Community Mental Health Nurse
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Hastings, TN34 3AA
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 September 2026
1 days left
Job description
We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse to become part of the East Sussex Rehabilitation Pathway. You wil...
The East Sussex Rehabilitation Pathway provides inpatient and community rehabilitation for individuals with complex mental health needs, offering both short- and long-term support.
This community-based role focuses on delivering long-term rehabilitation interventions as a Lead Practitioner, supporting service users for up to three years. The team holds medical responsibility, working collaboratively to promote recovery, independence and meaningful outcomes.
You will work with adults (18+) with complex and enduring mental health needs, most often severe mental illness such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder or bipolar disorder. Service users are supported and motivated to engage in their recovery journey.
Who We Support
We work with individuals who
- Require more intensive support than standard community services
- Have experienced barriers to recovery and ongoing functional difficulties
- Are transitioning from high-support settings to greater independence
- Need focused community input to support discharge from inpatient care.
This is a full-time position within a dynamic community mental health team.
The post holder will act as Lead Practitioner for a caseload of approximately 15 patients, supporting individuals with severe and enduring mental health difficulties, often presenting with complex comorbidities, dual diagnosis, and elevated levels of risk to self and/or others.
The role includes providing clinical supervision and support to junior staff, contributing to their development within a supportive learning environment.
You will take an active role in the assessment and formulation of new referrals, ensuring timely and comprehensive care planning. In addition, you will participate in shift coordination, promoting safe and effective day-to-day service delivery, and contribute to the duty system, supporting urgent and unplanned work across the team.
Our services provide compassionate, specialist mental health care to individuals experiencing a range of conditions, including psychosis, depression, anxiety, dementia and personality disorders. Alongside this, our specialist learning disability services deliver both community and inpatient care for people with complex and often unmet health needs.
We are proud to offer a number of highly specialised services for individuals with complex health and social care needs. Care is delivered across a range of settings, including people's homes, clinics, hospitals, GP surgeries and prisons. We support children, young people and adults of all ages, working collaboratively with partners to ensure a holistic and person-centred approach to care.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
- Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
- Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
- Experience of working within the CPA process
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Previous experience of working in the community
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
18 August 2026
Last checked
20 August 2026
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