Community Nurse
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE2 1QE
Salary
£32,073 to £39,043
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
18 September 2026
13 days left
Job description
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 registered nurse to work within the Newcastle North and East CTT. The Band 5 Mental Health Community N...
- Undertake comprehensive mental health and risk assessments, contributing to care planning and review processes
- Deliver therapeutic interventions in line with individual care plans, including psychosocial and recovery-focused approaches
- Administer and monitor depot injections in clinic and community settings, ensuring safe practice and adherence to protocols
- Support the delivery of clozapine clinics, including physical health monitoring, blood test compliance, side effect monitoring, and coordinating with pharmacy services
- Monitor mental state, medication concordance, and physical health, escalating concerns appropriately
- Develop and maintain therapeutic relationships to support engagement and promote recovery
- Work collaboratively with service users, carers, families, and partner agencies
- Participate in safeguarding processes and risk management, including crisis response where required
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- First Level Registration RMN/RNMH/RNLD Qualification
- Experience of working with service users and carers in successful delivery of treatment plans
- Complete preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses
- Multi-disciplinary team work.
- Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers.
- Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users.
Desirable
- Physical Health assessment skills
- Further relevant post qualifying training
- Previous experience in a community setting.
- Experience of involving service users/ carers in evaluation/planning and monitoring of services
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Knowledge of relevant contemporary professional theories of mental health care and evidence based interventions.
- Understanding of the statutory issues which impact on service users.
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Ability to work autonomously and within a team
- Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers.
- Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users.
- Risk Assessment skills.
- Risk Management and Safety Planning skills.
- Ability to establish a rapport and demonstrate engagement skills with service users
- Adaptability, flexibility, good communication skills and a commitment to multi-agency team work
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
4 September 2026
Last checked
5 September 2026
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