Community Mental Health Nurse - MHSOP

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; Watford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is advertising for a Community Mental Health Nurse for the Older People service within Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP). The role covers the South West locality with base in Watford and offers multidisciplinary support and ongoing CPD opportunities.

The post involves assessment, care planning, coordination, and collaboration with primary and secondary care, with emphasis on dementia care and functional mental

Qualifications

• Degree, diploma or equivalent in Nursing (Mental Health Nursing).
• Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Post-registration experience in Adult Mental Health Care is desirable.
• Community and In-Patient nursing experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess care needs and develop, implement and evaluate care programmes; set care standards for a defined caseload.
• Act as care coordinator to a caseload, ensuring the care plan is met and liaising with other agencies.
• Supervise, develop and teach staff and/or students as appropriate.
• Represent HPFT and foster positive relationships with service users, carers, relatives and other providers.

Skills

Distress management

Caseload liaison

Team collaboration

Education

Nursing (Mental Health Nursing) degree/diploma

NMC registration

Tools

Microsoft Word

PowerPoint

Excel

Job description

Community Mental Health Nurse - MHSOP

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 24 November 2026

We are in an exciting position to be able to advertise for a community mental health nurse. We are seeking a mental health nurses who is looking to be at the forefront of future healthcare and integrated working for the older adult population, working within the Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People. As a multi-disciplinary team we provide holistic assessment and treatment pathways for older adults, and people with mental health and frailty needs. Our service provides seamless pathways between primary care and secondary care services for people with functional mental illness, and also dementia care.

As a team, we can offer multi-disciplinary support from Clinical Psychologists, Consultant Psychiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, as well as Mental Health Nurses. We also provide regular CPD sessions, reflective practice, staff support sessions, individual and group supervisions, and academic training, as well as access to external training resources.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a dynamic nurse who is passionate about the care of our older adult service users. We consider transferable skills from other areas of mental health services as valuable and a positive contribution to well-rounded team.

We cover the South West locality of Hertfordshire, with the base in Watford.

About us

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Job responsibilities

The post holder is required to take responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care and management of a defined caseload, including liaison with other agencies and, where appropriate, the supervision, development and teaching of staff and/or students. The post holder will act as care coordinator to a case load of service users, ensuring the care plan is met at all times. To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.

As a staff member you are representatives of Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) and play a vital role in fostering positive relationships and communication between the Mental Health Trust and not only the service users and their carers and relatives, but also other agencies, charities and providers.

All staff should comply with the Trusts Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.

Person Specification

KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE

• Degree, diploma or equivalent in Nursing (Mental Health Nursing).
• Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Few years post registration experience, with post registration experience in Adult Mental Health Care.
• Pre or Post registration training/ short courses in mental health
• Community and InPatient nursing experience.

AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE

• Knowledge of legislation related to mental health and social care (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act, Care Programme Approach etc)
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Ability to manage distressing and challenging situations.

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.

Address

£41,957 to £50,387 a yearper annum pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

367-SS-101352-B