Community Mental Health Nurse

Job summary
Community Mental Health Nurse North East London NHS Foundation Trust. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dedicated and motivated Community Mental Health Nurse to join our team at Church Road Health Centre. This is a permanent, full-time role, offering 37.5 hours per week, with a salary aligned to Band 5, ranging from £32,073 to £39,043. If you are passionate about delivering high-quality patient care and looking for a role where your ideas and contributions are valued, we encourage you to consider this opportunity.

Main duties of the job
This position offers the chance to make a meaningful difference by providing holistic healthcare to patients in their own homes, residential care settings, and nurse-led clinics. You will work as part of an integrated community healthcare team, delivering individualised care and collaborating closely with GPs, other professionals, and both statutory and voluntary agencies.

• Provide high-quality, evidence-based care within your professional competence.
• Support patients and their families/carers with treatment, advice, and education tailored to their needs.
• Work across professional and organisational boundaries to ensure coordinated care delivery.

About us
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex. We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.

Details
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: NDD-001987
Closing date: 02 November 2026

Essential Skills and Qualifications

• Registered Nurse qualification (Part 1).
• Demonstrated commitment to delivering safe, effective, and compassionate care.
• Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team and across organisational boundaries.

Why Join Us?

• Be part of a team that values your ideas and contributions, offering a supportive environment for professional growth.
• Enjoy a transparent and competitive salary in line with NHS Band 5 pay scales.
• Work for an organisation committed to inclusion, progression, and delivering meaningful impact in the community.

Working for Us
Joining #TeamNELFT means you'll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We're CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation.

Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are:

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Starting with NELFT
All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.

Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost Area Supplement
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,870 to a maximum of £6,137 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI
We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate's own skills, experience and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications. Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills and experience. We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.

Apply through our website for an informal chat or to arrange a visit.

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.