Go back Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
Community Nurse
The closing date is 02 September 2025
Are you a passionate and experienced Band 5 clinician ready to take the next step in your career?
Do you thrive in fast-paced, supportive environments where innovation and compassion go hand in hand? If so, we'd love to hear from you.
We're looking for a skilled and motivated Mental Health Practitioner to join our dynamic team within the Newcastle & Gateshead Access CBU.
This is an exciting opportunity to work in a service that values clinical excellence, staff wellbeing, and continuous development.
What We're Looking For:
* Minimum 2 years' experience working at Band 5 level in mental health settings.
* Registered professional (RMN, Social Worker, OT) with current registration.
* Strong assessment, risk management, and care planning skills.
* A collaborative approach and commitment to trauma-informed care.
What You'll Be Doing:
* Delivering high-quality mental health assessments and interventions.
* Supporting service users in crisis and facilitating safe, person-centred care.
* Contributing to service development and quality improvement initiatives.
* Working closely with colleagues across primary and secondary care pathways.
What We Offer:
* A supportive and inclusive team culture with regular supervision and reflective practice.
* Access to bespoke training and CPD opportunities to help you grow.
* Flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance.
* Opportunities to contribute to service innovation and leadership development.
Main duties of the job
* Crisis Intervention: Delivering short-term, intensive support to help stabilise individuals in crisis and reduce immediate risk.
* Risk Management: Evaluating and managing risks related to self-harm, suicide, or harm to others, and implementing safety plans.
* Multi-disciplinary Working: Collaborating with psychiatrists, social workers, and other professionals to coordinate care.
* Care Planning: Developing and reviewing care plans tailored to the individual's needs, including referrals to appropriate services.
* Documentation: Maintaining accurate and timely clinical records in line with legal and professional standards.
The successful candidate will be expected to exercise clinical judgment and contribute actively to the team.
About us
We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
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Job responsibilities
Please find attached job description for full details.
Advertising date : 19th August 2025
We welcome your application.
Person Specification
Education and Qualification
* Experience of working with service users and carers in successful delivery of treatment plans
* Complete preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses
* Multi-disciplinary team work.
* Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers.
* Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users.
* Therapy Based Training
* Post registration clinical experience within Access services
Skills and Competencies
* Ability to use IT system
* Comprehensive continuous assessment of skills
* Risk management and Health and Safety legislation
* Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act legislation
* Time Management skills and ability to prioritise work load
* Ability to establish a rapport and demonstrate engagement skills with service users
Knowledge and Experience
* Knowledge of relevant contemporary professional theories of mental health care and evidence based interventions.
* Understanding of the statutory issues which impact on service users.
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.
Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust
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