Community Mental Health Nurse

Community Mental Health Nurse - Shrewsbury East CMHS Closing date: 15 December 2025. We have an exciting opportunity in East Shrewsbury Community Mental Health Service for a caring and compassionate Mental Health Nurse. We care for people who experience a wide range of mental health issues in Shrewsbury offering assessments, treatment, and interventions. Our multi‑disciplinary team approach is essential in formulating and providing high quality, safe and effective care, whilst ensuring our service users and families have a positive experience whilst under our care. We are seeking a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse to care for an identified group of service users. Experience would be preferred but we also want to gain experience in all functions of the team. We would like to appoint someone who has a real passion for working with service users in the community. The community mental health service works in partnership with other local organisations. Clinicians within the community mental health service will offer interventions and treatments which are concordant with NICE guidelines, and allocation within the team will be based on the needs of the service user, matching clinician skills to service user needs. You will, in conjunction with the multi‑disciplinary team, provide nursing interventions to support the person to meet their agreed goals and coordinate and/or participate in the review of progress towards those goals, utilising recommended outcome measures. Main duties of the job We offer a preceptorship programme to newly qualified staff; and would work with individuals coming into our team to ensure a personalised induction programme. Allocated key worker to service users Risk assessment and management Delivering evidence based interventions Therapeutic 1:1 work Family work Supervision Depot clinics Initial assessments Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grow your career here with us at MPFT:Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube About us By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by: Supporting your career development and progression Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave Options for flexible working Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate Salary sacrifice car – fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k Free car parking at all trust sites Free flu vaccinations every year Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met) And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like‑minded people. Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications. Job responsibilities For further information relating to this vacancy please refer to the attached job description and job specification. Person Specification Qualifications Registered Mental Health Nurse and active on NMC Register. Psychological intervention Qualification including EMDR, CBT, CBTp, Family Interventions, CAT, DBT Phlebotomy training Experience Experience of working with people experiencing mental health related difficulties. Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex mental health needs. Experience of assessing, planning, coordinating and managing people with mental health problems in a community setting. Ability to access any local resources and to use networking where possible Experience of working in community setting and making decisions autonomously 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. Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust #J-18808-Ljbffr