Community Mental Health Nurse | Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust

The Community Mental Health Nurse role is suitable for Registered Nurses who have successfully completed preceptorship and have registered as an approved NMC mentor.

The post holder will deliver, or advise on the delivery of, high quality safe nursing care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.

As a Community Mental Health Nurse/you will promote and develop clinical leadership and clinical practice and be a positive role model to junior members of the team through the practice of evidence-based care. You will be expected to support professional development through clinical appraisal and supervision and contribute to the ongoing educational programme for staff, fostering a positive learning environment. You will be encouraged and supported by your line manager to undertake professional and personal development.

This job description is an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities expected of a Band 6 Nurse. The post holder will be required to undertake additional duties appropriate to the clinical area/speciality in which they work.

As a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse you will be required to work within a Place Based Multi-Disciplinary Community Mental Health Service that will be aligned to designated Primary Care Networks (PCNs). These teams will form part of a Primary Care and Specialist Service Continuum. These roles are key in providing professional nursing support and interventions to a wide range of service users presenting with complex mental health, conditions, needs and experiences.

The post holder will have responsibility for the day-to-day delivery of the service to individual service users and their families and carers via a range of evidence-based interventions. They will be expected to provide cover for peers across the Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust (CWPT), planned or unplanned as required.

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

· generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us

· excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more

· salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more

· discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes

· wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more

· staff networks and support groups

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.