Community Mental Health Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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 is a fixed-term opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join the Community Rehabilitation Service (CRS) to cover maternity leave. The role involves providing assessment, care coordination, treatment, and recovery-focused interventions to adults with complex and enduring mental health needs, particularly relating to psychosis. The successful candidate will manage a caseload, develop care plans, manage risk, and collaborate with various agencies to ensure high standards of patient care and promote recovery.
Key responsibilities
- Managing and coordinating a defined caseload of patients.
- Undertaking comprehensive mental health assessments and ongoing reviews.
- Developing, implementing and evaluating person-centred care and treatment plans.
- Assessing and managing risk, ensuring timely intervention and escalation where required.
- Providing evidence-based clinical interventions and support to promote recovery, independence and social inclusion.
- Working collaboratively with patients, carers, families and partner agencies to ensure coordinated care delivery.
Essential criteria
- NMC registration
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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Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Community Mental Health Nurse
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and skilled Registered Mental Health Nurse to join the Community Rehabilitation Service (CRS) on a fixed-term basis to provide maternity leave cover.
The successful candidate will work within a multidisciplinary team providing assessment, care coordination, treatment and recovery-focused interventions to adults with complex and enduring mental health needs, relating to psychosis. The role involves managing a caseload of patients, undertaking comprehensive assessments, developing and reviewing care plans, managing risk, and working collaboratively with carers, primary care services and partner agencies.
The postholder will contribute to maintaining high standards of patient care, promoting recovery and independence, and ensuring the safe and effective delivery of community mental health services. They will play a key role in supporting continuity of care and maintaining clinical capacity within CRS during the substantive postholder's period of maternity leave.
This post is offered as a fixed-term contract for maternity leave cover.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will work within CRS as part of a multidisciplinary team, providing high-quality, recovery-focused care to adults with complex
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