# Community Mental Health Nurse- Case Manager > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-mental-health-nurse-case-manager/4dc83d0c-37e5-4a40-9bb5-e74b9834137b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-mental-health-nurse-case-manager/4dc83d0c-37e5-4a40-9bb5-e74b9834137b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Leeds - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Manager and corporate - **Salary:** £38,682 - £46,580 pa - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-02T13:52:05.473Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/Leeds/Leeds_York_Partnership_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Assertive_Outreach_Team_West_Team/Assertive_Outreach_Team_West_Team-v8128096 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8128096?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.leedsandyorkpft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced mental health nurse to join the Leeds Assertive Outreach Teams (AOT). - To work as a member of the Assertive Outreach team in providing a city wide service for patients with highly complex, severe and persistent mental health problems seven days per week; - To provide day to day co-ordination of the team, as required; - To act as case manager, responsible for the management of a case load including the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of care packages; - To ensure an effective learning environment for students and other staff, regardless of the professional background; - To carry continuing responsibility for the setting and monitoring of standards of care in line with Clinical Governance requirements; - To promote nursing values and interventions in the MDT and with service users - To establish and maintain good working relationships with other community teams/agencies within the statutory voluntary and private sector. The teams provide a city wide seven day extended hours service, with working hours of Monday - Friday 9am-8pm and weekends and Bank Holidays 9am – 5pm. Due to the area the service covers being a car driver is essential. ### Main duties of the job Ideally you will have had community and care coordination experience but this is not essential and you will be supported to gain confidence in this. You will need to have experience of working with psychosis, and a genuine interest in supporting the recovery of people experiencing severe and enduring complex mental health problems who are difficult to engage, may have a dual diagnosis and a history of risk. You will need to demonstrate innovative and creative ways to working with service users and have knowledge of working within the mental health act. Through the MDT and within a team approach structure you will offer individual packages of care, therefore good communication and team working skills are necessary. Working with a smaller caseload of twelve service users as a full time worker.  The MDT team will support you to deliver quality care to service users both in the community informally, subject to CTOs, and service users who require hospital admission. We would welcome any interested applicants to have a discussion either over the phone or to come and visit the team to find out more. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued. All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team \[email protected\]  Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments. To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply. ## Job Details An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced mental health nurse to join the Leeds Assertive Outreach Teams (AOT). To work as a member of the Assertive Outreach team in providing a city wide service for patients with highly complex, severe and persistent mental health problems seven days per week; To provide day to day co-ordination of the team, as required; To act as case manager, responsible for the management of a case load including the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of care packages; To ensure an effective learning environment for students and other staff, regardless of the professional background; To carry continuing responsibility for the setting and monitoring of standards of care in line with Clinical Governance requirements; To promote nursing values and interventions in the MDT and with service users To establish and maintain good working relationships with other community teams/agencies within the statutory voluntary and private sector. The teams provide a city wide seven day extended hours service, with working hours of Monday - Friday 9am-8pm and weekends and Bank Holidays 9am – 5pm. Due to the area the service covers being a car driver is essential. ## Job Description Ideally you will have had community and care coordination experience but this is not essential and you will be supported to gain confidence in this. You will need to have experience of working with psychosis, and a genuine interest in supporting the recovery of people experiencing severe and enduring complex mental health problems who are difficult to engage, may have a dual diagnosis and a history of risk. You will need to demonstrate innovative and creative ways to working with service users and have knowledge of working within the mental health act. Through the MDT and within a team approach structure you will offer individual packages of care, therefore good communication and team working skills are necessary. Working with a smaller caseload of twelve service users as a full time worker. The MDT team will support you to deliver quality care to service users both in the community informally, subject to CTOs, and service users who require hospital admission. We would welcome any interested applicants to have a discussion either over the phone or to come and visit the team to find out more. ## Responsibilities We recruit people based on their values and qualifications (where required) and believe that their lived experience is an advantage, this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care for. Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued. All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team \[email protected\] Attached to this advert is our candidates guide to values-based recruitment and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application. If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments. To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the Candidate Guide to Values Based Recruitment. This document provides you with information to help you apply. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Community post requiring a car driver with a valid driving licence and business insurance. ### Experience **Essential** - Significant post registration experience of working with service users who have mental health difficulties who experience psychosis. ### Values Based **Desirable** - 1. Tell us about a time when you spotted something small going wrong and did something to stop it becoming a bigger issue. - 2. Tell us about a time when you realised a colleague or someone you know needed a bit of support and you offered to help. - 3. Tell us about a time when you showed someone kindness or understanding. ### Qualifications **Essential** - Have a nursing (mental health) qualification and registration with the NMC. ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 384.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10425041) - [employee specification (pdf, 424.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10425042) - [reasonable adjustments (pdf, 296.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2928) - [guide to values based recruitment (pdf, 498.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2929) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.