Community Mental Health Nurse

Coventry And Warwickshire Partnership Nhs Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Learning & development opportunities

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee discounts

Wellbeing support

Staff networks

Job summary

The Coventry Community Mental Health Team is undergoing transformation and is based at Swanswell Point, with plans to disperse into North, West and East neighbourhood teams. You will manage a caseload of clients with complex mental health problems, delivering interventions across the patient group within a supportive multi-disciplinary environment.

We value learning and development, offer generous leave and wellbeing support, and encourage progression as you work with colleagues and partners to

Qualifications

• Current unrestricted registration with HCPC/NMC
• Substantial experience in a Community Mental Health care setting
• Knowledge of safeguarding and disclosure requirements
• Ability to work autonomously and in a multi-disciplinary team

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of clients with complex mental health problems.
• Deliver a range of interventions and treatments across the patient group.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team using evidence-based approaches.
• Develop skills and confidence to take on caseload management and potential leadership duties

Skills

Excellent written communication

Policy & procedure understanding

Equal opportunities awareness

Full driving licence

Job description

Job summary

The Coventry Community Mental Health Team is a transforming team delivering person-centred mental health support to the people of Coventry. We are currently embarking on a change of base, currently based at Swanswell Point but soon to be dispersing into North, West and East neighbourhood teams. This will enable us to deliver a higher standard of care to the communities we serve.

Main duties of the job

Working within an established team, you'll be managing a caseload of clients who have complex mental health problems both with a psychotic illness and non-psychosis presentations and delivering a range of interventions and treatment across the whole patient group. As a successful candidate you will be given time and opportunity to build your skills and confidence to eventually allow you to undertake the role of management of a caseload. Those patients with a psychotic presentation may be managed through shared care within the team. This allows the sharing of responsibility, skills and knowledge which offers the opportunity for staff to develop their role whilst being supported by colleagues. You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team, using evidence-based approaches and time limited interventions. You'll be communicating with a wide variety of clients, professionals, partners and agencies.

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.

These include:

• 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 groups

Job responsibilities

An interest in working with people with complex and significant mental health problems is vital and we see this as an ideal opportunity to develop more specialist skills. It's important you have strong communication skills and you can work on your own initiative as well as collaboratively with colleagues. A willingness and enthusiasm to learn new skills and develop your practice is vital. There are tight deadlines, and you will be often under pressure but you will be supported throughout your time with the team and we invest time and energy in developing you as a clinician. You will have to make difficult decisions but having a supportive and experienced team and management alongside you, helps with that process.

Person specification

Qualifications (Essential)

• Current unrestricted registration with HCPC/NMC

Knowledge and Skills (Essential)

• Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of policies and procedures
• Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of Equal Opportunities
• Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of confidentiality
• Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding safety issues
• Excellent written communication skills

Experience (Essential)

• Substantial experience in a Community Mental health care setting
• Developed specialist knowledge gained within a similar environment over a considerable period of time

Other (Essential)

• Must have full driving licence and access to a motor vehicle for business use

Details

Date posted: 29 October 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 6

Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Full-time

Reference number: 444-8399626-MH

Closing date: 11 November 2026

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Operational Manager, Lisa Brace, [e-mail]