Community Mental Health Nurse

Oxleas; Bexleyheath; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Band 6 Mental Health Nurse to deliver high-quality nursing care in a community hub setting in Bexleyheath. The role involves assessments, brief interventions, and collaboration with GPs, MIND, and local partners to ensure recovery-focused care.

Candidates should have 2+ years in Band 6 roles, NMC registration, and a valid UK driving licence. The post offers full-time hours, with a pensionable NHS salary in the £46k–£54k range.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years of experience as a Band 6 Mental Health nurse.
• UK driving licence and access to a car.
• UK professional registration (NMC) is required.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and advise on high-quality safe nursing care in a multidisciplinary team.
• Lead and support junior staff and supervise care planning and documentation.
• Coordinate and evaluate patient-centred care with the MDT and carers.
• Administer and monitor medications and manage side-effects.
• Promote safety, risk management and clinical governance.

Skills

Mental health nursing

Band 6

NMC registration

Clinical leadership

Education

Mental Health Nursing degree

Tools

RIO system

Job description

Main area Adult Community Mental Health Services Grade Band 6 Contract 12 months (external candidates - fixed term, internal candidates - secondment) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday, 9-5) Job ref 277-8168614-CMH-A

Site MIND in Bexley Town Bexleyheath Salary £45,953 - £54,254 pa inc Salary period Yearly Closing 02/11/2026 23:59 Interview date 13/11/2026

Job overview

The post holder will deliver and or advise on the delivery of high-quality safe nursing care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct. Bexley Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub is a primary care level service in the Borough of Bexley.

The post sits within a multi-disciplinary framework and provides assessments (telephone, virtual and face to face) and brief interventions. The team liaises and gets referrals from several sources including GPs, Bexley Local Authority and MIND.

As a Community Mental Health Hub Nurse you will promote and develop clinical leadership and clinical practice and be a positive role model to junior members of the team through the practice of evidence-based care.

You will be expected to support professional development through clinical appraisal and supervision and contribute to the ongoing educational programme for staff, fostering a positive learning environment.

As a senior nurse working within the hub you are required to encourage and foster collaborative and cross organisational working.

Main duties of the job

This job description is an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities expected of a Band 6 Nurse.

The post holder will be required to undertake additional duties appropriate to the clinical area/speciality in which they work.

The specific responsibilities associated with different speciality roles are listed below.

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

• Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.
• Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support
• Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
• Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers.
• Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner organisations.
• Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication;
  monitoring service user compliance.
• Safety: safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all incidents following trust policy.
• Leading and supporting/teaching junior staff on risk assessment and
  risk management that involves making decisions based on knowledge of the research evidence, knowledge of the individual service user and their social context, knowledge of the service user’s own experience and clinical judgment.
• Supporting and supervising junior staff to develop the management of care needs through:
  - Initial data collection
  - Monitoring of individual service user / patient progress
  - Feedback and discussion
  - Producing reports and in-care reviews
  - Devising a plan of care and interventions in partnership with service user, carer and MDT
• Coordinating junior staff and the wider care team in providing hands-on care to service users and evaluating processes of care delivered. This will include:
  - Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open
  and non- judgmental way.
  - Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the importance of always maintaining the service user’s respect and dignity and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity.
  - Developing care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant
  patient care documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT and family/carers.
  - Ensuring the monitoring and recording service user clinical
  observations are undertaken, such as physical observations and vital signs and treating or escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that does not fulfil the personal parameters to the relevant professional for treatment. Promote healthy lifestyles and givehealth promotion advice and support.
• Implementing the principles of ‘recovery’: encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest.
• Where appropriate contributing to psychological interventions.
• Escorting service users, as required, in line with Trust and other
  stakeholder policies.
• Advocating for service users’ needs and rights within Trust policy.
• Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.
• To be an active member of the mobilisation phase of the Bexley
  community mental heath wellbeing hub.
• To work within a multi-disciplinary approach with the clinical and
  operational teams (Oxleas NHSFT, MIND Bexley, Bexley IAPT, Bexley LA, SEL CCG, third sector organisations) and other organisations in the area.
• To build relationships with all stakeholders, integrate organisations and build a strong network alliance of mental health services.
• Lead on risk management and safety planning, identifying and
  implementing brief, structured support and safety planning
  programmes for people using the service.
• Lead on key aspects of quality assurance to develop robust outcome
  indicators for mental health nursing and other aspects of clinical
  governance.
• To maintain high quality record and data keeping, to support service
  evaluation, measurement of clinical outcomes and service user
  experience.
• Be involved in developing standard operating procedures that will affect healthcare professionals in the primary care networks and the community mental health.
• Ensure that agreed policies are followed to provide a safe environment for patients, relatives and staff.
• Lead, facilitate and participate in research projects and clinical audit
  and implement any changes.
• Deliver educational programmes in relation to clinical, practice and
  professional development using up to date methods of delivery,
  including e learning packages.

Person specification

• Minimum 2 years of experience as a band 6 Mental Health nurse
• Degree in Mental Health
• Full uk driving license and access to a car
• Ability to use RIO system
• Experience in working with community settings mental health

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 - 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 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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We monitor applications for any behaviour that could create an unfair advantage, and we check all references carefully. You are likely to be tested on your experience at interview, so be honest and make sure all the information in your application is correct.Please note that the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is prohibited during the interview process.

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

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high volume of applications.