Community Mental Health Nurse Band 5

Job overview

We have a very exciting new opportunity to recruit a Band 5  Registered Mental Health Nurse.

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic mental health nurse  to join our  fantastic physical health hub within the Wigan division to support people living with dementia who are prescribed antipsychotic medication.

This role would suit a nurse with older adults experience and an interest in physical health who may be looking to retire and return or reduce their working hours.

We are committed to promoting staff wellbeing and you will be offered supportive clinical supervision, We actively promote work/life balance. All employees will have regular line management supervision.

Main duties of the job

As a Band 5 you will have the following duties :

Duties will include having  a defined caseload non-complex service users on the antipsychotic pathway and completing the antipsychotic reviews.

You will hold a caseload of  approximately 25-30 people who require frequent reviews of their mental and physical health to ensure their prescribed medication is still suitable.

As a band 5 nurse you will have a key role in supporting the mental and physical health agenda within the team and you will be required to have knowledge and understanding of the CPA process.

You will be expected to work proactively and flexibly within a multi-disciplinary team model across both the physical health hub and the older adults CMHT.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements:

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)