Are you a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse with strong Older Adults or Working Age Adults experience looking for a rewarding locum opportunity within a Community Mental Health Team? We have an excellent position available with a leading NHS CMHT in Southend, offering full?time hours, competitive rates, and the chance to make a meaningful impact on service users living with severe and enduring mental health needs.
Job Title: Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse
Location: Southend (Recovery & Wellbeing CMHT)
Duration: ASAP – Ongoing Contract
Schedule: Monday – Friday | 9am–5pm
Start Date: ASAP
Rate of Pay: £27ph
Contact: Eric Lopes – 0203 475 4175 / elopes@hg-mh.com
Join a supportive Community Mental Health Team providing holistic, recovery?focused care to service users with complex mental health, physical health and social care needs. In this role, you will:
• Manage a community caseload of up to 35 service users with severe and enduring mental health needs • Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments, risk assessments and care planning • Deliver person?centred interventions and support relapse prevention • Coordinate and monitor care packages using complex clinical decision?making • Provide therapeutic activities, emotional support and stability while maintaining professional boundaries • Work collaboratively with MDT colleagues, GPs, social care, inpatient teams and partner agencies • Complete community and home visits as required • Promote shared decision?making with service users, families and carers • Recognise and respond to safeguarding concerns in line with Trust policy • Maintain accurate electronic patient records and documentation • Participate in clinical supervision, reflective practice and service improvement initiatives • Uphold high standards of quality, safety and governance within the CMHT
To be successful in this role, you will need:
• Current and valid NMC registration (RMN) • Strong experience within Community Mental Health Services • Ability to undertake mental health assessments, risk assessments and care planning • Confidence managing a busy caseload and working autonomously • Excellent communication skills with service users, families and MDT partners • Understanding of safeguarding, risk management and evidence?based practice • Ability to travel to site – no remote working • Immediate availability preferred
This role offers 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with an ongoing contract and strong potential for extension.
This opportunity will move quickly. Contact Eric Lopes today on 0203 475 4175 or email elopes@hg-mh.com to apply.
Hunter Gatherer Mental Health is a leading UK recruitment agency for mental health professionals, specialising in locum and permanent roles across the NHS and private sector.
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