Are you a trained Mental Health Nurse with an interest in Adult Mental Health and passionate about recovery? Shaftesbury Community Mental Health Team are recruiting a Community Mental Health Nurse.
The Community Mental Health team provides recovery focused treatment plans for those people with severe mental illness. Experience of working in a community mental health environment would be beneficial but is not essential. You will need to be able to apply the philosophies of engagement and recovery within your work with service users.
As a Community Mental Health Nurse, you will manage a caseload of patients and provide a comprehensive, accessible and responsive mental health service to patients and their families. You will be reliable, committed, dynamic, and a motivated professional with excellent communication, organisational skills and have the ability to prioritise work.
You will be supported in your clinical work, and professional development with ongoing supportive supervision together with an agreed programme of induction and orientation as required.
This is a full time and part time post of 30 hours based in Shaftesbury and covers surrounding areas. You will need to have a valid driving licence and use of a car as you will be required to assess and monitor patients in their own homes and within other community settings.
Applications from candidates that require visa sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.
Key Responsibilities
* Manage a caseload of patients and provide a comprehensive, accessible and responsive mental health service to patients and their families.
* Provide specialist advice to others regarding the management and care of patients/service users.
* Plan, implement, and review health improvement programmes in a range of settings.
* Provide supervision, mentorship, training and clinical support to students and trained practitioners.
* Communicate effectively in verbal and written form. A good level of IT literacy is an essential requirement.
* Travel to assess and monitor patients in their own homes and other community settings; require a valid driving licence and ownership/use of a car.
Qualifications & Requirements
* Registered Mental Health Nurse.
* Experience working in a community mental health environment is beneficial.
* Valid driving licence and own car.
* Good IT literacy.
* Ability to apply engagement and recovery philosophies.
* Enhanced/Standard DBS check (trust will cover cost).
Contact Felicity Graham, Team Lead, at felicity.graham@nhs.net or on 01747 856711.
Employment in this post requires an Enhanced/Standard 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.
This advert closes on Wednesday 22 Oct 2025.
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