Job overview
A rewarding opportunity has arisen for a Community Mental Health Nurse within the Intensive Life Skills Team based in Shropshire.
We are a specialist community team working within the area of complex emotional needs providing assessment, formulation and intervention primarily using a Structured Clinical Management (SCM) framework. Our focus is on treatment, recovery and enablement to increase emotional social and practical functioning, through a combination of group skill based learning and individual therapy.
The post is a band 5-6 development role and the appointed applicant will have the opportunity to access further development and training within this role.
Main duties of the job
- As part of this role, you will be working in a specialist adult community mental health pathway, providing evidenced based interventions for an identified caseload of service users.
- You will be responsible for undertaking assessments in accordance with the clinical pathway, to establish the person’s needs, goals, risks, and strengths, to inform and generate a formulation-based care plan, agreed with all involved.
- Responsibility for delivering evidenced based therapeutic interventions on a 1:1 and group basis, in accordance with an agreed care plan.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The ideal candidate:
- A relevant mental health nursing qualification -RMN
- Post qualification experience, such as evidence of formal courses or training relevant to working with people with complex mental health needs, related to emotional instability.
- Ability to deliver group and individual interventions.
- Ability to work with service users expressing high levels of distress.
- A positive attitude and a caring and compassionate approach.
- Good communication skills
- Passionate about working within this area of care
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
Before applying for this exciting and rewarding job opportunity, we encourage you to view the attached job description and person specification.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name
Stephanie Leach
Job title
ILS Shropshire Operational Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- • Post registration experience with working with adults experiencing mental health related difficulties.
Desirable
- Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and who have complex emotional mental health needs
- Experience working in a community mental health setting
- Experience of assessing, planning and working alongside people with mental health problems in a community setting.
- Experience delivering groups
Qualifications
Essential
- A relevant mental health Nursing qualification and NMC registration
Desirable
- Post qualification experience, such as evidence of formal courses or training relevant to working with people with complex mental health needs related to emotional instability.
- •Psychological intervention Qualification / training, including EMDR, CBT, MBT, Family Interventions, CAT, DBT, SCM.
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This advert is for Community Mental Health Nurse band 5-6 transition post with Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Stafford, Midlands, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (community and district) role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 PA. The contract type is Permanent: Band 5-6 progression post. The application deadline is 13 Jul 2026.
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