Community Mental Health Nurse

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust; Doncaster; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Community Mental Health Nurse at Band 6 for the Doncaster Central Locality team. The role offers 37.5 hours per week with flexible working within an NHS environment.

The successful candidate will work in the Adult Mental Health Services, delivering community-based care, managing a caseload, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to promote recovery and social inclusion.

Qualifications

• UK professional registration required.
• RMN qualification and post-qualification experience in mental health.
• Experience delivering psycho-social interventions.

Responsibilities

• Provide community-based mental health care as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Manage a defined caseload and deliver evidence-based interventions.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care in partnership with service users and carers.

Skills

Teamwork

Assessment skills

Intervention skills

Communication skills

IT skills

Education

Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) degree

Job description

Main area Community Mental Health Nurse Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 09:00-17:00) Job ref 376-DCGM-0358-A

Employer Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Tickhill road Hospital site Town Doncaster Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 23/10/2026 23:59

Community Mental Health Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

Doncaster Adult Mental Health Services

Community Mental Health Nurse – Band 6 post

Location: Doncaster Central Locality Adult Mental Health Team.

Salary: AFC Band 6

Hours: 37.5 hours

The Adult Community Mental Health Teams within Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Band 6, community mental health nurse to join the Central AMH Locality Team.

The Central Locality Team provide support to individuals with complex and enduring mental health issues. The team offers a range of management strategies and interventions including various psychological therapies.

Applicants must demonstrate a flexible approach, evolving around the needs of service users, their families and significant others. The role involves working as a team member, with the responsibility of a caseload across traditional boundaries of Adult and the voluntary sector services. The service ethos is focused on recovery and social inclusion and therefore offers successful applicants an exciting and demanding opportunity to improve people’s lives.

We are looking for an enthusiastic person with excellent team working skills, who is keen to develop their knowledge and skills in this area. You should be a competent and motivated practitioner with appropriate demonstrable experience. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing assessment and therapeutic intervention in the community

Main duties of the job

To deliver a health and social care service working as an integral member of the Community Mental Health Services providing a service for people experiencing / recovering from severe and enduring mental health problems.

The post holder through case management will lead and contribute to the provision of a comprehensive range of community services as a key worker for a defined caseload.

To be accountable for a clinical caseload delivering appropriate and effective evidence based care to meet the needs of the individual.

To work collaboratively with patients and their carers to facilitate and promote rehabilitation and recovery helping patients to achieve and maintain their optimum level of mental health functioning and quality of life in the community.

Working for our organisation

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications

Person specification

Knowledge

• Understanding of Equal Opportunities’ Policy.
• Knowledge of the National Health Service and related organisations.
• Knowledge and understanding of current mental health issues
• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act and Care Act including other relevant legislation.
• Experience in mental health work
• experience in delivering psycho-social interventions

Experience

• Appropriate experience either pre or post qualification in the field of mental health
• Crisis working
• Management of complex needs
• Work in multi-disciplinary Setting
• Local Government experience
• Mental Health experience
• Care Programme Approach
• Care co-ordination.
• Experience of working with Older people with mental health problems

Qualifications

• Degree, Diploma or equivalent in R.M.N, and significant pre-qualification experience plus additional training/short courses
• Continuing post qualification Mental health training
• Experience of working with People with mental health problems

Skills

• Understanding of the previous Care Programme Approach (replaced with Dialog+) and ability to fulfil Lead professional role.
• Assessment and organisational skills
• Ability to prioritise work.
• Range of intervention skills.
• Evidence of co-ordinating /planning interagency approaches to mental health care.
• Ability to work as part of a team and also without direct supervision.
• Excellent communication skills in individual and group settings High standards of literacy and IT skills.

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

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a high number of applications.