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Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
About
We provide NHS care and treatment for people living in south east England. Our mental health services provide care and treatment for people with conditions such as psychosis, depression, anxiety, dementia and personality disorder. Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment you can be confident in.
Contact
- Address
- Swandean
- Arundel Road
- Worthing
- West Sussex
- BN13 3EP
- Contact Number
- 01903 843000
Community Mental Health Nurse
Accepting applications until: 09-Apr-2026 08:00
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 09-Apr-2026 08:00
Key details
Location
- Gwefan
- Eastbourne Neighbourhood Mental Health Team St Mary's House
- Cyfeiriad
- 52 St Leonards Road
- Tref
- Eastbourne
- Cod post
- BN21 3UU
- Major / Minor Region
- West Sussex
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Oriau
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Cyflog
- £38,682 - £46,580 pa
- Cyfnod cyflog
- Yearly
- Gradd
- (NHS AfC: Band 6)
Specialty
- Prif leoliad
- Mental Health Nurse
Come and join us
We’re looking for people who share our values of compassion, accountability and optimism to help us provide high quality care for the patients, carers, families and communities we serve. We specialise in NHS mental health and learning disability services and we’re proud to make a difference every day.
At SPFT we put people first. We’ll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. You’ll have opportunities to learn, grow and gain new experiences to support your career, with access to lifelong learning and professional development.
We actively promote flexible working and understand how important work life balance is, especially in healthcare. Whether it’s part time hours, hybrid working or flexible start and finish times, we’ll explore what works for you and the role.
We recognise that AI is becoming part of daily life and you may choose to use it to help prepare your application. We welcome innovation but ask that anything you submit reflects your own abilities, experience and voice. AI can support how you describe your skills and experience, but it should never replace your own words as we want to get to know you.
We’re shaping a workplace where ideas are encouraged, technology supports you and everyone has a voice in how we improve. If that sounds like the kind of organisation you want to be part of, we’d love to hear from you.
Trosolwg o'r swydd
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Eastbourne Neighbourhood Mental Health Team (Specialist Adults) for a Registered Mental Health Nurse with experience of working in a community mental health setting. We are looking for three confident nurses to help us improve and enhance our access (triage), response and planned treatment offer.
Our service is a multi-disciplinary service for adults with multiple and enduring mental health needs. As a nurse in our service, you will be focussed on improving outcomes for service users, working creatively with them and their families and carers to co-create care plans that will help them achieve their goals and live as independently as possible. You will also work closely with other services within Sussex Partnership, our Core Neighbourhood Team as well as with other aligned and partner agencies.
As a nurse within our team, you will become part of a much more integrated network of services and will be central in driving and continuing to develop our Neighbourhood model in close partnership with our Primary and VCSE colleagues.
See more about our vision https://www.sussex.ics.nhs.uk/our-work/our-priorities/mental-health-learning-disability-and-autism/mental-health/community-mh-transformation/
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The role of Community Mental Health Nurse is to work in partnership with service users in the designated care group with multiple mental health presentations and working alongside service users to develop their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. You will demonstrate an understanding of Triage and Assessment, as well as clinical interventions relevant to the care group to include education, care plans and discharge planning, working closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate this.
Post holder Expectations:
To be an active participant in the multi-disciplinary team, formulating care plans and utilising appropriate assessments.
To take part in all quality initiatives actively supporting and participating in both policies and service developments in the specific care group.
Carry a caseload, actively working with other involved agencies, families and carers.
Assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist nursing advice and carry out specialist nursing procedures.
To participate in regular clinical, professional and managerial supervision.
Provide clinical supervision to junior staff and act as a mentor for student nurses.
To maintain and contribute to standards of professional care, ethics, policies and procedures.
To contribute, to improve access for patients to local generic health care services, primary, secondary and specialist services.
To maintain record keeping within Trust guidelines, national standards and NICE.
Gweithio i'n sefydliad
As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of their staff, their reward packages reflect the immensely important work their staff do.
If you are looking for the opportunity to work within a busy but rewarding NMHT service in a seaside town like no other, then we would love to hear from you. Eastbourne is a vibrant seaside town, offering affordable coastal living along with independent shopping and a variety of cafes, bars and restaurants and a very creative music and artistic scene.
As a practitioner in our team we can offer you:
Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes
Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
Flexible working patterns
Reimbursed parking
Child care vouchers
Access to a host of NHS discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC
Generous holiday entitlement (dependent on length of NHS service) starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays
NHS Pension contributions
We encourage flexible working.
We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Swydd-ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl
Essential Qualifications
Registered Nurse with current registration appropriate to the job role.
Evidence of continuous professional development.
Essential Knowledge
Experience of working alongside people with complex mental health needs in the designated care group.
Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of mental health problems
Experience of working consultatively with other professionals
Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies
Experience of working within the CPA process
Knowledge of MHA (1983/2007).
Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005), to include practical knowledge of FACE documentation, DOLS and Best Interest decisions.
Child and Adult safeguarding procedures.
Change management and organising and prioritising their workload.
Demonstrate ability to enhance care through evidence-based knowledge.
Demonstrate professional development relevant to the specific care group.
Person Specification
Essential Qualifications
Registered Nurse with current registration [Mental Health/LD]
Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
Evidence of continuous professional development
Experience/Knowledge
Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
Experience of supervising staff
Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
Experience of working consultatively with professionals
Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies
Experience of working within the CPA process
Previous experience of working in the community
This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).
SPFT is committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We particularly welcome applications from people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and from disabled candidates, as these groups are currently underrepresented.
Successful candidates are normally appointed to the bottom of the pay scale unless previous NHS experience in a similar role can be evidenced.
SPFT takes its responsibilities for safeguarding children, young people and adults at risk very seriously. We expect all staff and bank workers to share this commitment and complete the relevant safeguarding training for their role.
If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume your application has been unsuccessful. However, we’ll always do our best to keep you informed as we know how much time and care goes into applying for a role.
In the event of a high number of applications, we may close this vacancy early.
Applicant requirements
Person specification
Qualifications
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Knowledge/Experience
Meini prawf hanfodol
- Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
- Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
- Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
- Experience of working within the CPA process
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Previous experience of working in the community
Further details / informal visits contact
- Enw
- Alex Bogdanovic
- Teitl y swydd
- Service Manager
- Cyfeiriad ebost
- [email protected]
- Rhif ffôn
- 0300 304 0590
- Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais
For additional information or to discuss the role, please make contact Monday to Friday 9-5pm.
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