Band 5 Community Psychiatric Nurse

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust; Stratford-upon-Avon; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Stratford-upon-Avon is seeking a Band 5 Community Psychiatric Nurse to join their expanding team. The role involves key worker responsibilities while working predominantly with patients presenting with memory difficulties. Support for new nurses is available through preceptorship and training opportunities. The salary ranges from £31,049 to £37,796 per annum pro rata.

Benefits

Generous annual leave entitlement

Excellent learning and development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes for various benefits

Employee Assistance Programme discounts

Wellbeing support services

Qualifications

• Must have a UK driving licence and access to an independent mode of transport.
• Professional clinical knowledge acquired through degree/diploma.
• Experience in a Community Mental health care setting.

Responsibilities

• Care planning using Dialog and Dialog+.
• Undertaking of medication monitoring and annual reviews.
• Completion of assessment and treatment plans for patients with dementia.

Skills

Community Mental Health Care

Care planning

Medication monitoring

Education

Relevant Professional Qualification ie. RMN, DipCOT

Current unrestricted registration with HCPC/NMC

Job description

Go back Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

Band 5 Community Psychiatric Nurse

The closing date is 16 October 2025

An exciting opportunity to join the Community mental health - Older adult service, an expanding team working with patients with both dementia and functional disorders.

The MDT team is made up of Consultant Psychiatrists, Nurses, OTs, Social workers, Psychologists, Assistant practitioners and support workers.

The Band 5 CPN will take on the key worker role, working predominantly with patient presenting with memory difficulties, however, as the team grows and develops may include some work with patients presenting with functional illness also.

The team is very supportive, with a focus on development, therefore the role would be suitable to a newly qualified nurse. Preceptorship will be offered and opportunities to undergo further training as your career progresses.

Main duties of the job

• Care planning using Dialog and Dialog+
• Undertaking of medication monitoring and annual reviews.
• Completion of assessment and treatment/ intervention plans for patients with an existing dementia diagnosis and older adult patients.
• Psychoeducation with patients and carers.
• Duty on a rota basis.
• Support of group work.
• Post diagnostic support, including signposting individuals and/ or carers to community resources.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job responsibilities

• Care planning using Dialog and Dialog+
• Undertaking of medication monitoring and annual reviews.
• Completion of assessment and treatment/ intervention plans for patients with an existing dementia diagnosis and older adult patients.
• Psychoeducation with patients and carers.
• Duty on a rota basis.
• Support of group work.
• Post diagnostic support, including signposting individuals and/ or carers to community resources.

Please see job description for further details.

Person Specification

• Must have a UK driving licence and have access to an independent mode of transport
• Relevant Professional Qualification ie. RMN, DipCOT
• Current unrestricted registration with HCPC/NMC
• Professional clinical knowledge acquired through degree/ diploma
• Experience in a Community Mental health care setting

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.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a yearper annum pro rata