Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Compressed hours could be discussed in line with Flexible Working)
- Job ref
- 263-CCG25-361-MG
- Employer
- Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Dryden Road Clinic
- Town
- Gateshead
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Nurse
Band 5
Hello!
We are so delighted you are considering coming to work with us at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).
We know the power of looking into an organisation, one you might want to work in, or one where you are going to get help, and being able to say, ‘I’ve seen somewhere I can fit in and be myself.’ We’re on a journey to make the Trust an inclusive employer, representative of the community we serve and we want more of our community to consider applying for jobs with us.
Opportunities for you
Spanning east to west coasts from Northumberland to Cumbria and from the Scottish Borders down to Middlesbrough we’ve got exciting new opportunities available at every level and in every area.
We offer flexible working, helping work fit around family and caring responsibilities, or training and development needs and there’s lots on offer in the way of benefits, such as, lease cars, childcare schemes, staff discounts, season tickets for travel and a cycle to work scheme. All this in a vibrant workplace supported by the following staff networks.
- Cultural diversity staff network
- Disabled staff network
- LGBT+ staff network
We also have a number of staff support groups which are open to any staff to attend. These Include:
- Armed Forces and Veterans Staff Network
- Mind, Health and Wellbeing Community
- Menopause toolkit and cafes and staff carer support group
We offer fantastic personal development opportunities through our Collective Leadership Programme and other Organisational Development initiatives. Whatever you are looking for, you will be joining a supportive, friendly team, offering varied and interesting roles, with opportunities for career progression.
Always improving
CNTW is regulated by the national healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our last two inspections have rated us as an outstanding organisation. We’re always seeking to improve as an organisation. Do you want to be part of that?
Please note that it is a requirement of this Trust that all external applicants pay for their own DBS certification if a DBS check is required for the post. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first monthly pay
Job overview
We are excited to offer a full-time Band 5 Community Nurse post within the Gateshead Community Treatment Team in the West of Gateshead. The postholder must obtain a nursing and midwifery council registration and hold a nursing degree or qualification equivalent.
We are committed to delivering high quality patient centred care and pride ourselves on good team working skills. It is therefore important that the successful candidate holds excellent interpersonal and communication skills to meet the needs of the patients, carers, families and the partners with whom we work.
As a Community Nurse, you will have a genuine interest in collaborative working with adults with severe and enduring mental health needs.
As a registered professional under the NMC, this is an ideal opportunity for someone who wants to develop their community clinical skills.
As a core member of the team, you will also be responsible for your own caseload, providing ongoing assessment, safety planning, agreeing collaborative care plans as a Key Worker, and delivering evidence based intervention in the community.
Part of your role will involve working within the teams depot clinic & clozapine clinic, which provides medication management, monitoring and administration.
Main duties of the job
- Provide direct care and therapeutic support to individuals with mental health conditions.
- Creating collaborative care plans with service users.
- Arranging review appointments in keeping with service specification and the service user's point in their care pathway.
- In collaboration with service users, reviewing their mental and physical health, wellbeing and progress towards goals.
- Producing written records of reviews in the electronic patient record and completing all relevant paperwork associated with reviews, including letters.
- Work as part of a multidisciplinary team, coordinating with doctors, social workers, psychologists, and other healthcare providers.
- Complete referral's to other services for further ongoing support where needed.
- Using clinical supervision effectively.
- Conducting risk assessments and de-escalating crisis situations.
- Building therapeutic relationships with patients.
- Collaborating with families and other healthcare professionals.
- Administering and handling of depot injection medications.
- Promote recovery.
- Have awareness of the mental health act & support patient by providing in reach support to wards.
Working for our organisation
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 30th October 2025
Closing date : 13th November 2025
We welcome your application.
Please note - this vacancy may close early once a suitable number of applications are received.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- First Level Registration RMN/RNMH/RNLD Qualification
- Experience of working with service users and carers in successful delivery of treatment plans
- Complete preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses
- Multi-disciplinary team work.
- Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers.
- Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users.
Desirable criteria
- Further relevant post qualifying training
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of relevant contemporary professional theories of mental health care and evidence based interventions.
- Understanding of the statutory issues which impact on service users.
Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Ability to use IT system
- Comprehensive continuous assessment of skills
- Risk Assessment and Risk Management / Safety Planning skills.
- Ability to establish a rapport and demonstrate engagement skills with service users
- Adaptability, flexibility, good communication skills and a commitment to multi-agency team work
- Time Management skills and ability to prioritise work load
- Provide evidence based therapeutic interventions.
Desirable criteria
- Aware, follow and demonstrate the trust vision and values.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Demi Thompson
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0191 223 2001
- Additional information
Rose Dean
Clinical Lead
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