Community Mental Health Nurse (Band 5 Developmental or Band 6) inBournemouth inBournemouth PUBLISHED WED 23 OCT 2024

Bournemouth West Community Mental Health team have an opportunity for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner or newly qualified staff at Band 5 with a view to gaining training, experience, and support over a set period and with the opportunity to move into a band 6 post on successful completion.

The Adult Community Mental Health team provides recovery-focused treatment plans for those people with severe mental illness .

You will manage a caseload of patients with SMI and provide a comprehensive, accessible, and responsive mental health service to people and their families. You will be a committed, dynamic, motivated professional with excellent communication, organisational skills, and the ability to prioritise your work. You will have the support and opportunity to develop your own skills and we offer structured management supervision and a very supportive team environment.

This role is a full-time position working 37.5 hours a week within a Monday to Friday 9 to 5 timeframe, covering West Bournemouth locality, based at the Turbary Park Centre site and will need to have a valid driving licence and use of a car to travel to assess and monitor patients in their own homes and within other community or inpatient settings.

For further details or to arrange an informal visit please contact the Team Leader on

For Band 6 candidates, you will be eligible for a recruitment and retention premium. For details please contact the Team Leader

You will have recent experience working in a mental health environment and be able to apply the philosophies of engagement and recovery in your work with service users and have an awareness of the Mental Health Act.As a Community Mental Health Practitioner, you will contribute to effective multi-disciplinary working within the community mental health service and build up effective liaison with community, primary, and other secondary and tertiary services/agencies within the locality to provide holistic care based on the individual's need and service development.

You will communicate effectively in verbal and written form in the exchange of highly complex, sensitive, or contentious information in difficult situations using de-escalation, mediation, resolution, and professional Duty of Candour.

We would welcome applications from newly qualified nurses and we provide a very comprehensive and fully supported Preceptorship Programme for newly qualified healthcare professionals.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service are able to present a valid DBS certificate instead of requiring a new check.

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.

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