Job summary
- Main area
- Community Mental Health for Adults
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 246-CEN7259044
- Employer
- Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Conifers, Hellesden Hospital
- Town
- Norwich
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 gross per annum - pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 10/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Community Mental Health Nurse
Band 6
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience
Please note, NSFT uses tools to screen any applications generated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
Job overview
Our innovative and award-winning Rehabilitation in Complex Psychosis Community Mental Health Service seeks a creative and flexible Senior Mental Health Nurse to join our team. The Rehabilitation in Complex Psychosis Team, based in Norwich, supports service users with complex and enduring severe mental illness in the Central Norfolk Locality. As a team we are passionate about creative engagement, and empowering service users with complex needs to achieve their Recovery goals.
The team is a pioneering multi-agency project, and along with NSFT colleagues (nursing, OT, psychology, psychiatry and pharmacy), we have fully integrated substance misuse support from CGL, social workers from Norfolk County Council, and recovery and peer support workers from Together. As a caseload holding team, we provide rehabilitation support when and where a person needs it – in the community, in supported accommodation, or in-reaching to inpatient settings.
The successful candidate will be required to work with a caseload of service users and work collaboratively towards rehabilitation goals. This could mean working with people in their own homes, residential care and supported living settings as well as, on occasion, in-reaching to people who are in a mental health hospital bed.
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidate will have an interest in working within a busy and dynamic Community Mental Health Service. This is a clinically focussed post with emphasis on ensuring high quality clinical care provision and outcomes.
You will take a recovery focused approach to enable service users to live well and access their wider community. Service users will remain at the centre of the team's approach and they will support people who are eligible for the service wherever they are residing in the local area.
You will be expected to act as a source of advice and guidance to others in the team aligned with your your scope of practice. You can expect to act as a keyworker for a small number of service users (limited to 10-15) but will work with any service user who can benefit from your skills and experience. Successful candidates can expect to spend the vast majority of their working week in face to face contact with service users, making use of their specialist clinical skills.
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Benefits
Benefits included with this role are:-
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Within this role you will work with an established and supportive MDT. As with many services we currently use a blended model of virtual and face-to-face working which provides opportunities for flexibility. You will have knowledge, skills and experience of working across the range of complexity and severity in adult mental health.
We will expect the post holder to work collaboratively and flexibly with others to undertake assessments, develop and share psychological formulations and develop treatment plans.
You will be responsible for managing a caseload, assessing and planning treatment for your patients. Working with the patient to plan care and optimise treatment plans. Feeding back to the MDT and working within the team for the best outcome for the patient
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Nursing degree or equivalent RN(MH)
Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake training
Desirable
Evidence at social care / health related study
Experience
Essential
Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
Familiar with risk assessment and its management
Desirable
Previous experience of working with people with complex mental health needs
Skills / Knowledge
Essential
Ability to work regularly unsupervised
Good interpersonal and communication skills
Good observation and reporting skills
Desirable
Ability to supervise others
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
- Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in the specific area
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist OR Social Worker with the relevant professional registration
- Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training (NMC registrants) or Practice Educator (AHP & Social Worker Registrants)
- Ongoing professional development working towards degree level ( if professional registration is following a diploma level course)
Desirable criteria
- Recognised Leadership/Management training
- Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel independently
Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective analytical and decision-making skills
- Care planning and Risk assessment knowledge and skills
Desirable criteria
- Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Colin Oswald
- Job title
- Community Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01603 421610
- Additional information
Melissa Moss
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