Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse | East London NHS Foundation Trust


Company:	East London NHS Foundation Trust
Salary:	£32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	BEDFORD, MK40 2NT
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	14 Aug 2026
Closing date:	13 Sept 2026

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Summary

Looking for a new and exciting challenge? Look no further

Bedford Community Mental Health teams (part of East London Foundation Trust) are seeking enthusiastic and motivated Mental Health Nurse to join our forward-thinking and dynamic team.

You as a post holder will be working collaboratively with all the secondary mental health services including Primary Care Mental Health Link Practitioners, the primary care services, and the Voluntary and Private Sector to contribute to providing a Recovery focused model of care.

This is an exciting developmental band 5 Mental Health Nurse Role within the Bedford Adult Community Mental Health team.

Within this team, you will have access to various career growth opportunities such as;

Developing and extending your skills to a band 6 and above role.

Advance Clinical Practice training and Approve mental health practitioner course

Psychosocial intervention trainings

Regular Nurses forums and seminars- where nurses across the trust can come together, share ideas, improve practice and collaborate to fulfil requirements of CPD.

We understand that this may be your first job in the community mental health services, however we are committed in supporting our staff with their wellbeing, training and career development. Continuous professional support is given throughout your career with us and unique skills and achievements are highly recognised and celebrated Trust wide

We welcome applicants from all sections of the community to ensure our workforce is representative of the population we serve.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

The nurse would be closely supported by the Band 7 Deputy Team Manager to complete their Preceptorship year. This support would include supervision twice a month, with close oversight of their reduced caseload. The caseload would be increased in line with their developing competencies up to a maximum of 15 patients whilst employed as Band 5. Opportunities would be given to further develop their skills in the Nursing Process (assessment, care planning, implementation and evaluation). Alongside risk assessment, risk management, adult safeguarding, carer’s intervention, recovery and introduction to psychosocial interventions. The nurse’s competencies would be signed off as they meet the required standards. In addition the nurse would also be allocated a Band 6 onsite mentor to provide additional support with the knowledge and skills required for this post. Some joint working and shadowing will also be arranged with their mentor.

After a period of observation the band 5 would be able to oversee the running of the depot clinic and man the duty desk reporting to the band 7 manager overseeing duty. The team would facilitate joint assessments working towards assessments completed under observation with a view to the nurse completing independent assessment reporting the assessment to the MDT/Deputy. This would be staged over a period of 9-12 months.

This advert closes on Sunday 30 Aug 2026

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