Community Practitioner

NHS; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Mental Health Nurse for a dynamic role within the Community Treatment Team. The position involves providing care coordination and support to service users with complex mental health needs, ensuring smooth transitions between community and inpatient settings. The ideal candidate will have a collaborative approach and a commitment to delivering high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification and current registration as a nurse or equivalent.
• Evidence of post-registration training in relevant clinical skills.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, person-centred mental health care.
• Attend Mental Health Act tribunals and prepare clinical reports.
• Mentor and support junior staff and students.

Skills

Communication

Adaptability

Leadership

Education

First Level Registered Nurse (RNMH, RMN, RNLD)

Post-registration training in clinical/psychological interventions

Job description

Go back Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

Community Practitioner

The closing date is 27 May 2025

We are looking for a skilled and motivated Band 6 Mental Health Nurse to join our Spoke Team within the Community Treatment Team. This post offers a dynamic and rewarding mix of community and hospital in-reach responsibilities, with a focus on delivering high-quality, recovery-oriented care.

In this role, you will provide care coordination and nursing support to service users with complex mental health needs across both community and inpatient settings. You'll play a crucial part in ensuring smooth transitions between hospital and community care, attending Mental Health Act tribunals, preparing professional reports, and working closely with multidisciplinary teams.

You will need to be clinically experienced, solution focussed and competent in working with individuals, their families, and carers, in a community setting. You should have a collaborative and enthusiastic approach as well as the passion and commitment to develop and promote recovery-based interventions for adults with mental health related needs.

We want you to be committed to ensuring that only the highest standards of care are delivered to our service users, their families and carers. In return one of our top priorities is looking after our staff so that we have a happy and healthy workforce.

Main duties of the job

• Deliver high-quality, person-centred mental health care in both community services
• Undertake comprehensive risk assessments and care planning
• Attend Mental Health Act tribunals and professionals' meetings as required
• Prepare formal clinical reports for tribunals
• Work collaboratively with inpatient teams to facilitate discharge planning and continuity of care
• Provide support and input during mental health crises and implement robust risk management plans
• Mentor and support junior staff, students, and colleagues
• Liaise effectively with GPs, social workers, carers, and other service

About us

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached job description for full details.

We welcome your application.

Person Specification

Qualification

• Professional Qualification and current Professional Registration as, a First Level Registered Nurse (RNMH, RMN, RNLD) or equivalent as an AHP, Social Worker or Clinical Psychologist
• Evidence of post-registration training in clinical/ psychological interventions / skills relevant to the post.
• Proven track record of post registration clinical experience relevant to the post.
• Training in CPA (Care Programme Approach), Safeguarding, MAPPA (Multi Agency Panel for the Protection of Vulnerable Adults) and Child Protection.
• Up-to-date knowledge/experience of relevant legislation.
• Knowledge of evidence based treatments for psychosis and non psychosis

Experience

• Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, NMC standards and other local and national initiatives.
• 12 to 24 month band 5 qualified nurse experience dependent upon service need.
• Experience of working within a community mental health setting

Knowledge

• Knowledge of evidence based interventions such as Structured Clinical Management, CBT, Family Interventions
• Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, professional standards and of local and national initiatives
• Clinical leadership

Skills

• Adaptability, flexibility, excellent communication skills and commitment to multi-agency team work
• Ability to provide evidence based therapeutic interventions
• comprehensive skills for continuous assessment of risks/safety planning skills
• proven ability to carry out and provide comprehensive written assessments of individuals with complex mental health needs.
• Ability to work autonomously and within a team.
• Evidence of a high level of professional, organisational and leadership skills (self & others).
• Experience of working within a community mental health setting
• Knowledge of other services which link to community services including voluntary and statutory agencies.
• Training & Induction of staff.
• Teaching/Presentation skills.

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.

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust