Job overview
An exciting opportunity for a 6 month secondment has become available for a Community Mental Health Practitioner to work in Ealing Acton MINT. You will have the opportunity to work in a multidisciplinary Team as well as having an autonomy to manage a caseload of patients with varied mental health conditions.
This role also involves working close with our community partners such as GP practice to ensure we can provide the best community placed base care. The role is key to dissolving the barriers that can exist between mental health and physical health, social care, voluntary and community social enterprise (VCSE) organisations and local communities, and primary and secondary care, to deliver integrated, personalised, place-based and well-coordinated care for adults and older adults
Main duties of the job
We are seeking applications from Registered Mental Health Nurses.
The ideal candidate will have:
Prior experience of working across a range of working with a range of mental health diagnoses/need
Hold a registration for the correct governing body such as the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Social Work England or the Health & Care Professions Council
Knowledge of and experience in delivering a range of brief interventions to patients with mental health needs;
Good written and verbal communication skills and the ability to use these to strengthen local relationships with the local MINT Teams
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience of post qualifying work in psychiatry.
- Experience of supervising junior staff within own and/or other disciplines
Desirable
- Evidence of experience in a Band 6 position or equivalent
- Other relevant post registration experience
- Audit and research experience
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification in mental health - Mental Health Nursing (RMN) with current NMC registration
Desirable
- RGN/physical health qualification
- Educated to degree or Diploma level with other courses relevant to primary care mental health services e.g. CBT, Brief Solution Focussed Therapy etc
Skills/Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of counselling skills/cognitive behavioural skills, psychosocial interventions
- Ability to interpret research and apply to practice
- Knowledge of recovery approaches as used with those with mental health conditions
- Use of psychosocial assessment methods
- Sufficient clinical knowledge to be able to make autonomous decisions, based on an analysis of complex presenting problems and judgement about available options, with senior clinical support/supervision
- Ability to engage challenging and/or acutely distressed patients in potentially hostile and/or antagonistic situations and use de-escalation techniques effectively
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This advert is for Mental Health Nurse with West London NHS Trust in Southall, London, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £45,953 - £54,254 Per Annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 22 Jun 2026.
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