Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse - Bristol


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£39,959 to £48,117 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Bristol, BS15 9AG
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	9 Nov 2026
Closing date:	23 Nov 2026

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Summary

See job description for full details. To plan, deliver and evaluate Nursing Interventions as a member of a Multi- Disciplinary Team. Be aware of and demonstrate skills in the Must-do actions for mental health nurses and demonstrate the valuable personal qualities of a mental health nurse as outlined in the NHSE Mental-Health-Nurses-Handbook. Demonstrate effective leadership qualities, as reinforced in the NMC Code, that all nurses demonstrate leadership behaviours regardless of whether they occupy formal leadership positions. Actively initiate collaborative assessments, goal setting and planning to enable decision-making when working with service users and their families, using appropriate communication skills and strength based approaches. Identify service user needs through effective assessment and use the information obtained to plan individualised nursing care using a range of contemporary assessment and improvement tools. To influence developments that improve the persons experience, whilst advocating on behalf of service users. Uphold and fulfil the nursing interventions seen as most effective and helpful for mental health service-users such as 1:1 support/time to focus and explain the clinical, social, practical options for treatment and best available evidence, as well as knowing/advising when to usemedication. Demonstrate high-level knowledge of biopsychosocial approaches/interventions. Collaboratively undertake safety assessments and crisis and contingency planning to create personal safety plans, recognising situations that may increase risk, ensuring prompt action is taken to safeguard those who are vulnerable. Proactively respond to signs of deterioration or distress in mental, physical, cognitive and behavioural health. Recognise the need for liaison with and/or referral to external organisations and/or local authorities for consideration of unmet care or physical health needs. Organise or deliver a range of psychosocially-informed interventions in accordance with NICE guidelines, in line with post nursing registration training, competence and confidence. Use evidence-based practice, health promotion and motivational techniques to support service users to undertake activities of healthy daily living including personal care, sexual health, sleep hygiene, skin integrity, mobility and adaptation, incontinence, bladder and bowel health. Understand and apply principles of safe and effective administration and optimisation of medicines in accordance with local and national policies. Support and supervise newly qualified practitioners, Nursing students, Nursing Associates, or support worker colleagues in the delivery of nursing care, promoting reflection and providing constructive feedback. Work in line with the Community Mental Health Framework to guide MDT approaches to care, supporting the service user journey, proactively identifying and overcoming barriers to care delivery, at times of increased need, between care settings, and at point of discharge.

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