Main area Community Mental Health – Older People Care Unit Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Part time – 28.5 hours per week Job ref 186-393-26-MH
Employer Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Queens Building Town Worksop Salary £39,959 – £48,117 per annum (pro rata for part time) Salary period Yearly Closing 14/06/2026 23:59
Community Psychiatric Nurse- Intensive Home Treatment Team
Band 6
Job overview
This is a part-time , permanent Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse position within the Older People Care Unit- Intensive Home Treatment Team in Bassetlaw.
The team supports individuals aged 65 and over who are experiencing a range of mental health conditions, including dementia, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, personality disorder, anxiety, and depression.
IHTT aims to give people the choice and ability to live as independently as possible, based on the belief that individuals experiencing mental health difficulties are entitled to the highest quality of care.
Our service is delivered in people’s own homes, with a strong focus on preventing unnecessary admission to hospital or residential care. We provide intensive support for up to 8 weeks in the patient’s home, helping to optimise mental health, promote recovery, and maintain independence.
As part of our dynamic and fast-paced multi-disciplinary team, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, person-centred care while contributing to innovative ways of working.
Our team brings together a wide range of professionals, including Consultants, Pharmacists, Psychologists, CBT Therapists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists, and Support Workers, who collaborate to provide holistic and specialist care for older people with complex, high-risk mental health needs.
Main duties of the job
- Provide intensive, community-based mental health support for older adults (65+) with complex conditions including dementia and other mental health diagnoses helping them stay in their own homes and avoiding unnecessary hospital or residential admission.
- Conduct specialist assessments and deliver tailored interventions, all rooted in the Care Programme Approach for improved, personalised patient care.
- Carry out follow-up assessments within 72 hours of patient discharge from inpatient settings.
- Respond urgently: Patients receive an assessment at home within 12–48 hours, with support typically lasting up to 8 weeks.
- Provide clinical leadership, including education, supervision, and support for junior staff and students.
- Triage of referrals, provision of initial assessments and one-to-one interventions with service users.
- Devise and implement treatment plans for service users.
- Demonstrate the application of specialist skills and knowledge in order to maintain professional competence and fitness to practice as a nurse practitioner.
- Establish and maintain robust communication networks with clients, carers, team members, other health care and social care workers within urgent care and the community.
- Support discharge and onward referrals.
A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.
Person specification
Qualifications
- Maintains current registration with the NMC or equivalent registration.
- Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration.
- Further specialist knowledge/post registration experience in specific service area or other formal training.
Contractual Requirements
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
- Ability to work to meet the needs to the service (including unsocial hours and bank holidays).
Knowledge
- Knowledge and understanding of current legislation.
- Knowledge and understanding of clinical risk assessment and management.
- Knowledge of evidence based approaches to practice.
- Awareness of national and local policy impacting on nursing care.
- Knowledge of Management Approaches.
- Demonstrates good knowledge of medication administration.
Skills
- Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
- Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues.
- Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care.
- Clinical supervision skills.
Experience
- Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding.
- Specialist and area specific experience.
- The ability to deal with and resolve conflict.
Values an Behaviours
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork.
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
#J-18808-Ljbffr…