Job overview
The successful candidate will:
- be part of a supportive multi-disciplinary team who work creatively, collaboratively and compassionately to deliver the very best standards of care
- have regular supervision, and continuing professional development opportunities
- provided with excellent learning and development opportunities for staff, as well as strengthening clinical research.
This is a development post and not suitable for an NQN.
You will initially be employed at a Band 5 at your current salary whilst you are working through your Band 6 competencies. You will be expected to demonstrate these competently in practice. Please be aware that the expected time to complete competencies and become a Band 6 will be approximately 6 months after starting your new role. Following successful achievement of meeting the competencies, your salary will be reviewed and your pay band confirmed at band 6 pay step 1.
In the unlikely event that you didn’t meet the competencies, an action plan would be put in place to support you to address the competency gaps; you would remain as a Band 5 and the opportunity for a Band 6 at this time will not be confirmed. Salary payment until your competencies as band 6 are met will be AFC band 5 scale.
Main duties of the job
- To support the NW CRHTT in establishing and maintaining effective inter-team and inter-agency communication
- To support the NW CRHTT and service users by conducting assessments
- To provide effective liaison/communication relating to referrals to and discharge from the NW CRHTT across primary care and community services
- Maintain effective joint working with other teams such as ACMHS, EPMHS, PATH, MHLT, PLS, Crisis House, CRHTTs, the Pendell crisis house, MHUCC, CGL etc and other community-based teams according to local circumstances.
- Ensure effective communications with relatives, visitors, voluntary organisations and the public, thus encouraging participation in care delivery. To respond sensitively to the needs of relatives and carers, often in a highly emotive setting
- To liaise with other professionals in relation to client care, actively co-ordinating care planning and review meetings, and case conferences as appropriate.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The band 5-6 development highlights the experience and education available to provide the applicant with the essential skills and knowledge required for a band 6 nurse role within Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. The Pathway provide the applicant with 15 competencies including Personal / Professional Development, Management and Team working, Clinical skills, Safety & Quality, and Facilitation of learning.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details on this role.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN or Dip / BSc / Msc in Mental Health Nursing
Previous Experience
Essential
- Experience in acute and community areas.
- Experience in care planning, change management and use of Microsoft Office
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge of physical health contributions to Mental Health issues, difficulties and assessment
Desirable
- Experience in working with acute mental health problems in community setting
Skills, Knowledge and Ability
Essential
- An understanding of the needs of people with acute mental health problems
- Ability to communicate effectively within a multi- professional team.
- Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information, where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathic or reassuring skills are required
- A good team player
- Ability to deal with distressing circumstances and challenging behaviour
- Ability to work well in a team setting
- Ability to cope with an unpredictable work pattern and frequent interruptions
- Understanding of legal framework and social factors involved in community care
- Multi-professional working/case management
- Ability to use computer skills for entering clinical notes on the electronic patient records, driving, utilise the keyboard to manipulate spreadsheets, etc., clinical skills
- Ability to concentrate, frequency and consequences of interruptions. Include if the patient group has limited understanding or challenging behaviour.
- • Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010, which prevents you from driving)
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This advert is for Community Psychiatric Nurse - Crisis NW Team with Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Hatfield, East of England, England. It is listed as a Band 5 Nurse (community and district) role. The advertised salary is £33,677 - £50,387 per annum pro rata inc. 5% of HCAS. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 30 Jul 2026.
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