Mental Health Practitioner/Community Mental Health Nurse
Nottinghamshire Healthcare Nhs Foundation Trust
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Job summary
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Mansfield is seeking a Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner/Community Mental Health Nurse to join the Mansfield Local Mental Health Team. You will work in a busy community setting from 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday, with a focus on expert assessment, care planning and recovery support.
The role requires good multidisciplinary collaboration, strong communication and the ability to manage complex cases in partnership with service users and carers.
Qualifications
- This post requires a degree in nursing and current NMC registration.
- Experience working within mental health/community settings preferred.
- Ability to work within a MDT and manage caseloads.
Responsibilities
- Caseload management under the Care Programme Approach.
- Initial assessments and one-to-one interventions with service users.
- Record comprehensive need/risk assessments and devise treatment plans.
- Demonstrate specialist nursing skills to maintain competence.
- Establish communication networks with clients, carers and teams.
- Contribute to pathway planning within urgent care and community.
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Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, skilled and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner/ Community Mental Health Nurse (Band 6) to join the Mansfield Local Mental Health Team (LMHT).
If you are a confident, experienced clinician looking for a new challenge and would like an opportunity to use your skills working in a busy, rewarding and supportive environment we would like to hear from you.
LMHT is a community-based service which operates Monday-Friday 9am-5pm.
The LMHTs provide mental health services for adults across Nottinghamshire.
We help patients and their families cope with periods of severe mental illness and assess, plan and implement a personalised path of recovery. Some of our patients may require short term intervention, and sometimes longer-term care plans will be put in place.
We are seeking an enthusiastic team player, working within a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability and experience to manage complex cases in partnership with other agencies. In return the successful applicant will receive training and support to develop specific therapeutic skills to enable them to provide a high-quality service to our patients and their families.
£39,959 to £48,117 a year per annum (pro rata for part time)
Band 6
Permanent
Part-time
3 Heather Close, Mansfield, Nottingham, NG18 5QL
05 November 2026
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £20.00 (standard) or £41.00 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in‑house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment.
This is a rewarding and vital role within the team, delivering treatment to our patients within a supportive environment. In return, we offer a vast range of benefits and opportunities.
- Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Enhanced Maternity and Sick pay
- Comprehensive induction and ongoing training
- Commitment to career development
- Wide range of training and development opportunities
- Working in a supportive environment
- Retail Discounts
- Option to purchase additional Annual Leave
- Clinical Supervision
- Preceptorship Programme
- Staff Health and Wellbeing Services
- Caseload management under the Care Programme Approach
- Initial assessments and one-to-one interventions with service users.
- To undertake and record comprehensive need/risk assessments, devise and implement treatment plans for service users.
- To demonstrate the application of specialist skills and knowledge in order to maintain professional competence and fitness to practice as a nurse practitioner.
- To establish and maintain robust communication networks with clients, carers, team members, other health care and social care workers within urgent care and the community
- To use interpersonal skills in diffusing potentially emotive situations while undertaking assessments and pathway planning within acute settings.
- To demonstrate high level communication skills.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
Please note that this post does not meet the pay or skill level required for a Skilled worker visa. Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary / skill level is below the minimum required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa.
Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
- Professional Qualification (Mental Health/Learning Disabilities/General) to degree level or equivalent.
- Maintains current registration with the NMC.
- Practice based educator qualification or equivalent (or prepared to undertake training)
- Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration
- Ability to work as part of a MDT
- Good written/oral communication skills
- Diplomatic, caring & sympathetic
- Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues
- Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care.
- Clinical supervision skills
- IT skills
- Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding.
- Specialist and area specific experience.
- The ability to deal with and resolve conflict
- Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments
- Knowledge of the nursing 6 c's
- Awareness of national and local issues impacting of nursing care
- Knowledge of management theories
- Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery.
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/
Becky Jones, Team Leader, becky.jones@nottshc.nhs.uk, 01159555414
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