Senior Mental Health Nurse
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Bury St Edmunds, IP33 3NRView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
2 November 2026
14 days leftJob description
Band 6 Senior Mental Health Nurse - Young Adults Mental Health Service (YAMHS) The West Suffolk Young Adults Mental Health Service (YAMHS) is looking ...
- Manage a caseload of young adults, providing assessment, treatment, care coordination, and recovery-focused support.
- Undertake mental health, risk, and urgent assessments, developing and reviewing person-centred care plans.
- Participate in duty, triage, and multidisciplinary working to ensure timely and effective care.
- Monitor patient progress, manage risk, and support safe discharge planning.
- Work collaboratively with service users, carers, partner agencies, and the wider multidisciplinary team.
- Maintain accurate clinical records, care documentation, and performance reporting requirements.
- Support clinical governance, quality improvement, service development, and evidence-based practice.
- Provide supervision, mentorship, and support to students and junior colleagues.
- Promote safeguarding, patient safety, and the Trust's TALK values in all aspects of practice.
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification 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!
Please visit our website to hear from some of our current nurses on why they work here and on some of our services. You can also visit our Facebook page Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
Please contact Chris Hicks (Chris.Hicks@nsft.nhs.uk) for any additional information you would like to know about this post.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful Suffolk and Norfolk coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Bury St Edmunds and our villages, surrounding towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops, and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits and in addition:
- Flexible working hours
- Up to 307 hours holiday entitlement (subject to length of service)
- FREE physio service
- FREE Yoga and Pilates
- Cycle scheme tax-free bikes and accessories
- Support with revalidation
- Post graduate training opportunities
- We will pay for your initial DBS check (excluding the annual update service charge of £13)
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist OR Social Worker with the relevant professional registration
- Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training (NMC registrants) or Practice Educator (AHP & Social Worker Registrants)
Experience
Essential: - Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
Desirable: - Experience working in the specific area
Knowledge
Essential
- The ability to use clinical assessment tools and outcome measures effectively and collaboratively
- Have the ability to discuss, identify and escalate safeguarding issues in a sensitive way to protect those who are vulnerable
Desirable: - Knowledge of health promotion
Other
Essential: - Ability and willingness to travel independently to meet the needs and requirements of the service
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
19 October 2026
Last checked
19 October 2026
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