# Community Mental Health Nurse - CMHT Treatment Team > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-mental-health-nurse-cmht-treatment-team/f61dfac9-53e7-4c2d-9de3-37e476966e1f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-mental-health-nurse-cmht-treatment-team/f61dfac9-53e7-4c2d-9de3-37e476966e1f.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Shipley - **Region:** North East and Yorkshire - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 Per Annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-28T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-03T21:03:47.932Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/West_Yorkshire/Bradford/Bradford_District_Care_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Mental_Health_Team/Community_Mental_Health_Team-v8033647 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8033647?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.bdct.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are looking to recruit a highly skilled, motivated and passionate Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse to join the newly established Community Mental Health Treatment Team Adult covering the Bradford, Aire Wharfe and Craven localities, providing treatment and care to service users prescribed antipsychotic depot medication in a large geographical area, covering urban and rural communities. The post holder will be expected to work without direct supervision and be able to organise and prioritise their workload. Whilst reporting to the Team Leader, they will be capable of making autonomous clinical decisions affecting the mental health care of clients, based of their own and others’ assessments and observations and requiring analysis of a complex range of information and options. We offer a supportive work environment as well as opportunities for further progression and learning. As a clinician you are not only supporting service users through what can often be the most challenging of times, you are also mentoring them to become the best version of themselves. Closing Date: 28th June 2026 (midnight) Shortlisting Date: 29th June 2026 Interview Date: Thursday 9th July 2026 ### Main duties of the job To manage a complex caseload of clients in the community and to work towards ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all service users, their families, and carers. To work in partnership with service users, families, and carers to achieve identified goals and to support recovery and reintegration by adopting a fully holistic approach to needs. To administer medications safely and monitor their efficacy. To accurately record clinical information into our systems including risk assessments, care plans, care act assessments, crisis and contingency plans. To work as part of our duty service triaging calls and signposting to address identified needs. To work within a fully integrated and jointly managed Community Mental Health Team alongside Local Authority social care staff and managers and to liaise and feedback on all aspects of service user care. To assess any social care needs of your caseload and look to source and arrange these in line with the  operational policies. You will also be mentoring and supervising both preceptee nurses and student nurses, enhancing their placement experience and supporting their learning and development. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role. Right to Work in the UK Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa. Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status. Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trust’s eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period. As a condition of continuous employment, it essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes. Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment. We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly. ## Job Details We are looking to recruit a highly skilled, motivated and passionate Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse to join the newly established Community Mental Health Treatment Team Adult covering the Bradford, Aire Wharfe and Craven localities, providing treatment and care to service users prescribed antipsychotic depot medication in a large geographical area, covering urban and rural communities. The post holder will be expected to work without direct supervision and be able to organise and prioritise their workload. Whilst reporting to the Team Leader, they will be capable of making autonomous clinical decisions affecting the mental health care of clients, based of their own and others’ assessments and observations and requiring analysis of a complex range of information and options. We offer a supportive work environment as well as opportunities for further progression and learning. As a clinician you are not only supporting service users through what can often be the most challenging of times, you are also mentoring them to become the best version of themselves. Closing Date: 28th June 2026 (midnight) Shortlisting Date: 29th June 2026 Interview Date: Thursday 9th July 2026 ## Job Description To manage a complex caseload of clients in the community and to work towards ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all service users, their families, and carers. To work in partnership with service users, families, and carers to achieve identified goals and to support recovery and reintegration by adopting a fully holistic approach to needs. To administer medications safely and monitor their efficacy. To accurately record clinical information into our systems including risk assessments, care plans, care act assessments, crisis and contingency plans. To work as part of our duty service triaging calls and signposting to address identified needs. To work within a fully integrated and jointly managed Community Mental Health Team alongside Local Authority social care staff and managers and to liaise and feedback on all aspects of service user care. To assess any social care needs of your caseload and look to source and arrange these in line with the operational policies. You will also be mentoring and supervising both preceptee nurses and student nurses, enhancing their placement experience and supporting their learning and development. ## Responsibilities Please read the attached Job description and person specification for further details about this role. Right to Work in the UK Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa. Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status. Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trust’s eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period. As a condition of continuous employment, it essential you maintain the legal right to work in the United Kingdom throughout the duration of your employment with Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust (BDCFT). Any change in your right-to-work status, including but not limited to visa expiration, revocation, or denial of renewal, may impact your eligibility for employment with the Trust. It is your responsibility to promptly inform your Line Manager of any changes in your right-to-work status immediately and to provide necessary documentation for verification purposes. Failure to obtain or renew your visa in a timely manner is a breach of employment conditions and will result in termination of your employment. We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - One year appropriate post qualification experience working with the field of mental health - Experience of multi agency and multi disciplinary working - Liaising with partner organisations including criminal justice, health and third sector providers - Ability to demonstrate understanding of safeguarding principles **Desirable** - Previous experience of working with care pathways and knowledge of mental health act. - Experience of accessing health and social care support packages for vulnerable people ### Qualifications **Essential** - Previous experience of working in a community mental health setting. - Current professional registration with NMC. **Desirable** - Supporting Learning in Practice qualification. - Previous experience of managing a caseload within a community mental health team setting. - Evidence of continuous professional development. ## Documents - [id guidance (pdf, 486.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1948) - [useful links (pdf, 174.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1944) - [candidate guide (pdf, 6.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2683) - [wellbeing flyer (pdf, 4.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1945) - [candidate guide bdct (pdf, 814.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10321377) - [organisational strategy (pdf, 366.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1947) - [how we use your information (pdf, 30.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1949) - [community mental health nurse (pdf, 101.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10321376) - [staff childcare and carers support (pdf, 800.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1946) ## 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.