Forensic Community Psychiatric Nurse | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Prestwich; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional mental health service is seeking an experienced Band 6 Forensic Community Psychiatric Nurse to work within the Specialist Community Forensic Team. The role involves managing a caseload of patients transitioning from secure settings into the community. Candidates should be RMN registered and have experience in forensic community settings. This position offers generous annual leave, a good pension scheme, and other benefits.

Benefits

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Excellent pension

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice car scheme

Wellbeing programme

Blue Light Card Discounts

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) with experience as a Forensic Community Psychiatric Nurse.
• Experience with patients subject to MOJ conditions or probation interventions.
• Ability to work well as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Hold a small caseload of patients residing in the community.
• Carry out assessments, risk management, and care planning.
• Support patients' transition from inpatient secure hospital to the community.
• Monitor and evaluate patient progress and effectiveness of interventions.

Skills

Registered Mental Nurse (RMN)

Ability to demonstrate initiative

Teamwork

Experience with MOJ conditions

Supervision of junior staff

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced RMN to join the Specialist Community Forensic Team, based within the Adult Forensic Service as a forensic community psychiatric nurse.

The Specialist Community Forensic Team (SCFT) is a community based service in Greater Manchester providing support to individuals with mental health issues relating to their offending/risk behaviour who have been discharged from a secure inpatient setting.

Responsibilities

• Hold a small caseload of patients who are already residing in the community or are about to be discharged from a secure setting.
• Carry out assessments, robust risk management, care planning and specialist interventions to support patients who may be subject to MOJ conditions or probation interventions.
• Work as an experienced clinician with patients where work is varied, fast paced and demanding; be flexible in practices.
• Support patients’ transition from inpatient secure hospital into the community.
• Monitor, evaluate and care plan to ensure patient progress and monitor the effectiveness of interventions; involved in CPA planning reviews.
• Be part of a robust and supportive MDT where risk is reviewed and fed back regularly.
• Offer specialist nursing interventions and advice where required.
• Involve in the supervision of junior staff members of the team.

Role Details

You will be employed as a Band 6 Forensic Community Psychiatric Nurse within SCFT. This role will involve working with patients residing across the Greater Manchester area.

The team is operational Monday - Friday, 9-5.

You will need to hold a small caseload of patients who have a history of offending behaviours, which also includes those who may be subject to conditions by the Ministry of Justice, or those who may be subject to license conditions and managed by probation services.

Qualifications and Experience

Essential: Registered Mental Nurse (RMN) with experience as a Forensic Community Psychiatric Nurse; able to demonstrate initiative and work well as part of a team.

Desirable: experience with patients subject to MOJ conditions or probation interventions and experience supervising junior staff.

Benefits

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

Additional Information

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 122 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond. Please see attached job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Monday 22 Sep 2025.