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Community Mental Health Nurse

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Norwich, NR6 5BEView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£32,073 to £39,043

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

25 October 2026

6 days left

Job description

Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse - Adult Community North West CMHT We, the North West Adult Community Mental Health Team, currently have a full-ti...

You'll be working alongside a multi-disciplinary team. You'll regularly be working with external agencies as part of a service user's care, so being able to work well in a team and having excellent communication skills is vital. You can expect a thorough induction and training / preceptorship period, and opportunities for ongoing development.

You will enjoy plenty of opportunities for joint working, training, and a sound supervision structure.

You can expect a manageable case load and a supportive management team to ensure you're able to work independently but support is never far away if needed.

The ideal candidate should have experience in working in a mental health environment and ideally experience in working in community teams.

Working in a busy and dynamic Adult Community Mental Health Team means every day will be different. You will be involved in:

  • Managing a caseload via face to face and telephone contacts
  • Attending outpatient clinic appointments
  • Undertaking face to face visits in the community setting including home visits
  • Working with service users and their families/carers to care plan holistic goal setting and engage in treatment planning and working in collaboration with internal/external stakeholders
  • Attending regular MDT meetings and liaising with colleagues from other services
  • Medication administration
  • Participating in the duty worker rota (Monday to Friday 09:00am to 17:00pm)

Please find attached our Job Description for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

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Interviews are yet to be confirmed, and candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days notice. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Benefits included with this role are:-

  • NHS pension
  • A comprehensive in house & external training programmes
  • Career progression
  • Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
  • Staff physio service
  • NHS discounts and many more.

Qualifications

Essential: - Nursing degree or equivalent RN(MH); - Valid registration with NMC; - Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake mentorship training

Experience

Desirable: - Experience in appropriate area

Skills & Knowledge

Essential: - Medicine Management; - Working knowledge of Care Programme Approach

Desirable: - A clear understanding of mental health presentations

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

12 October 2026

Last checked

14 October 2026

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About the employer

NSF
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

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