Community Mental Health Nurse

Transformationunitgm; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust is seeking a Community Mental Health Nurse (Band 6) to manage a caseload of service users with complex health and social needs. The role involves coordinating care, conducting assessments, and working closely with a multi-disciplinary team. Candidates should have relevant nursing qualifications, experience in community mental health services, and a commitment to patient-centered care. This full-time position offers a salary range of £38,682 - £46,580 per annum and comes with various employee benefits.

Benefits

27 days holiday plus bank holidays

Excellent pension

Staff discounts and benefits

£8K relocation package

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience in working within community mental health teams/services.
• Understanding of responsibilities under the Care Act and Mental Capacity Act.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care and assessment under the Care Programme Approach.
• Manage a caseload of service users with complex health and social care needs.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with service users.

Skills

Mental health nursing experience

Care coordination

Understanding of Mental Health Act

Ability to drive

Education

Post 2 years nursing qualification

Job description

Main area community mental health Grade Band 6 Contract 4 months (Fixed term contract/Secondment until 30.03.2026) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9-5 Monday to Friday) Job ref 364-A-9497-B

Employer Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Taylor Centre, Warrior House Town Southend-on-Sea Salary £38,682 - £46,580 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 28/12/2025 23:59

Community Mental Health Nurse

Band 6

Our Trust cares for more than 100,000 patients at any one time across our community health, mental health and learning disability services across Essex and parts of Bedfordshire and Suffolk.

We want you to be part of our journey of transformation, where our patients and their families are at the heart of everything we do and to achieve our vision to be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care.

You’ll be part of a Trust where you will be supported to be your authentic self and be the best you can be, where we will help you to grow, develop and thrive.

The Trust is recognised by the University of Essex and is a top provider of apprenticeships for people looking to be an assistant practitioner, senior health care support worker (CAP). Our trailblazing CAP apprenticeship won a national HSJ Award.

We are also recognised as a Veteran Aware Trust and holder of gold accreditation from the Ministry of Defence Employment Recognition Scheme. Our services are highlighted as an exemplar of good practice, producing the best care for more than 3.500 armed forces veterans in the past seven years.

We have been shortlisted and won national awards. We are an inclusive organisation and Level 3 Disability Confident Leader Trust.

We are constantly innovating and looking for new ways to deliver care, such as using technology to enhance patient care and working with partners to launch new services such as the Basildon Mental Health Urgent Care Department, virtual hospitals and falls response cars.

Join us and you’ll do the best work of your life – and make a difference to other people’s lives. What we do together, matters.

Job overview

Community Mental Health Nurse

Band 6 - £38,682 - £46,580 per annum

37.5 hours per week

We are currently looking for an experienced, enthusiastic and dynamic Care Coordinator for a 5 month period. As the successful post-holder you will manage a caseload of service users with complex health and social care needs, following a recovery focused model. Previous care coordination experience is essential for this post.

******Previous applicants need not apply******If you're shortlisted for this role, your interview will take place on 8 December 2025.

Main duties of the job

• To be responsible for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of the evidence based care required, including health promotion for a named service user/group.
• Responsible for the admission, case conference/reviews and discharge in collaboration with members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Responsible for coordinating the care and assessment under the Care Programme Approach of a designated caseload
• Responsible for ensuring the po s tholder understands and meets their professional responsibilities under Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Children Legislation.
• Responsible for ensuring that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented.
• Responsible for the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision.
• Responsible for establishing therapeutic relationships with service users, and the implementation of evidence based therapeutic interventions with appropriate boundaries in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Councils professional code of conduct.
• Responsible for ensuring that carers’ assessments, education and support is delivered in accordance with the requirements of the NSF.
• Responsible for deputising and providing appropriate support and caseload coverage for colleagues/team members.

Working for our organisation

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.
• We run recognition awards to recognise staff's hard work and dedication.
• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years’ service.
• Excellent pension of up to14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest‑free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Work bank: You can use the opportunity to supplement your income and develop your skills by working bank shifts.
• Flexible working: available from day one for most roles.
• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We are looking for a motivated individuals who wish to work with clients with diverse and complex mental health needs.

main duties of the job include

• To be responsible for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of the evidence based care required, including health promotion for a named service user/group.
• Responsible for the appropriate clinical risk assessment of service users contacting the “Out of Hours” service, providing an effective advice, guidance and decision making process culminating in the coordination of any reviewed plan of care.

Responsible for the admission, case conference/reviews and discharge in collaboration with members of the multi-disciplinary team.

• Responsible for coordinating the care and assessment under the Care Programme Approach of a designated caseload
• Responsible for participating in the development of the service, setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.
• Responsible for ensuring the po s tholder understands and meets their professional responsibilities under Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Children Legislation.
• Responsible for ensuring that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented.
• Responsible for the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision.
• Responsible for establishing therapeutic relationships with service users, and the implementation of evidence based therapeutic interventions with appropriate boundaries in accordance with Nursing and midwifery Councils professional code of conduct.
• Responsible for ensuring that carers’ assessments, education and support is delivered in accordance with the requirements of the NSF.
• Responsible for deputising and providing appropriate support and caseload coverage for colleagues/team members.

In addition to the above duties you will also be expected to perform the below key activities in line with your job role;

- Complete mandatory training in line with Trust policy and procedures

- To participate in the staff appraisal process and to undertake for any staff you manage

- To keep yourself updated on all matters relating to Trust policy

- To provide management supervision where appropriate

You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, service users, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team.

Person specification

skills / knowledge

• Post 2 years appropriate mental health nursing qualification/ experience
• experience in working within community mental health team/services
• understanding their responsibilities under the mental health act
• understanding their responsibilities under the care act and mental capacity act

skills

• must be able to drive and have access to a vehicle for work purposes

Important note: please ensure that as part of your application, you include professional references with business contact information covering your last three years of employment history. We are unable to accept personal or character references.

As a newly appointed employee, you are responsible for incurring the cost of your initial DBS check relevant to your post; the amount will be deducted from your first salary with the Trust.

Our Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. We particularly welcome applications from people with experience of using mental health services. We also hold the Disability two tick symbol and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with learning disabilities, we encourage people with a disability to apply. If you require this application form in another format i.e. Braille or audio tape etc, please contact the Recruitment Department on 01375 364513 or email [e-mail] and we can arrange for this to be dispatched to you.

The Trust has the right to expire vacancies prior to the closing date if they so wish. The Trust makes every attempt to contact all applicants and we strongly advise that you check the email account which is registered with NHS Jobs regularly, we would advise however due to the high number of applications we receive that if you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes.

Important Notice: Recently the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations 2021 (the Regulations) which amended on 22 July 2021 and come into force on 11 November 2021 that anyone directly employed to work in a Care Home or who are required as part of their role to be deployed to a CQC registered care home are required to have had both their COVID vaccinations, unless they are exempt. This is therefore a requirement of this role and will form part of our pre-employment checks.

Please note -staff who are formally at risk within the organisation will be given priority in securing alternative employment. Should it come to light that a post being advertised by the Trust is considered ‘suitable alternative employment’ to an individual who is at risk, the recruiting manager will be advised and the post will be withdrawn from NHS Jobs.

Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.