Community Mental Health Nurse

Community Mental Health NurseBand 6

Main area

• Mental Health
• Grade
• Band 6
• Contract
• Permanent
• Hours
• Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9 - 5 Monday to Friday)

Job ref

367-ACMS-101645

• Site
• 99 Waverley Road, St Albans, AL3 5TQ
• Town
• St Albans
• Salary
• £41,957 - £50,387 per annum pro rata (5% fringe HCAS included)

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

04/10/2026 23:59

Values Based Screener

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.

Job overview

We have opportunities for Band 6 Community Nurses in our welcoming and friendly Adult Community Mental Health Services in St Albans

We are looking for enthusiastic nurses to join our vibrant, friendly and supportive multi disciplinary team.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is looking for further development with their knowledge of nursing in a community setting.

Successful candidates will be working closely with experienced colleagues in a multi-disciplinary team, alongside allied teams in the wider local mental health system, making a difference to the quality of our service user experience.

Successful candidates will also benefit from a competitive salary, staff benefits package and excellent career development opportunities, regular supervision, and training that comes from working for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust .

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be able to undertake assessments of needs of service users, working in partnership with service users and their families, to formulate Personalised care and support plans and risk assessments.

The post holder will work with colleagues and allied resources to review the effectiveness of interventions and re-plan using evidence based interventions to best effect in partnership with the service user.

The post holder will be involved in physical procedures including administration of oral and injectable medications, the storage and transportation of them, and the monitoring of people's physical responses to medications and physical health, such as blood pressure, glucose and weight monitoring.

Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission

Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To carry a clinical caseload and act as the lead practitioner fulfilling the named nurse role for a group of service users. The post provides opportunities to specialise in different aspects of specialist mental health care.

To undertake comprehensive personalised care and support needs and risk assessments

(including capacity assessments)

Where necessary to administer prescribed medication or to supervise

its administration and assess the service user for desired and non-desired effects.

To maintain robust clinical records and prepare reports as required.

To be aware of and comply with the relevant mental health and work

related legislation and policy at all times.

Car driver essential as a majority of the posts are community based, the post holder will need a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes - including business insurance (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

For full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the job description and person specification documents attached.

Person specificationKnowledge/Training/ExperienceEssential criteria

RMN or Dip / BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing

ENB 998 / Preceptorship and Mentorship.

Desirable criteria

ENB 812/Bsc in Specialist Community Nursing Practice (Mental Health)

Psychosocial interventions

Experience and AttainmentsEssential criteria

Experience of working in a range of settings relevant to the post

Post registration experience at Band 5 level or equivalent

Experience of working in acute mental health inpatient/day care services

Experience of working in situations of crisis and emotionally demanding environments.

Experience and knowledge of safeguarding process

Experience of teaching and training

Experience and knowledge of working in a multi-ethnic community

Experience of delivering evidence based care

Desirable criteria

Experience of working with acute mental health problems in a community setting.

KnowledgeEssential criteria

Up to date knowledge of relevant legislation, ethical issues, strategic frameworks and current guidelines regarding the range of presenting problems in adult mental health, their implications for both practices and clinical management

Professional Code of Conduct

Evidence of continuing professional development

Clinical risk assessment and management in a community setting.

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of parenting literature and its application

Ability to teach and train others using multi-media materials suitable for presentation.

Knowledge of current developments in research with service user group

Skills and AptitudesEssential criteria

Skills to use and give supervision effectively

Skills in the use of complex methods of assessment and treatment of individual, couples, and families requiring sustained and intense concentration.

Skills in applying theory to practice and ability to use a range of models in formulating community care plans.

Ability to communicate effectively within a multi-professional team

Ability to work with diverse communities in a wide variety of contexts

Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive...