Employer Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
The Marlowes Health & Wellbeing Team, Hemel Hempstead, HP1 1LD
Town Hemel Hempstead
Salary £32,602 - £39,686 per annum, pro-rata (inclusive of 5% HCAS) — Salary period Yearly
Closing 16/09/2025 23:59
Community Mental Health Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a completion code by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Community Mental Health Nurse to join our Adult Community Mental Health Services Team in Hemel Hempstead.
The area is well served with transport links to historic Hertfordshire and its glorious countryside as well as into London and beyond. We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering care to Adults with mental health issues.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an exceptional organisation with big ambitions; our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
We can offer you a competitive salary, staff benefits package, excellent career development and training that comes from working for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.
Whilst it is a challenging period for the NHS, there has never been a more exciting time to join HPFT. We are on a “Good to Great” journey as we continue to innovate, improve, transform and deliver the very highest standards of care to the service users and communities that we serve.
Please refer to the “Main Duties Of The Job”, “Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities” sections and the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached elsewhere for full details.
Main duties of the job
The Community Mental Health Nurse will be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for a defined caseload of people with complex mental health and/or social care needs; and maintaining associated records. They will also act as mentor for Student Nurses as required.
Duties and Responsibilities
* o support the CMHT Team Leader in establishing and maintaining effective inter-team and inter-agency communication
* To provide effective liaison/communication relating to referrals to and discharge from the CMHT across in-patient, primary care and community services
* Maintain effective joint working with Sector EPMHS, CATTs, EIP’s, AOTs and other community based teams according to local circumstances
* Ensure that all relevant information regarding client care is communicated to the appropriate persons within and outside the team, bringing to the CMHT Team Leader’s attention issues of concern regarding practice or workload
* Ensure effective communications with relatives, visitors, voluntary organisations and the general public, thus encouraging participation in care delivery. To respond sensitively to the needs of relatives and carers, often in a highly emotive setting.
* To liaise with other professionals in relation to client care, actively co-ordinating care planning and review meetings, and case conferences as appropriate.
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical Responsibility
* To manage a patient caseload, identified in consultation with medical, nursing and other professions and agreed by the CMHT Team Leader.
* To establish and maintain effective individualised nursing and social care by assessment of patient’s problems; planning; implementation and evaluation of agreed interventions; clear and concise documentation of individualised client care and use of electronic patient record systems.
* To be aware of the physical needs of people with mental health problems and refer physical conditions on as appropriate.
* Establish therapeutic relationships with individual clients, relatives and carers.
* Be responsible for the administration, carriage and storage of medication in accordance with relevant Trust policies. To ensure safe disposal of equipment used in the Community e.g. syringes, needles, in accordance with Trust policies.
* Be responsible for the administration of prescribed medical treatments and monitoring effects in accordance with clinical procedures adopted by the Trust.
* Use research findings in designing nursing care programmes and develop awareness of the significance of nursing research and wider evidence based practice in community mental health care.
* Participate and be responsible for running nurse led clinics e.g. Clozapine.
* Demonstrate an awareness of the needs of carers of patients with mental health problems and develop strategies to meet those needs; e.g. self-help groups, respite care, Carers Act.
* Ensure that the principle of continuity of care is maintained and that appropriate plans are made for client’s discharge and transfer from the clinical areas in line with Care Programme Approach (including acting as care coordinator), Community Care Act 1990 and Discharge Policies and the National Service Framework for Mental Health.
* To have a working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and subsequent legislation as it affects the client group.
* To participate in the Trust’s adverse incidents reporting systems and comply with the Trust’s procedure and techniques for managing risks
Leadership and Staff Management Responsibility
* Assist in identifying training needs with the community team for self and team members.
* Act as preceptor and mentor for learner nurses.
* Participate in annual appraisal, professional development and mandatory training.
* Managers have a duty to promote and support staffs’ personal health and wellbeing at all times, this includes both physical and mental health and wellbeing.
* Managers have a responsibility to support staff by directing employees to services that are available to everyone to help in managing health and wellbeing.
* They should be open and approachable as well as proactive in discussing and agreeing a process to monitor an employee’s mental and physical health.
* To assist the Team Manager to manage the Team budget effectively.
* Comply with relevant Trust and Team financial policies and procedures to ensure cost effective and efficient use of team and Trust resources
Service Development and Improvement
* To be involved in clinical audit and evaluation of mental health services within secondary care. Playing an enthusiastic role in the achievement of the team’s contribution to achieving NSF objectives for the service at a local level and contribute to such audit requirements (of own practice and recording) as are requested from time to time.
* To contribute to data collection and entry as part of audit and evaluation of such services.
* To participate fully in training relevant to the delivery of the services outlined above.
* To actively seek supervision for all aspects of the post.
* To recognise personal and professional limitation
Communications
* To provide and receive complex, sensitive and contentious information using developed skills of persuasion, motivation, negotiation, empathy and re-assurance to ensure client assessments, care planning, reviews and other tasks can be completed.
* To be able to communicate with clarity, tact and purpose in all relevant situations.
* To be able to use effectively a range of modes of communication including verbal, by email, by telephone, in formal reports, written clinical notes and in presentations taking into account issues of confidentiality.
* To be able to communicate to people at various points within the hierarchy of relevant organisations.
* Ensure effective and confidential communication between medical, nursing, social care and health care agents on significant information governing patient care and treatment. Adhere to the NHS Code of Conduct and HPFT policies on confidentiality and information sharing.
* To keep accurate records on all clients in accordance with Trust Policy and guidance from professional bodies.
* To collect data in accordance with the Data Protection Act.
* To collect and submit activity statistics as required
Other
Physical Working Conditions and Environment
* The post holder is based within the Community Mental Health Team and will be expected to visit people within their own homes, or a variety of public places or voluntary organisations within the community as well as GP practices throughout the Trust.
* The post holder will also be expected to carry out duties such as Phlebotomy or giving intramuscular injections on a frequent basis and dealing with people daily who display a full spectrum of behaviour from potentially violent and aggressive to suicidal and extremely distressed.
* Travel throughout the County is required
Knowledge and Skills Framework
* The post holder will be expected to meet the requirements of the NHS Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF) appropriate outline for the post.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING
* RMN or Dip / BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing
* ENB 998 / Preceptorship and Mentorship
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
* Good experience after registration at Band 5 in a relevant Mental Health Setting
* Evidence of continuing professional development
* Working knowledge of MHA (1983), CPA, Risk Assessment and Section 25 etc
* Effective multi-professional team communication and team working. Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate Nursing care with Supervision. Medication administration.
* Experience in working with acute mental health problems in a Community setting.
* Understanding of the National Service Framework.
* Understanding Primary / Secondary Care interface
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with judges saying they were “blown away” by our people’s achievements and that everything they saw “sings and hums”. This year, our staff rated us the 4th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff say they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people say they feel supported through a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.
If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Additional Information
HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights and encourage applications from all sections of the community including users of mental health services.
The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.
Infection Control
All our staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures which could include wearing a mask on all our Trust sites and in all roles
AI Usage Guidance
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For further information, please refer to the Trust’s guidance on AI usage document which can be found below.
Visa and Immigration
Candidates who require a Skilled Worker visa to work in the United Kingdom can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this position by assessing their circumstances against the criteria specified on the GOV.UK website. We would encourage all applicants to review the criteria carefully to understand their eligibility for sponsorship.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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