RMN - Lewes intensive support team in SOAMHs
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
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 is a community nursing opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Nurse (or Learning Difficulties nurse with relevant experience) to join the Lewes intensive home support team in Newhaven. The role involves providing intensive home support for older adults with acute mental ill health to prevent hospital admission, working with complex mental and physical health needs, and supporting clients and their carers. The post-holder will act as a care co-ordinator, developing care plans and maximising independence. The role is rota-based, covering 8am-7pm Monday-Friday and 9am-5pm Saturday & Sunday.
Key responsibilities
- Work in partnership with service users with acute mental health illness.
- Assess and develop care plans and recovery plans to enable service users to lead fulfilling lives.
- Demonstrate understanding of clinical interventions relevant to the care group, including education, care plans, and discharge planning.
- Work closely with carers, families, and partner agencies.
- Assess, plan, and implement care, and provide specialist nursing advice and procedures.
- Provide clinical supervision to staff and students, and act as a mentor for student nurses.
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
- Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
- Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
- Experience of working within the CPA process
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Previous experience of working in the community
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
RMN - Lewes intensive support team in SOAMHs
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
We have agreatcommunity nursing opportunity at our Newhaven base in East Sussex. This postwould suitaRegisteredMental Health Nurse(but we will consider Learning Difficulties nurses who have sufficient experience of working with Dementia or Severe Mental illness.)
You would be a key part of our multi-disciplinary service for older adults with mental health problems, including Dementia. This is challenging work but we receive very positive feedback from our service users and carers and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has recently achieved Outstanding for the care it provides.
Thispostwill involve working witholder People withcomplexmental health needs as well as physical health care needs. You will be expected to supportboththe clientandtheircarers.You will also need to be able to work cohesively with otherservices bothwithinourTrust, andwithotherpartneragencies.
You will need to becaring, compassionate and a good communicator,with a commitment toimproving the lives of our service usersthrough creative,evidence based practice. As a care co-ordinator, you will beresponsible forworking collaboratively with service users and their carerson your caseload to create care plans thatmeettheir needs and maximise their independence.
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