# Mental Health Practitioner - Inclusion Health & Homeless Team

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** City Anchorage
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Mental health professionals
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 gross per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Fixed term: 12 months (or Secondment)
- **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 22.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-08-25T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-11T12:00:41.691Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Norwich/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Mental_Health/Community_Mental_Health-v8221345
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8221345?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Inclusion Health and Homelessness Mental Health Nurse - Band 6

This is an exciting and rare opportunity to be part of a 1-year pilot providing care to people experiencing homelessness in South Norfolk & Broadland.

The role will be part of the Inclusion Health and Homelessness Team (IHHT) working alongside South Norfolk and Broadland District Council.

We are looking for a creative, innovative practitioner with excellent interpersonal skills. You will be supporting people who are often unable to access mainstream services and require a flexible, proactive, and holistic approach in order to overcome these barriers.

Training and support will be provided as part of the role. Please do not hesitate to contact the team for more information.

### Main duties of the job

The Inclusion Health and Homelessness Adult Mental Health Team are looking to employ an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Mental Health Nurse for 0.6 part time hours .

Are you passionate about promoting recovery and do you hold the values and beliefs in line with the ‘Recovery’ model and ways of working within mental health and with the most vulnerable and at risk?

Our Team and Service is committed to supporting you in developing as part of this unique pilot project with South Norfolk and Broadland District.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The successful candidates will hold a current Professional qualification as a Registered Nurse with an appetite for creative thinking in the face of challenges, a mind prepared for early adoption of change and innovation. If this is you and you have a passion for mental health and the energy to want to work in Inclusion health and homelessness Mental Health Recovery Team then your seat is ready for you with us.

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!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Competent assessment skills

**Desirable**

- Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice

### Experience

**Essential**

- Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
- Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience

### Qualification

**Essential**

- Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent
- Ongoing professional development working towards degree level
- Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training (NMC registrants) or Practice Educator (AHP & Social Worker Registrants)

## Documents

- [city 2 (pdf, 88.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10529988)
- [mental health practitioner jd (pdf, 213.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10529987)
- [reasonable adjustments - nsft (pdf, 197.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2863)
- [values based recruitment – candidates guide (pdf, 360.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1028)

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