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Job overview
Are you passionate about supporting adults to have good mental health? Are you a recovery focused and creative Mental Health Nurse who wants to work in a supportive multi-disciplinary team? An opportunity has become available to work within the Older Adults Community Mental Health Team as a Band 6 Specialist Community Mental Health Nurse.
As an employer Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are dedicated to being a best practice example of inter-professional working in mental health. As part of this we encourage and provide opportunities for continued professional development and regular supervision to help develop nursing confidence, skills and career.
You will need ability to effectively transport yourself between multiple addresses/venues on a daily basis including transporting, clients, equipment & clinical stock required for treatment.
Main duties of the job
As a Specialist Community Mental Health Nurse you will provide signposting, support and short-term interventions to promote mental health recovery. Establishing therapeutic relationships with service users and their family/carers.
- Complete initial triage and assessment of needs.
- Signposting /referring clients to the most appropriate service to meet their needs.
- Complete risk assessment and care planning documentation
- Develop and deliver recovery focused care.
- Provide information and psycho education surrounding mental health conditions and medication.
- Uphold legal frameworks which underpin service delivery.
- Assess risks, the management of risks and effectiveness of interventions.
- Develop good working relationships with neighbouring teams to enable effective co-working and responsive transfers of care if necessary.
- Monitoring of medication.
- Supervise other members of the team and students.
- Leadership to support the team day to day and in meetings.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information for this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care
- Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation
Desirable
- Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice
- Ability to effectively Chair meetings
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring
Desirable
- Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change
Qualifiactions & Knowledge
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse on NMC live register
- Demonstrable experience of mentoring pre-registration students
- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion
- Basic IT skills
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This advert is for Specialist Community Mental Health Nurse with Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust in Hull, North East and Yorkshire, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 02 Aug 2026.
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