Job overview
The Norwich City Community Mental Health Team's provides patient centred and compassionate care to people in with moderate to severe mental illness. Based at the Julian Hospital in Norwich we are looking for 2 caring and motivated Band 5 Registered Mental Health Nurses to join us.
We are a team that prides itself on its team working and we value working together to meet the needs of service users. We work closely with psychology, psychiatry and staff from occupational health and Social Work and work hard to provide the opportunity to learn from each other.
As a band 5 nurse within the team, you would work with a defined and planned number of service users with moderate to severe mental illness who require care coordination. You would have opportunities to develop assessment skills, the direct provision of interventions and medicines management.
If you are looking for a highly functioning CMHT with caring colleagues and the opportunity to develop your career further, we’d love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
When you join us, you can expect to be supported in developing your skills and confidence in the band 5 role, there will be a minimum of two-week local induction
We fully support staff to particulate in the Trusts preceptorship program for newly registered nurses
You would have a development plan, personalised to your experience, strengths and identified development needs
We host regular reflective practice sessions, training days, clinical and management supervision.
We work Monday to Friday excluding bank Holidays
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
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This advert is for Community Mental Health Nurse with Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust in Norwich, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (community and district) role. The advertised salary is £32,073 - £39,043 Gross per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 09 Jun 2026.
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