Community Mental Health Nurse

Community Mental Health Nurse - IMHT Lichfield

Company: NHS Jobs

Salary: £32,073 to £48,117 a year

Hours: Full-time

Location: Lichfield, WS13 6EE

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 14 Sept 2026

Closing date: 28 Sept 2026

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Summary

Check out the below videos showcasing why you should grow your career at MPFT: Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube What is it like to be a Mental Health Nurse in a community setting at MPFT? - YouTube The Integrated Mental Health Team is an innovative secondary care community team that is guided by collective leadership, providing evidence-based psychological and medical interventions to patients with a wide range of complex mental health needs. The IMHT supports service users with a wide range of mental health needs from anxiety and depression to severe and enduring mental illness.

The successful candidate can expect the following:

• Support with settling into the team and developing into the role.


• Right from the start of joining the team, a clear and ongoing conversation about your skills and personal career progression, which is managed through the Trusts appraisal process.


• A commitment to supporting you to remain up to date with your practice and develop skills through formal and informal training.


• Regular, high quality clinical and managerial supervision.


• Warm, friendly and supportive colleagues.


• Collective leads who are committed to the psychological and physical wellbeing of staff in the pathway.


• A continual commitment to embrace lean methodology to improve the quality of the services provided for patients/their carers and the experience of staff working within the pathway.

You will belong to a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team which includes nursing colleagues, allied health professionals, psychologists, psychiatrists, support workers and peer support workers. Our last CQC inspection achieved Good throughout the trust making us a great trust to work for. Staff wellbeing is at the heart of the organisation with regular events held throughout the year. See our twitter feed @mpftBigShoutOut and #mpftBigSoothe.

The usual hours of work are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm. You will also be required to have access to suitable transport as this role will require you to travel over a large geographical area. Please see attached documents for the full job description and person specification for both Band 5 and Band 6 roles depending on your route. If you would like to view the Core Competencies Framework as part of the development role, please contact Vickie Griffiths on the details attached. Please note: You will be required to achieve the expected competencies within 12 months. This means that you must meet certain skill, knowledge, or performance standards (competencies) within a time frame of 12 months from starting the role.

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Check out the below videos showcasing why you should grow your career at MPFT: Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube What is it like to be a Mental Health Nurse in a community setting at MPFT? - YouTube The Integrated Mental Health Team is an innovative secondary care community team that is guided by collective leadership, providing evidence-based psychological and medical interventions to patients with a wide range of complex mental health needs. The IMHT supports service users with a wide range of mental health needs from anxiety and depression to severe and enduring mental illness. The successful candidate can expect the following: Support with settling into the team and developing into the role. Right from the start of joining the team, a clear and ongoing conversation about your skills and personal career progression, which is managed through the Trusts appraisal process. A commitment
to supporting you to remain up to date with your practice and develop skills through formal and informal training. Regular, high quality clinical and managerial supervision. Warm, friendly and supportive colleagues. Collective leads who are committed to the psychological and physical wellbeing of staff in the pathway. A continual commitment to embrace lean methodology to improve the quality of the services provided for patients/their carers and the experience of staff working within the pathway. You will belong to a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team which includes nursing colleagues, allied health professionals, psychologists, psychiatrists, support workers and peer support workers. Our last CQC inspection achieved Good throughout the trust making us a great trust to work for. Staff wellbeing is at the heart of the organisation with regular events held throughout the year. See our twitter feed @mpftBigShoutOut and #mpftBigSoothe The usual hours of work are, Monday to Friday 9am