dementia as well as carer support both within the Hub and in collaboration with external agencies. We also refer and signpost to other services and work closely with our Multidisciplinary Community Mental Health Team. Cognitive Stimulation Therapy is offered within the Hub.
Main duties of the job
You will work autonomously, carrying your own caseload of patients who have been diagnosed with a dementia, providing evidence based treatment and post diagnostic support both in clinic and in patients homes. Supervise student nurses and work with all members of the multi disciplinary team. Working collaboratively with external agencies. Deliver cognitive stimulaton therapy in line with NICE guidance. Complete outcome measures. Participate in audit.
About us
Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.
Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.
We now employ around 4
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