Bank Comm MH Nurse Band6

Oxleas; Dartford; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Bank Registered Mental Health Nurse (Band 6) to support Adult Community Mental Health Services. The role offers flexible, 0-hour bank shifts in sites across Bexley, Greenwich and Bromley, with salary up to £48,307 pa (inc HCAS).

You will work under the direction of a nurse in charge, delivering safe, person-centred nursing care and contributing to multidisciplinary care for patients with complex needs. Experience in community settings is preferred.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with current registration.
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development.
• 2 years community experience.

Responsibilities

• Cover shifts across Oxleas Trust communities where RMN care is required.
• Provide care to patients with complex and enduring mental health needs.
• Care coordinators to be skilled in recovery-based approaches to care planning and flexible working.
• Support multidisciplinary teams in delivering person-centred nursing care.

Skills

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Community experience

CPD evidence

Band 6

Education

NMC registered nurse

Job description

Main area Adult Community Mental Health Services Grade Band 6 Contract Bank Hours Flexible working - 0 hours per week (Bank Staff) Job ref 277-6761920-CMH-E

Site Bexley, Greenwich and Bromley Town Dartford Salary £48,307 pa inc HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 04/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

Bank RMN Community Nurses Band 6

Do you enjoy caring for people?

Do you want the flexibility to determine your own shift pattern?

Do you already have experience, but would like to broaden your clinical experience; working in multi-disciplinary teams to deliver a wide range of care?

We are inviting passionate and committed individuals to join our Trust's Staff Bank.

We are looking for motivated, skilled, and experienced Registered Mental Health Nurses (RMNs) to work in our community setting.

The BANK RMN under the direction of a nurse in charge, is accountable for the provision, organisation, and direction of safe and person centred nursing care approaches for patients.

Main duties of the job

To cover shifts in various departments across Oxleas Trust where the Multi-Disciplinary Team have

identified that a Registered Mental Health Nurse is required to provide care to patients with complex

and enduring mental health needs.

Care Coordinators working with people with rehabilitation needs should ensure they are competent in:

• Working with a biopsychosocial formulation
• Using explanatory models of illness
• Knowledge of Mental Health diagnosis
• Explaining treatment options
• Skills for working with families of people with psychosis
• Conflict management and conflict resolution.

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We Listen
• We Care

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

A manual of self-management programme should be developed and delivered face-to-face with service

users, as part of the treatment and management. Self-management programmes should include:

• Information and advice about psychosis
• Effective use of medication
• Identifying and managing symptoms
• Accessing mental health and other support services
• Coping with stress and other problems
• What to do in a crisis
• Preventing relapse and setting personal recovery goals.

Care Coordinators should be skilled in working with recovery-based approaches to care planning. Theyshould be able to work flexibly and creatively with people in order to achieve their individual goals,supporting them across a range of health and social care needs, including housing, benefits and debt advice.

Care coordinators will also deliver family intervention when trained and supervised in delivery. Care Coordinators working with people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds should ensure they are competent in addressing cultural and ethnic differences in beliefs regarding biological, social and family influences on the causes of unusual mental states, treatment expectations and adherence.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Evidence of Continuing Professional Development
• 2 years Community Experience

Experience

• Minimum of 3 years post registration
• Experience of supervising junior staff
• Experience of working in a multi disciplinary team
• Experience of working with adults with Mental Health problems
• Experience of liaising with other agencies

Skills

• Knowledge and skills in the management of clients on Clozapine & Depot medication
• Experience of being able to work within policy frameworks in a regulated patient care setting
• Experience of facilitating/planning/supporting groups in a healthcare setting/smoking cessation/activities

We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.

If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

We encourage applicants to contact the hiring manager before their interview, if they have any questions about the role or the process. This is a great way to get clarity and prepare effectively for the interview.

If you have declared you are part of the armed forces community, you may be asked to provide evidence during the recruitment process. If you misrepresent this information, your offer may be withdrawn. For Armed Forces specific support, see our webpage: https://oxleas.nhs.uk/armed-forces-community/

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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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.

Application numbers

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