Senior Mental Health Nurse

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare trust in the UK is seeking a Senior Mental Health Nurse to join the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team. The role involves assessing and managing mental health needs, creating care plans, and supervising junior staff. Ideal candidates will have a registered nursing qualification and experience in community mental health services. The trust prioritizes staff wellbeing and offers flexible working opportunities, aligning with sustainability goals.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Wellness programs

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with a relevant qualification.
• Experience in community-based mental health services.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage mental health needs, creating care plans.
• Act as the duty lead, supervising junior staff.
• Collaborate with GPs and other professionals for patient care.

Skills

Mental health assessment

Care planning

Team leadership

Collaboration with healthcare professionals

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Safeguarding level 3

Tools

Electronic patient records system (Lorenzo)

Job description

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Senior Mental Health Nurse

The closing date is 23 December 2025

Are you looking for a career move to a Trust that has been rated as Outstanding by the CQC? Would you like to do a job that makes a difference every day? Are you looking for something completely new, different, exhilarating and challenging? Do you want great job satisfaction working within a motivated team? If you are an experienced & resilient clinical practitioner within mental health services, then look no further. This is a great opportunity to join our Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) as a Senior Mental Health Nurse. Our CRHTT is part of the Crisis Care Centre, at Harplands Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent which has been designed to the highest level of specification. This modern purpose-designed unit is the central point for all those in need of a Crisis Assessment/Intervention.

Main duties of the job

To carry out mental health assessments including risk to service users that are having first contact with Mental Health services that are at the point of crisis or suffering a deterioration and decline in their mental illness. As a band 6 nurse you will be expected to take the lead in decisions and supervision and guide more junior staff. The role will include you acting as a duty lead and organising work and prioritising work for other team members. As a band 6 nurse you will be seeing service users that are referred to services either in the unit or at home to assess for mental health needs. You will work closely with the service user to provide them with the right pathway for them to follow.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045. As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under‑represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Job responsibilities

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

1. To assess and manage mental health needs, including risk, to create care plans with the individual that will lead to recovery whilst supporting them with a safety plan.
2. To act as the duty lead on shift and allocate work to other team members as appropriate, to run the shift in a safe and effective way.
3. To manage and prioritise work that is allocated to you, to complete the assessment of mental health and risk and record on electronic systems as needed.
4. To supervise and caseload manage more junior staff.
5. To take referrals over the phone, via fax or by post.
6. To work in conjunction with other professionals e.g. GPs, Police, Ambulance, Housing.
7. To work in partnership with the individual to develop a plan of care that the service user agrees with.
8. To review the effectiveness of the care plan where appropriate.
9. To make a speedy and appropriate response to all work referred.
10. To maintain client records in accordance with Departmental requirements and to ensure that they are properly stored and available to the Line Manager at all times, including the appropriate use of Information Technology.
11. To undertake regular supervision or consultation with the Line Manager and to ensure that the Team Manager is made aware of any issues of major importance or concern.
12. To carry out such other duties as may be required from time to time and which are commensurate with the grade of the post.
13. To develop good working relationships with other agencies and other colleagues.
14. To promote anti‑discriminatory and non‑oppressive practice and service delivery.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Recognised qualified i.e. Registered Mental Health Nurse at either Diploma/Degree level. To be registered with the NMC.
• To be able to prescribe medication, Safeguarding level 3, ability to use electronic patient records system e.g. Lorenzo.

Experience

• Experience of assessment and care planning within either a health or social care setting, including an understanding of needs‑led assessments. Experience of community‑based Mental Health services and other health and social care services. Experience and achievement in working at a multi‑agency level. Experience of reviewing care plans and monitoring care arrangements. Relevant experience in either a paid or voluntary capacity of working with adults.
• Experience in physical health assessments. To be able to resolve a problem with a positive and safe outcome.

Knowledge

• Demonstrate activity in promoting the involvement of users/clients in decision‑making. Understanding of the Personalisation agenda in health and social care. Ability to contribute to plans and service developments to meet the changing needs of people with a range of health and social care needs. Understanding of contemporary issues within the field of health and social care. An understanding of equality issues and a commitment to equal opportunities and anti‑discriminatory practice. Good working knowledge of the legal framework within which Assessment and Care Management operates. An understanding of the principles of assessment and care planning. Ability to effectively use information technology or willingness to learn. Good presentation skills, written, verbal and personal. Good organisational skills. An ability to manage time, prioritise work and meet deadlines. Well‑developed interpersonal and communications skills. Ability to work creatively within resource constraints. The ability to contribute to service and policy development. Able to fully meet the requirements of the post in a cost‑effective and timely manner. The ability to work as a member of a team, including multi‑disciplinary working with other professionals, carers and service users. A flexible enthusiastic attitude and willingness to contribute to the development of team working. The ability to work flexibly and on occasions out of hours, when required.
• Knowledge of policies regarding Mental health and physical health and how they are utilised and underpin services. Knowledge of alcohol services and a good understanding of how substances impact Mental Health.

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.

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust