Community Mental Health Nurse

Bradford District Care Trust; Sutton; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community healthcare organization is seeking a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse in Sutton. This role involves managing a complex client caseload, supporting service users, and mentoring junior staff. The ideal candidate will demonstrate autonomy in clinical decisions and strong communication skills. Opportunities for personal development and health support packages are available. Apply before 23rd December 2025 to join a dedicated team.

Benefits

Increased mileage rates

Wide range of health and wellbeing support

Internal and external development opportunities

Qualifications

• Highly skilled, motivated, and passionate individual.
• Ability to work without direct supervision.
• Capable of making autonomous clinical decisions.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload of clients in the community.
• Work with service users, families, and carers to achieve goals.
• Record clinical information accurately into systems.
• Liaise with Local Authority social care staff.
• Assess social care needs and arrange services.
• Mentor and supervise preceptee and student nurses.

Job description

Job Overview

We are looking to recruit a highly skilled, motivated and passionate Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse to join our Older Peoples Community Mental Health team based in Keighley, providing care to service users in a large geographical area, the Aire and Wharfe Valleys.

The post holder will be expected to work without direct supervision, organize and prioritise their workload, and, whilst reporting to the Team Leader, make autonomous clinical decisions affecting the mental health care of clients based on their own and others’ assessments and observations, and analyse a complex range of information and options.

We offer a supportive work environment as well as opportunities for further progression and learning. As a clinician you are not only supporting service users through what can often be the most challenging of times, you are also mentoring them to become the best version of themselves.

Key Responsibilities

• To manage a complex caseload of clients in the community and to work towards ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all service users, their families, and carers.
• To work in partnership with service users, families, and carers to achieve identified goals and to support recovery and reintegration by adopting a fully holistic approach to needs.
• To accurately record clinical information into our systems including risk assessments, care plans, care act assessments, crisis and contingency plans.
• To work within a fully integrated and jointly managed Community Mental Health Team alongside Local Authority social care staff and managers and to liaise and feedback on all aspects of service user care.
• To assess any social care needs of your caseload and look to source and arrange these in line with the operational policies.
• To mentor and supervise both preceptee nurses and student nurses, enhancing their placement experience and supporting their learning and development.

Core Values

• We Care – We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference.
• We Listen – We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs.
• We Deliver – We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners.

Benefits

• Increase mileage rates for > 3500.
• A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages.
• A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities.
• Plus many more.
• We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
• BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan.
• All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Key Dates

Closing: 23rd December 2025

Shortlisting: 24th December 2025

Interview: 7th January 2026

Contact Information

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jeanette Carr – Job title: Team Leader
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 07717306646

Available Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm.

Important Note

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidate’s best interest to apply as soon as possible.