# Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Sheffield
- **Region:** North East and Yorkshire
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse (community and district)
- **Grade:** Band 5
- **Salary:** £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 14 months (37.5 hours per week (Between 9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday))
- **Employment type:** Fixed term: 14 months (37.5 hours per week (Between 9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday))Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9am – 5pm, Monday to Friday)
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-26T17:00:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-17T10:51:27.992Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/South_Yorkshire/Sheffield/Sheffield_Health_Partnership_University_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Adult_Mental_Health/Community_Adult_Mental_Health-v8049863
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8049863?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.shsc.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

South Adult CMHT (based at Newfield Green Clinic), Hours: 37.5 per week.

Salary: Band 5 £28407- £34581 pa (dependant on experience)

Location: Newfield Green Clinic, 501 Gleadless Road, Sheffield, S2 2BS.   This is an exciting opportunity to join an established and experienced team who will support you to define the principles of the New Neighbourhood Mental Health Centre, you will be encouraged to effect real positive change for the community, working alongside the people in the community and local voluntary organsiations to inform future potential Neighbourhood.  Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust is a major employer and provider of services. Our Service Users, Carers and Staff are central, and our Values are important, to the delivery of high-quality care. We actively seek out individuals who share these values:

- Working together for service users
- Respect and kindness
- Everyone counts
- Commitment to quality
- Improving lives

### Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job:   The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary service under the supervision of experienced staff, and core responsibilities will include:

- Acting as a Named Worker for a designated caseload to ensure service users receive a consistent approach and a named person to contact. This will involve building a working relationship and to promote an individual’s ability to manage their own needs and independence.
- As a named worker you will work in collaboration with the Multidisciplinary team to support the overall care and treatment plan of the individual.
- Undertake reassessments/reviews of people completing full needs strength assessments, risk assessment & care plan for implementation by a junior worker.

-       Participate in joint reviews, assessments where risk or joint visits are indicated by the MDT.

- Contribute to/participate in multi-disciplinary service development.

Job description

General requirements

- Maintain NMC/ registration/re-validation and adhere to professional guidelines and code of conduct.
- Work within the framework of relevant policy and legislation both local and national.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Principle duties:

Clinical:

- Carry out comprehensive reassessments of an individual’s health needs in a variety of settings and agree the most appropriate course of action.
- To reassess, evaluate and manage clinical risk.
- To formulate a plan of care based on identified need.
- Deliver evidence-based interventions as appropriate.
- Review effectiveness of care plan at regular intervals.
- To work collaboratively with service users, carers and partner agencies.
- Undertake all work in a culturally sensitive manner.
- Act in accordance with the Community Mental Health Framework.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with Primary Care colleagues.
- Work in collaboration with the Safeguarding Manager to undertake Safeguarding Investigations when required within the team
- Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records in line with data quality guidance, legislation and policy.
- Maintaining an understanding of social care needs and how to navigate and signpost to social care services.

Supervision:

- Regularly review own caseload with supervisor to promote efficacy and contribute to the overall management of Service.
- Deliver supervision and contributing to PDR processes with more junior members of staff.
- Participate in own PDR process, identifying training and development needs, and pursuing relevant actions to maintain and improve level of competence and effective contribution.

Service development

Education and Training:

- Act as mentor to learners, keep up to date with relevant course and curriculum developments.
- Participate in training relevant to role.
- Promote insight and understanding of mental health issues to service users, carers, and other agencies.
- Maintain the appropriate level of mandatory training.

## Job Details

South Adult CMHT (based at Newfield Green Clinic), Hours: 37.5 per week.

Salary: Band 5 £28407- £34581 pa (dependant on experience)

Location: Newfield Green Clinic, 501 Gleadless Road, Sheffield, S2 2BS. This is an exciting opportunity to join an established and experienced team who will support you to define the principles of the New Neighbourhood Mental Health Centre, you will be encouraged to effect real positive change for the community, working alongside the people in the community and local voluntary organsiations to inform future potential Neighbourhood. Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust is a major employer and provider of services. Our Service Users, Carers and Staff are central, and our Values are important, to the delivery of high-quality care. We actively seek out individuals who share these values:

Working together for service users

Respect and kindness

Everyone counts

Commitment to quality

Improving lives

## Job Description

Main duties of the job: The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary service under the supervision of experienced staff, and core responsibilities will include:

Acting as a Named Worker for a designated caseload to ensure service users receive a consistent approach and a named person to contact. This will involve building a working relationship and to promote an individual’s ability to manage their own needs and independence.

As a named worker you will work in collaboration with the Multidisciplinary team to support the overall care and treatment plan of the individual.

Undertake reassessments/reviews of people completing full needs strength assessments, risk assessment & care plan for implementation by a junior worker.

- Participate in joint reviews, assessments where risk or joint visits are indicated by the MDT.

Contribute to/participate in multi-disciplinary service development.

Job description

General requirements

Maintain NMC/ registration/re-validation and adhere to professional guidelines and code of conduct.

Work within the framework of relevant policy and legislation both local and national.

## Responsibilities

Principle duties:

Clinical:

Carry out comprehensive reassessments of an individual’s health needs in a variety of settings and agree the most appropriate course of action.

To reassess, evaluate and manage clinical risk.

To formulate a plan of care based on identified need.

Deliver evidence-based interventions as appropriate.

Review effectiveness of care plan at regular intervals.

To work collaboratively with service users, carers and partner agencies.

Undertake all work in a culturally sensitive manner.

Act in accordance with the Community Mental Health Framework.

Develop and maintain effective working relationships with Primary Care colleagues.

Work in collaboration with the Safeguarding Manager to undertake Safeguarding Investigations when required within the team

Maintain accurate and contemporaneous clinical records in line with data quality guidance, legislation and policy.

Maintaining an understanding of social care needs and how to navigate and signpost to social care services.

Supervision:

Regularly review own caseload with supervisor to promote efficacy and contribute to the overall management of Service.

Deliver supervision and contributing to PDR processes with more junior members of staff.

Participate in own PDR process, identifying training and development needs, and pursuing relevant actions to maintain and improve level of competence and effective contribution.

Service development

Education and Training:

Act as mentor to learners, keep up to date with relevant course and curriculum developments.

Participate in training relevant to role.

Promote insight and understanding of mental health issues to service users, carers, and other agencies.

Maintain the appropriate level of mandatory training.

## Person Specification

### Training

**Essential**

- Registered Mental Health Nurse qualification.
- Evidence of current NMC registration.

**Desirable**

- Experience of working in a community setting

### Experience

**Essential**

- Full driving licence and access to a vehicle

**Desirable**

- Relevant post qualifying experience in mental health nursing

### Knowledge and Skills

**Essential**

- Ability to respond to the individual rights/needs/opinions of service users
- Good risk assessment and risk management skills including the use of assessment tool
- Knowledge and understanding of the mental health needs of adults of working age
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Skills in effective care planningor goal setting/implementation /evaluation of individual plans of care and discharge planning
- Knowledge of the MHA/MCA and other relevant legislation
- Basic IT skills
- Evidence of professional development
- Evidence of depot administration

**Desirable**

- Ability to demonstrate running depot clinics
- Evidence of report writing ie Tribunal reports
- Previous community experience and/or inpatient

## Documents

- [job description and job spec (pdf, 696.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10339101)

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