Community Mental Health Nurse - Band 5-6 DevelopmentBand 5

Main area

Mental Health

Grade

Band 5

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week (24/7 service so shift patterns)

Job ref

367-CYP-101721

Site

Cherry Tree Cottage

Town

Baldock

Salary

£32,073 - £48,117 per annum pro rata

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

05/11/2026 23:59

Values Based Screener

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.

Job overview

We are in an exciting position to be able to advertise for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our award winning service at Cherry Tree Cottage. We are a innovative health and social care collaborative providing holistic care to adolescents with complex mental health needs in a theapeutic residential environment. We are keen to recruit a mental health nurse with experience of working with children and young people with mental health difficulties in either a community or inpatient setting.

Newly qualified mental health nurses are supported with a 6-12 month preceptorship programme.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a dynamic qualified mental health nurse who is passionate about the care of children and young people and has worked with young people who have a history self-harm and suicidal ideation.

We are based in North Herts and work alongside social care in a newly developed integrated care model.

If you are interested in our service then please send us an email for more information or to arrange an informal visit

Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.

Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Cherry Tree Cottage is an Ofsted registered children's home operated through an integrated health and social care staffing model (HPFT and HCC Social Services) to care for children looked after. The home provides 4 beds for children with mental health presentations who may be repeat attenders at A&E /S136 suite or at risk of /or have had admission to Tier 4 provision (psychiatric inpatient unit).

This is an exciting opportunity to join this innovative service as a newly qualified mental health nurse who is passionate to develop their career whilst working alongside social care colleagues at Cherry Tree Cottage. As part of an MDT, the candidate will work collaboratively with the Registered Manager, Team Leader, HPFT Clinical Lead, CAMHS community team, and other clinicians in the team with the planning, development, provision and review of an excellent, service-user focused service providing crisis containment and therapeutic support to children and young people with social and co-morbid mental health difficulties.

The home uses the ARC theoretical framework (Attachment, Regulation and Competency) and Non-violent resistance interventions and ethos in the provision to create a warm and nurturing environment to enhance wellbeing of the CYP. Training is provided and all workers are expected to work within this framework. The post-holder will work within professional guidelines and under the clinical and professional supervision of a Team Leader alongside the Registered Manager.

Person specificationEssential and DesirableEssential criteria

• Degree, diploma or equivalent in Nursing (Mental Health Nursing).
• Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Understanding of common mental health conditions (eg psychosis, mood disorders, personality disorders, anxiety disorders)
• Awareness of risk assessment principles
• Basic knowledge of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, and safeguarding.

Desirable criteria

• Pre or Post registration training/ short courses in mental health
• Community and InPatient nursing experience.
• Experience of crisis services
• PhysiCal health skills
• Experience of working with children and young people

Please note, we do not charge fees for job applications, recruitment processes, sponsorship arrangements, or employment offers. Please see the Trust careers vacancy webpage and Trac as the only authorised routes for recruitment communications, applications and verification of job offers.

Employer certification / accreditation badgesApplicant requirements

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.

Documents to download

• Job Description & Person Specification (PDF, 488.4KB)
• Band 6 job description (PDF, 334.0KB)
• Refer a Friend (PDF, 160.5KB)
• Staff Benefits (PDF, 888.5KB)
• Guidance on AI usage in job applications (PDF, 55.0KB)

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Jemma Beedell

Job title

Team Leader

Email address

Telephone number