Community Mental Health Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 14/08/2026
- Closes
- 31/08/2026
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Role summary
This is a full-time Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse position within the Dementia & Older People's Mental Health Team in Horsham, West Sussex. The role involves providing intensive support to clients in crisis, managing a caseload of older adults, and conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments. The successful candidate will work within a multi-disciplinary team, focusing on maintaining service users' wellbeing and independence, and will need to travel across the local area.
Key responsibilities
- Contribute to the management of a team caseload of clients with complex needs, using CPA principles.
- Support/manage a team caseload and attend relevant MDT meetings.
- Regularly support and cover the duty rota.
- Provide specialist assessment and intervention as part of a multi-disciplinary approach.
- Provide risk screening and assessment as well as risk management planning.
- Regularly share and supervise students on practice placement, and junior staff as appropriate.
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 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
- Contribute to the implementation of services
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.
Posted 16d ago · Closes in 2d
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Job summary
We have a great opportunity for a full-time band 6 nurse to work Dementia & Older People's Mental Health Team based in Horsham, West Sussex. The service provides an Intensive Support service for those experiencing crisis operating a 9-5pm 7 days a week including Bank Holidays and a Lead Practitioner role where the post holder manages their own caseload working 9-5 Mon- Friday excluding B/H's.
The successful candidate will join a friendly, highly skilled and enthusiastic multi professional team. We will take a keen interest in helping you to develop the skills important to this role and the post-holder will be encouraged to develop special interests and expertise in line with service and team objectives. You will be part of a highly skilled and supportive multi-disciplinary team. You will receive regular managerial and clinical supervision. This is a challenging but rewarding work as we receive positive feedback from our service users and carers.
The post holder will be expected to travel across the Crawley, Horsham and Chanctonbury area covered by the team, the ability to travel to remote areas is essential. You must have a car and a valid driving licence to apply for this post.
Main duties of the job
The role of this post is to actively engage those requiring an increased level of support with the aim of keeping people within their home and maintaining the
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