# Senior Community Mental Health Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-community-mental-health-nurse/f42b11b1-5b73-4d3e-b16c-8b074c988357 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-community-mental-health-nurse/f42b11b1-5b73-4d3e-b16c-8b074c988357.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Hellesdon Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Mental health nurse - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 gross per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** 12 months (Fixed term or secondment) - **Employment type:** Part time, Flexible working, 15 hours per week (Monday-Friday, 09:00-17:00) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-28T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-09-14T13:30:56.630Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Great_Yarmouth/Norfolk_Suffolk_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Community_Mental_Health_Older_Adults/Community_Mental_Health_Older_Adults-v8264627 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8264627?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nsft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Join Our Dynamic Team as a Community Mental Health Nurse! Are you passionate about making a real difference in people's lives? Do you thrive in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary, and multi-agency environment? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you! Key Responsibilities: - Caseload Management: Take charge of managing a caseload, delivering high-quality mental health care services, and offering valuable support and advice to other healthcare professionals. - Service Development: Contribute to the growth and enhancement of our mental health services, ensuring we remain at the forefront of best practices and innovation. - Education and Mentorship: Create an enriching learning environment for University of East Anglia (UEA) students, guiding the next generation of mental health professionals. - Documentation & Quality Assurance: Be responsible for the precise clinical documents of patients during admission, discharge, and review, ensuring seamless communication and information transfer across Trust teams and services when appropriate and necessary. ### Main duties of the job About the Role: As a Community Mental Health Nurse, you will play a pivotal role in the planning and delivery of direct patient care. You will work closely with a supportive team to ensure continuity of practice, providing essential mental health care services to individuals in need. If you're ready to take the next step in your career and be part of a dynamic team that truly makes a difference, we want to hear from you! Apply now and embark on a rewarding journey as a Senior Community Mental Health Nurse. The post holder will undertake the planning and delivery of direct patient care with appropriate supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary and multiagency environment. - Managing a caseload and the provision of Mental Health Care services to people with mental health care needs. Support and advising to other health care professionals. To support aspects of service development. - Provide an appropriate learning environment for relevant University students. - To be responsible for accurate mental health documents of all patients on admission, discharge and at review. - Have an excellent knowledge of mental health conditions, relevant medications and treatment. - Have experience or an understanding of working with people who have dementia. - demonstrate ability to produce excellent highly detailed, assessments and risk management plans This is an exciting opportunity to relocate and work 9-5 hrs between Monday to Friday. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Why Join Us? - Exciting Relocation Opportunity: Embrace a fresh start and relocate to a vibrant community. - Work-Life Balance: Enjoy a balanced schedule with 9-5 hours, Monday to Friday, giving you the flexibility to maintain a fulfilling personal life. - Professional Growth: Be part of a forward-thinking organization that values continuous learning and professional development. - Supportive Environment: Work within a dedicated team committed to providing exceptional care and support to both patients and colleagues 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! 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 ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team - Familiar with risk assessment and its management **Desirable** - Previous community experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - Nursing degree or equivalent - Mentoring / Mentorship (ENB988 or equivalent) **Desirable** - Evidence at social care / health related study ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 376.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10612325) - [operational structure chart (pdf, 184.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10587319) - [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) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.