Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner

Transformationunitgm; Norwich; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider is looking for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner in Norwich. You will work in a dynamic environment, engaging with community mental health teams to support diverse individuals. This role provides opportunities for training, career progression, and contributing to meaningful recovery outcomes.

Qualifications

• Current professional qualification as a Registered Nurse.
• Passionate about mental health and recovery.
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of mental health practice.

Responsibilities

• Promote recovery and support mental health within the community.
• Conduct effective risk assessment and management.
• Work in a supportive and diverse mental health recovery team.

Skills

Time management

Education

Nursing degree or equivalent

Ongoing professional development towards degree level

Job description

Employer Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site City Anchorage Town Norwich Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/06/2025 23:59

Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner

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

YOUR APPLICATION

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Job overview

Community Mental Health Nurse - Band 6

Are you a Nurse with an appetite for challenges, learning and making a difference to the communities we support. City 2 CMHT is a friendly and supportive team looking to recruit a Band 6 Nurse to complete the team.

Do you want a role that brings job satisfaction and challenges where no day is the same?

Main duties of the job

The City Community Adult Mental Health Teams are looking to employ an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Senior Mental Health Nurse.

Are you passionate about promoting recovery and do you hold the values and beliefs in line with the ‘Recovery’ model and ways of working within mental health?

Are you someone who wants a career within Adult Mental Health Care, with a forward thinking Trust and team supporting you?

Our Team and Service is committed to supportingyouin developing career pathways within the community and retaining good quality and experienced staff.

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 experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

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 professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidates will hold a current Professional qualification as a Registered Nurse with an appetite for creative thinking in the face of challenges, a mind prepared for early adoption of change and innovation. If this is you and you have a passion for mental health and the energy to want to work in a supportive and diverse Community Mental Health Recovery Team then your seat is ready for you with us.

The City Adult Community Team has been identified as the Early Adopter site for the newly commissioned Personality Disorder pathway which in itself is bringing exciting opportunities for training and working collectively and therapeutically.

Person specification

Qualification

• Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent
• Ongoing professional development working towards degree level

Experience

• Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
• Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience

Skills

• Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.

Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.

The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.

This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £16 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.