Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Community Mental Health Nurse

The closing date is 17 July 2025

Job summary

We have a great community nursing opportunity within the Weald Specialist Older Adults Mental Health service based at Millwood in Uckfield, East Sussex. This post will suit a Registered Mental Health Nurse but will consider Learning Difficulties Nurses who has sufficient experience of working with Dementia or Severe Mental illness and also Band 5 Nurses willing to do Band 5 to 6 Community Mental Health Nurse development post.

This post will be a key part of our multi-disciplinary service working with older people with complex mental health needs, including Dementia as well as physical health care needs. You will be expected to support both the client and their carers. You will also need to be able to work cohesively with other services both within our Trust, and with other partner agencies.

You will need to be caring, compassionate and a good communicator, with a commitment to improving the lives of our service users through creative, evidence based practice. As a Band 6 nurse you will be responsible for working collaboratively with service users and their carers to create care plans that meet their needs and maximise their independence.

There will be travel across the geographical area covered by the team, the ability to travel to remote areas is essential.

We will support the transition from Band 5 to Band 6.

The post 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday 9.00 am to 5.00 pm (excluding Bank Holidays)

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner who will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload of service users by undertaking the following duties:

To undertake assessments of individuals and their families in the designated care groupwith complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk.
To develop alongside the service user their care plan.
To offer specialist nursing assessment and advice where required.
To assess and manage on going risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring thatthis is done in collaboration with the service user and carers.
To regularly review risk factors and make changes to the management of them as necessary.
To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate.

This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).

About us

Working for your organisation (Introduce the team, atmosphere, work ethic and benefits. Please ensure that this is not just about the organisation as a whole.)

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.The Trust offers a supportive working environment and access to training opportunities to assist you to realise your potential and achieve a greater degree of job satisfaction. As a Trust employee you will enjoy the following:o Excellent starting salaryo NHS Pension contributionso 27 days holiday allowance plus bank holidayso Flexible Working patternso Child care voucherso Excellent training and development opportunitieso NHS Discountso Employee Assistance Programme

Date posted

03 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-AE-21147

Job locations

Millwood, Uckfield Community Hospital,

Framfield Road

Uckfield

TN22 5AW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Additional information regarding the role including the main responsibilities are included in the job and person description attached to this advert.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Additional information regarding the role including the main responsibilities are included in the job and person description attached to this advert.

Person Specification

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 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

Person Specification

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 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

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).