Community Mental Health Nurse: Sponsorship Available

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Job summary

Worcestershire is a diverse county, boasting great transport networks to Birmingham and the rest of the UK, picturesque countryside and a rich history.

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care Trust is an innovative and creative place to work. Care and support of patients, their families and staff are at the heart of the organisation’s values.

We have an opportunity for a full time band 6 mental health nurse. The Team works predominately with people aged over 65 who have dementia or complex mental health problems; the team covers all of Worcestershire.

The post involves working as a cohesive team to manage and triage the incoming referrals to the service, either signposting to other agencies or if appropriate assigning them to a community mental health team for assessment and treatment. The post also involves visiting patients that you have identified as requiring urgent input to complete an initial assessment and arrange appropriate follow up.

You will need to have experience with the patient group and community work, with a sound knowledge of risk assessment; you will be offered 1-1 supervision and ongoing support. You will enjoy working in a close-knit team and supportive team.

The 37.5 hours are to be worked Monday to Friday 9.00am to 5.00pm, although the team is flexible and supports work-life balance. For the right candidate we can offer part time hours at a minimum of 22.5 hours per week.

Main duties of the job

Undertaking urgent assessments of mental health in various settings in the community to include risk assessment

Triaging paper referrals to include telephone triage to determine the most appropriate service for ongoing mental health support

Accessing various data bases to seek information to include Care Notes, ICE and Adult Social Care records. Recording on our Care Notes data base

Professional telephone conversations with partner agencies, patients, relatives, carers

Arranging admissions to hospital where any assessment you have undertaken requires this, this can include liaison with the Approved Mental Health Professional Service for anyone requiring admission under the Mental Health Act.

Liaison with the Community Area Consultant Psychiatrists as required

Liaison and referral, to include joint visits where indicated, with our Hospital at Home Team

Attending professional’s meetings

The role does not involve holding patient cases for any prolonged intervention.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Documented evidence of continuing professional development
  • Significant post registration experience including experience within mental health
  • Minimum 1 year within / related specialty
  • Extensive clinical experience including individual and group work

Qualifications

Essential

  • RMN (Degree/Diploma and working towards degree)
  • Mentors Award
  • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development

Knowledge

Essential

  • Specialist knowledge and application of interventions relevant to patient group
  • Knowledge / experience of audit procedures
  • Detailed knowledge of mental health legislation and current practice
  • Detailed knowledge of the principles of clinical governance and its application
  • Knowledge of Person Centre Care
  • Knowledge of Risk Assessment
  • Multi-disciplinary team working

Desirable

  • Knowledge and application of standardised assessments

Skills

Essential

  • Ability to challenge poor behaviour
  • Role modelling good behaviour
  • A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
  • Ability to praise and be supportive to others
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal written formats
  • Ability to work autonomously and set own priorities
  • Ability to analyse professional and ethical issues
  • Supervisory / appraisal skills
  • Ability to reflect and critically appraise own Performance
  • Ability to organise and respond efficiently to complex information
  • Ability to build effective working relationships
  • Ability to use a variety of IT systems and database

Addittional Criteria

Essential

  • Able to meet the travel requirements of the role

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 3 October 2026

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