Community Psychiatric Nurse: Sponsorship Available

Job summary

This is an excellent opportunity for a Band 5 Clinician to join a busy LMHT, supporting patients to recover and remain well in their own homes. You will be based in a diverse team and manage a caseload of patients from the City South area. Your role will involve being a Key Worker, planning , facilitating and reviewing patient centred care, involving their family, carers and external agencies. The ideal candidate will be a team player, able to manage a caseload and work autonomously, contribute their ideas to the MDT and build therapeutic rapport with patients. You will support on duty, as well as supporting junior staff and students.

Main duties of the job

The Local Mental Health Teams provide mental health services for people aged 18 to 65 years across Nottingham City, Nottinghamshire County and Bassetlaw. There are eleven LMHT, each of which includes the following specialist staff: Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Psychiatrists, Social Workers, Community Support Workers, Peer Support Workers and Employment Specialists.

Our LMHT bring together a variety of services including Assertive Outreach, Community Rehabilitation, Community Assessment Treatment Services, City Recovery Service, Social Inclusion and Wellbeing, Community Occupational Therapy Service and Medical Services.

We help patients and their families to cope with periods of severe mental illness and assess, plan and implement a personal path of recovery for each patient. We work with people who have a wide range of mental health difficulties. Some may require short term intervention, and sometimes longer-term care plans will be put in place.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Professional Qualification (Mental Health/Learning Disabilities/General) to degree level or equivalent.
• Maintains current registration with NMC or NMC registration is pending completion of course in very near future

Desirable

• Continued professional development

Skills

Essential

• Ability to work as part of a team
• Good written/ oral communication skills
• Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues
• Good skills in assessment, intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care
• IT skills
• Diplomatic, caring & sympathetic

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for banding

Desirable

• Specialist and area specific experience

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessment

Desirable

• Awareness of national and local issues affecting care delivery

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post
• Ability to work to meet the needs to the service (including unsocial hours and bank holidays)

Values and Behaviours

Essential

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate at interview that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

Training

Essential

• Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery

Closing Date: 16 August 2026