Community Mental Health Practitioner

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Birkenhead; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Mental Health Nurse to join our Community Mental Health Team serving adults. The role focuses on delivering high-quality community care, supporting development of services across the footprint, and collaborating with medical staff and primary care teams.

You will bring extensive adult mental health experience, professional registration, and a commitment to evidence-based practice, with involvement in MDTs and ongoing CPD.

Qualifications

• NMC registered nurse with current UK registration.
• Extensive experience in adult community mental health services.
• Experience delivering mental health interventions in home and community settings.
• Commitment to CPD and professional development.
• Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Manage an individual caseload efficiently while maintaining high standards of care.
• Maintain and use recording systems in line with trust standards.
• Deliver professional standards of care using evidence-based practices.
• Collaborate with primary care, voluntary agencies and other professionals to meet client needs.
• Participate in team meetings and review client care with senior staff.
• Interpret Trust and NHS policies for clients, families and professionals as required.
• Promote recovery and maintain ongoing professional development.

Skills

Risk assessment

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Professional development

Communication

Education

Nursing Registration (NMC)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Site St Catherines Hospital, Stein Centre - Wallasey and West Wirral CMHT Town Birkenhead Salary £39,959 - £48,117 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 06/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Mental Health Nurse to join our Community Mental Health Team, working with Adults.

We are looking for an individual who is motived to support the development and delivery of Community Mental Health services across the team's footprint. The post will be focusing on adults but may also work with patients with an organic illness

We would welcome informal discussions about the role should you wish to contact us.

Main duties of the job

• Manage individual casework in the most efficient manner possible, whilst maintaining the highest standards of care.
• To manage a defined caseload.
• Maintain recording systems in line with trust standards.
• Delivering professional standards of care to the very highest using evidence based practice.
• Assisting medical staff, and members of the primary care team, voluntary agencies and other professionals, to meet the needs of the people of East locality.
• Participate in team meetings and review client care and needs with a senior members of the community mental health team,.
• Interpreting Trust and National Health Service policies for clients and family and professionals as required.
• Ensuring that all communications with colleagues, clients and families are clearly understood, giving written confirmation of verbal communications where there is observed to be a need.
• Promote the recovery agenda with service users.
• Taking responsibility for maintaining and advancing own professional knowledge and keeping abreast with current developments.

Working for our organisation

Cheshire and Wirral Partnership (CWP) provides health and care services for a population of over one million people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care, as well as the provision of three GP surgeries in Cheshire.

We employ around 4,500 staff across 73 sites and have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport.

Our aim is to help improve the lives of everyone in our communities, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We are rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission, with a Good rating overall.

As a Disability Confident Employer, Rainbow Badge Scheme member, Veteran Aware organisation and proud holder of the Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme Gold Award, CWP is committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible and developing a culture that values differences, and welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.
All new starters will commence in post on one fixed start date each month, in line with our Prepare to Care (P2C) induction programme date. P2C offers up to 3 weeks training to support you to meet the induction / initial training requirements of the role.

Whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your existing skills and experience in a new role, you’ll find something to suit you at CWP

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description (see ‘documents to download’ section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.

At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.

An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: [e-mail] or by calling 01244 393100.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon!

Person specification

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Training in Exposure & Response Prevention and Anxiety Management Techniques
• Knowledge of/expertise in other therapeutic models
• Evidence of using Microsoft Software

Knowledge & Expertise

• Working knowledge of legislation and policy relevant to a Mental Health setting (e.g: Mental Health Act, NSF)
• Skills in the assessment of risk and deliberate self harm
• Experience of implementing significant changes in working practices
• Experience of monitoring standards of care
• Experience of providing supervision
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Working knowledge of a wide range of mental health conditions

Experience

• The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in providing mental health services to adults within relevant settings.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision and training of clinical and/or support staff
• Specialist knowledge relevant to service
• Working knowledge of all relevant legislation
• Evidence of undertaking audit work
• Experience of providing Mental Health interventions in home and community settings
• Evidence of participation on research/audit

Values (6 C's)

• Demonstrate alignment with Trust Values (6 C’s: Commitment, Communication, Care, Courage, Compassion, Competency)

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Peter Evans Job title Team Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 03003033157 Additional information

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Giving you time to care, space to think and opportunity to grow

We are Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CWP). We provide health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.

We have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton, Liverpool and Stockport. We also provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

Our services are provided in partnership with commissioners, local authorities, voluntary and independent organisations, people who access our services, their carers and families. The Trust has over 14,500 members and employs more than 4,000 staff across 62 sites, serving a population of over one million people and highly specialist services for two million people.

We offer career opportunities to staff across a range of professions, including:

• Allied health professions - including occupational therapy, physiotherapy, podiatry, and speech and language therapy
• Medical - including psychiatry and general practice
• Pharmacy
• Clinical support roles
• Estates and facilities
• Support services roles - including HR, communications, ICT,finance and more

At CWP, we believe in giving our staff the time to care, the space to think and the opportunity to grow.

With vacancies across a range of professions, wherever you’re at in your career journey, you’ll find something to suit you. So why not join our team today?

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