Job requirements
Essential
29 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Knowledge
Up to date knowledge of relevant legislation, ethical issues, strategic frameworks and current guidelines regarding the range of presenting problems in adult mental health, their implications for both practices and clinical management
- Knowledge
Professional Code of Conduct
- Knowledge
Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge
Clinical risk assessment and management in a community setting.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Skills to use and give supervision effectively
- Skills and Aptitudes
Skills in the use of complex methods of assessment and treatment of individual, couples, and families requiring sustained and intense concentration.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Skills in applying theory to practice and ability to use a range of models in formulating community care plans.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Ability to communicate effectively within a multi-professional team
- Skills and Aptitudes
Ability to work with diverse communities in a wide variety of contexts
- Skills and Aptitudes
Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information where persuasive, empathic and reassuring skills are required
- Skills and Aptitudes
Ability to deal sensitively with stressful situation including; staff and organisational problems; safeguarding; family breakdown; serious mental ill health and risk of self-harm
- Skills and Aptitudes
Ability to cope with verbal abuse and to recognise and diffuse potential physical abuse from service users.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Ability to apply practice governance as appropriate to maintain ethical and effective clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Skills and Aptitudes
Assessing and monitoring physical health care
- Organisational skills
Ability to maintain high standards of record keeping, including data entry and recording.
- Organisational skills
Ability to work autonomously, setting appropriate goals in accordance with professional, ethical guidelines and Trust policies.
- Experience and Attainments
Experience of working in a range of settings relevant to the post
- Experience and Attainments
Post registration experience at Band 5 level or equivalent
- Experience and Attainments
Experience of working in acute mental health inpatient/day care services
- Experience and Attainments
Experience of working in situations of crisis and emotionally demanding environments.
- Experience and Attainments
Experience and knowledge of safeguarding process
- Experience and Attainments
Experience of teaching and training
- Experience and Attainments
Experience and knowledge of working in a multi-ethnic community
- Experience and Attainments
Experience of delivering evidence based care
- Knowledge/Training/Experience
RMN or Dip / BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing
- Knowledge/Training/Experience
ENB 998 / Preceptorship and Mentorship.
- Communication and People Skills
Able to communicate effectively, orally and in writing at an ageappropriate level – complex, technical, and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and professionals within and outside the NHS
- Communication and People Skills
Ability to work flexibly across service boundaries.
- Communication and People Skills
Ability to contain and work with organisational stress and ability to hold the stress of others.
Desirable
7 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of parenting literature and its application
- Knowledge
Ability to teach and train others using multi-media materials suitable for presentation.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of current developments in research with service user group
- Skills and Aptitudes
Substantial IT skills
- Experience and Attainments
Experience of working with acute mental health problems in a community setting.
- Knowledge/Training/Experience
ENB 812/Bsc in Specialist Community Nursing Practice (Mental Health)
- Knowledge/Training/Experience
Psychosocial interventions
Job overview
We have opportunities for Band 6 Community Nurses in our welcoming and friendly Adult Community Mental Health Services in Dacorum.
We are looking for enthusiastic nurses to join our vibrant, friendly and supportive multi disciplinary team.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is looking for further development with their knowledge of nursing in a community setting.
Successful candidates will be working closely with experienced colleagues in a multi-disciplinary team, alongside allied teams in the wider local mental health system, making a difference to the quality of our service user experience.
Successful candidates will also benefit from a competitive salary, staff benefits package and excellent career development opportunities, regular supervision, and training that comes from working for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust .
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be able to undertake assessments of needs of service users, working in partnership with service users and their families, to formulate Personalised care and support plans and risk assessments.
The post holder will work with colleagues and allied resources to review the effectiveness of interventions and re-plan using evidence based interventions to best effect in partnership with the service user.
The post holder will be involved in physical procedures including administration of oral and injectable medications, the storage and transportation of them, and the monitoring of people’s physical responses to medications and physical health, such as blood pressure, glucose and weight monitoring.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To carry a clinical caseload and act as the lead practitioner fulfilling the named nurse role for a group of service users. The post provides opportunities to specialise in different aspects of specialist mental health care.
To undertake comprehensive personalised care and support needs and risk assessments (including capacity assessments)
Where necessary to administer prescribed medication or to supervise its administration and assess the service user for desired and non-desired effects.
To maintain robust clinical records and prepare reports as required.
To be aware of and comply with the relevant mental health and work related legislation and policy at all times.
Car driver essential as a majority of the posts are community based, the post holder will need a full valid driving licence and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes – including business insurance (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).
For full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role please refer to the job description and person specification documents attached.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Community Mental Health Nurse with Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Radlett, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Mental health nurse role. The advertised salary is £41957.00 to £50387.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Nov 2026.
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