Community Mental Health Nurse

Bidvane; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full training and preceptorship

Job summary

Bidvane is seeking a Community Mental Health Nurse to join the Treatment and Intervention Team. The role focuses on assessing adults with mental health needs, delivering short-term interventions and coordinating with partner agencies to promote recovery and living well.

Experienced and newly registered nurses are welcome, with a preceptorship programme to support development. Applicants must have NMC registration as RNMH or RNLD, with potential Skilled Worker sponsorship where eligible.

Qualifications

• NMC registration as an RNMH or RNLD.
• Willingness to work towards recognised supervision within timescales.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Assess adults with mental health needs in the community.
• Provide initial assessments and short-term interventions.
• Support patients’ recovery and connect them with resources.
• Liaise with partner agencies to signpost services.
• Collaborate with statutory and third-sector colleagues.

Skills

Assessment skills

Interpersonal skills

Team working

Community care

Mental health expertise

Education

NMC RNMH or RNLD registration

Recognised practice supervisor

Trained clinical supervisor

Evidence of continuing professional development

Job description

This Community Mental Health Nurse post sits in the Treatment and Intervention Team, supporting the Trust’s community mental health service. The work centres on assessing adults with mental health needs, providing short-term interventions and coordinating support with partner agencies to promote recovery and living well. It is a community-based role for experienced and newly registered nurses, with training and a preceptorship programme to support development. Applicants need NMC registration as an RNMH or RNLD, although student nurses due to register within three months may apply; Skilled Worker sponsorship may be available subject to eligibility.

What the job involves

• Assess adults with mental health needs
• Provide initial assessments and short-term interventions in the community
• Support patients’ recovery and help them live well
• Liaise with partner agencies to signpost patients and connect them with resources suited to their needs
• Work collaboratively with statutory and third-sector agencies
• Use assessment, interpersonal and team-working skills in the role

Qualifications

• Recognised practice supervisor, or willingness to work towards recognition within an agreed timescale
• Trained clinical supervisor, or willingness to work towards this within an agreed timescale
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Registration & licences

• NMC registration as an RNMH or RNLD

Experience

• Experience working with people with mental ill health or learning disabilities
• Experience in a person-centred therapeutic organisation
• Experience working collaboratively with service users and their families or carers
• Experience working in a multidisciplinary team
• Experience working in partnership with other agencies

Skills & knowledge

• Evidence-based knowledge of best practice in care within the designated field
• Understanding of relevant legislation, including the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act
• Understanding of safeguarding and its application in practice
• Knowledge of clinical risk assessment and management and its application in practice
• Knowledge of clinical governance and its application in practice
• Confident working knowledge of clinical medicines management, including administering injections

What’s offered

• Full training and a preceptorship programme