Mental Health Practitioner (Community Psychiatric Nurse)
Band 6
Main area Adult Mental Health Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week Job ref 310-ASMH-8131726
Site Agenoria House Town Wisbech Salary £39,959 – £48,117 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 31/08/2026 23:59
Job overview
Fenland Adult Locality Team is based in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. We are a small team and work in a rural catchment area.
The role will take on the care co-ordination for clients and provide leadership to support to others, to ensure that full assessment of individual care needs are undertaken, that care is planned, implemented and reviewed on a regular basis. Dialog + is supporting patients care plans and recovery goals which you will manage for patients on your caseload.
You will participate on the duty rota and be a member of the MDT.
Main duties of the job
- To participate on the duty rota.
- To act as a role model and promote effective teamwork across the service to meet individual client needs.
- To ensure that the CPA and Mental Health Act is adhered to at all times, and to work within the boundaries set out by the Trust’ Policies and Procedures.
Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.
*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.
Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.
To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.
All appointments for new employees to CPFT are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.
Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.
Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.
For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
1. The post holder will provide a good role model, develop and maintain good systems of communication, be able to communicate with a wide range of people in a range of situations
2. Reporting verbally and in writing with regards to clients progress, assessments and care planning to the wider multi-disciplinary team
3. Maintain accurate and complete records
4. Discussing with client and their families / carers regarding care planning, assessments and treatment
5. Be able to acknowledge the barriers to effective communication and adapt communication style in response
6. The post holder will be involved in self-development and contribute to the development of others.
7. Engaging in reflective practice and implement evidence-base to practice, linking to appraisal standards.
8. Identification of individual development needs and accessing learning opportunities available.
9. Encouraging and enabling others to develop and apply knowledge and skills, by acting as a supervisor and mentor.
10. Contribute to developing the workplace as a learning environment.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
- Registered Nurse Mental Health (RNMH)
- Current NMC Registration
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Post graduate qualification related to specialism
Experience
- Experience of working as part of an MDT
- Basic training in mental capacity act
- Experience of dealing with service users with complex mental health needs
- Lived experience of mental health
- Experience of developing service user and carer involvement
Skills and abilities
- Effective communication skills both verbal, written and IT literacy
- Ability to work as part of a team, as a role model, empowering and motivating other team members
- Ability to work with minimum supervision
- Ability to advocate for the service users and colleagues you are supporting
- Ability to calmly manage complex and stressful situations, prioritising own work and the work of others
- Ability to present complex information to various audiences
Knowledge and understanding
- Knowledge of physical healthcare needs
- Awareness of safeguarding issues and responsibilities under relevant legislation
- Understanding of legislation relating to care including: mental health act, mental capacity act, safeguards, Equality act, health and safety act, knowledge of NICE guidance
Other
- Continue professional development and participate
- Ability to travel independently around the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.
Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.
We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:
- Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
- Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
- Children’s community services in Peterborough;
- Ground-breaking research
We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity .
CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.
Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.
Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.
If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre-employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.
All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
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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