Community Mental Health Nurse

NHSChristchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand

20 days ago

Job description

The closing date is 15 October 2025

Overview

The Christchurch Older Persons Community Mental Health Team are looking for an experienced Community Mental Health Nurse to join this team. As a Mental Health Nurse, you will provide a comprehensive, accessible and responsive mental health service to adults and their families within a defined locality. This is primarily a care-coordination role, where you will be responsible for supporting patients on their journey of recovery. You should have relevant and recent experience of working in a mental health environment and be able to apply the philosophies of engagement and recovery in your work with patients, their carers and their family.

You will work as part of a well-established, supportive team including a Psychiatrist, Nurses, Psychologists, a Social Worker, Administration and a Support Time Recovery Worker. The team offers peer support led by psychology, and regular management and clinical supervision to help you practice safely while developing your skills. This role is 28 hours 15 minutes per week and requires a valid driving licence and use of a car, as you will assess and monitor patients in their homes and in other community settings.

Main duties of the job

To provide a comprehensive, accessible and responsive mental health service to older adults and their families within a defined locality.
To support the team leader and the locality service manager in the implementation of the Dorset Healthcare Mental Health Strategy.
To continually develop clinical, team and service evaluation and delivery of service.
To contribute to effective multi-disciplinary working within the community mental health service and to build effective liaison with community, primary, and other secondary and tertiary services / agencies to provide holistic care based on the individual’s need and service development.

About us

At Dorset HealthCare we empower people to make the most of their lives through outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We are a dynamic, forward-looking Trust running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here and it is one of the reasons the CQC rated us 5 outstanding6 in 2019. Our services aim to deliver a good or very good experience for patients and a positive impact for staff. We are an inclusive workplace where everyone is welcome, authentic, and encouraged to be the best version of themselves.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do. Working with us offers opportunities to challenge yourself, build a career, and contribute to our vision of being better every day through excellence, compassion, and expertise.

Job responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities, please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application, please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents and shows how your experience and skills apply to this post.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare is partnering with The Princes Trust to support people into work. This includes an employability service for individuals aged 16-30 to help with application writing and interview skills. If you would like or know someone who would value this support, please contact

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover. Applicants who subscribe to the DBS update service may present a valid DBS certificate instead of a new check.

Person Specification

Knowledge, skills and training

Demonstrable history of working towards recovery planning within role

Demonstrable history of patient-focused interventions

Able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care

Risk assessment and management

The ability to prioritise and meet deadlines; organise work of self and others; supervising, teaching and assessing; self-motivated with the ability to motivate others; effective resource management

Uses initiative and can make decisions; manages difficult situations effectively

Evidence of ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team

Evidence of ability to be responsible for complex decision making and case holding

Competent computer skills, experience inputting information on RIO

Awareness of Primary Care and Steps to Wellbeing

Experience of duty work

Experience / interest in facilitating groups

Business Travel

Subject to the provisions of the Disability Discrimination Act, able to travel using own vehicle on Trust business

Additional Requirements

Demonstrable skills in written and spoken English, adequate to enable the post holder to carry out the role effectively

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.

Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Christchurch Community Mental Health Team - Fairmile House.

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