Community Mental Health Nurse

NHS; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Cheltenham is seeking a Community Mental Health Nurse for a part-time role within the Cheltenham Recovery Team. The position involves providing assessments and evidence-based interventions for adults with mental health needs. The ideal candidate will have experience in mental health, be a registered mental health nurse, and support clinical governance initiatives. A salary of £38,682 to £46,580 per annum (pro rata) is offered, with flexible working options available.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable post qualification experience in mental health or related area.
• Significant post registration community experience.
• Extensive experience of first line assessments including assessment of risk.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessment and implementation of evidence-based interventions for service users.
• Optimise service users' ability to remain in the community.
• Support clinical governance initiatives at ward/hospital level.

Skills

Experience in Mental Health

Understanding of SMI

Understanding of Recovery

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse (RNMH)

Registered as a Nurse Independent/Supplementary Prescriber

Job description

Go back Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Community Mental Health Nurse

The closing date is 29 September 2025

We are very excited to offer a permanent 22.5 hours Community Mental Health Nurse post within the Cheltenham Recovery Team. The post is part time and flexible working can be discussed. You will be based at Leckhampton Lodge in Cheltenham. The post would mainly involve working in and around Cheltenham and the North Cotswolds.

The Cheltenham Recovery Team is a friendly, welcoming and dynamic team providing secondary mental health care services to adults of working age, their families and significant others, to provide the best possible outcomes for people experiencing severe mental illness, with complex mental health needs. The aim of the team is to work in line with the principles of Recovery and Social Inclusion. We strive to ensure that locality services represent excellent quality, (safe and a positive experience) and good value, (efficient and effective).

The team provides a planned needs led service 9am-5pm five days a week.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for a community mental health nurse who has some experience of working with adults of Working Age and caring for individuals with Enduring Mental Health problems. The post will include care coordinating a designated caseload, working within the Assessment and Care Management Policy and associated countywide risk procedures, undertaking duty and initial assessments, travelling independently, use of IT skills and a working knowledge of legislation regarding safeguarding vulnerable adults, the MHA and MCA.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be a senior member of the team working with service users across the Strategic Service Units who have a common and severe mental health. The purpose of this role is to:

• Provide assessment and implementation of evidence-based interventions for service users who are experiencing common, acute mental health and longer-term recovery needs.
• Optimise the service users ability to remain in the community and / or be cared for in the least restrictive environment in line with the principles or recovering and social inclusion and the 10 essential capabilities.
• Support clinical governance initiatives at ward / hospital level e.g. Essence of Care Clinical Audit

This role is not eligible for sponsorship as per the Governments UK VISA and Immigration Rules and Regulations. For more information please visit https://www.gov.uk/browse/visas-immigration/work-visas

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Experience in Mental Health
• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RNMH)
• Registered as a Nurse Independent/Supplementary Prescriber

KNOWLEDGE/ SKILLS

• Understanding of SMI
• Understanding of Recovery

Experience

• Demonstrable post qualification experience in mental health or related area
• Significant post registration community experience
• Extensive experience of first line assessments including assessment of risk
• Experience of providing short term evidence based interventions

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.

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum (pro rata)