Senior Community Mental Health Nurse

Community Mental health Team in Central Norfolk

Come and join a great team who care about service users and each other.

Working with people with moderate to severe mental illness who require specialist secondary care services as well as people with dementia and comorbid mental illness.. The team provides a comprehensive service and works with a variety of other services to connect people to the support they need.

You will be based at Gateway House in Wymondham and work as part of a team assessing and treating people people with moderate to severe mental illness who require specialist services and whose needs cannot be met elsewhere in the local system or by other partners.. The team provides diagnoses and formulates holistic, person-centred care and treatment. You may be required to undertake assessments in a patients own home based on clinical need and you need to be wiling to travel across South Norfolk.

Our Team is in a phase of transformation and modernisation and you need to be willing to respond positively to change that will benefit service users and new ways of working. We are committed to developing and improving the service. We value research and have received a Trust Excellence Award for our engagement in research.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will assess people with moderate to severe mental illness There will be some memory assessment work in the role. The postholder will develop treatment plans with support from an experienced team that includes Consultant Psychiatrists, Clinical Psychologists, Senior Nurses and an Occupational Therapist. The postholder will ensure service users have a clear recovery and discharge plan from the beginning of treatment.

NSFT's Community Services for Older People were rated Good in the most recent CQC inspection report and we are proud of our positive and caring approach to the patients and carers we are working with.

As a team we focus on Continuing Professional Development and have a drive for further developing our clinical knowledge and skills. The team have established links with Primary Care and other agencies, which enhance our work and ensure we are able to help and support our patients.

About us

Benefits included with this role are:-

• 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.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Details

Date posted

12 October 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year

gross per annum (pro rata)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time,

Part-time,

Job share,

Flexible working

Reference number

246-CEN8338094

Job locations

Gateway House (Wymondham)

Gateway 11 Business Park

Wymondham

NR18 0WF

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• 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.
• Support and advising to other health care professionals. To support aspects of service development.
• Provide an appropriate learning environment for relevant students.

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

Interviews are yet to be confirmed, and candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days notice. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Job responsibilities

• 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.
• Support and advising to other health care professionals. To support aspects of service development.
• Provide an appropriate learning environment for relevant students.

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

Interviews are yet to be confirmed, and candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days notice. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with the relevant professional registration
• Mentorship (ENB988 or equivalent)

Desirable

• Evidence at social care / health related study

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Familiar with risk assessment and its management

Desirable

• Previous community experience

Other

Essential

• Able to travel independently

Desirable

• Ability to transport patients as appropriate.

Knowledge

Essential

• Up to date and evidence-based knowledge of Person Centred Care
• Working knowledge / application of the Mental Health Act

Skills

Essential

• Able to demonstrate the ability to process, plan and delegate work

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with the relevant professional registration
• Mentorship (ENB988 or equivalent)

Desirable

• Evidence at social care / health related study

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Familiar with risk assessment and its management

Desirable

• Previous community experience

Other

Essential

• Able to travel independently

Desirable

• Ability to transport patients as appropriate.

Knowledge

Essential

• Up to date and evidence-based knowledge of Person Centred Care
• Working knowledge / application of the Mental Health Act

Skills

Essential

• Able to demonstrate the ability to process, plan and delegate work

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Gateway House (Wymondham)

Gateway 11 Business Park

Wymondham

NR18 0WF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Gateway House (Wymondham)

Gateway 11 Business Park

Wymondham

NR18 0WF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

• 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.
• Support and advising to other health care professionals. To support aspects of service development.
• Provide an appropriate learning environment for relevant students.

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

Interviews are yet to be confirmed, and candidates may only be given a minimum of 3 days notice. You will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

Qualification

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with the relevant professional registration
• Mentorship (ENB988 or equivalent)

Desirable

• Evidence at social care / health related study

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
• Familiar with risk assessment and its management

Desirable

• Previous community experience

Other

Essential

• Able to travel independently

Desirable

• Ability to transport patients as appropriate.

Knowledge

Essential

• Up to date and evidence-based knowledge of Person Centred Care
• Working knowledge / application of the Mental Health Act

Skills

Essential

• Able to demonstrate the ability to process, plan and delegate work