• Job Description

  Req#: C9277-25-0790?language=en&page=889&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  The post holder will deliver, or advise on the delivery of, high quality safe nursing care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct.

  As Community Psychiatric Nurse you will promote and develop clinical leadership and clinical practice and be a positive role model to junior members of the team through the practice of evidence-based care. You will be expected to support professional development through clinical appraisal and supervision and contribute to the ongoing educational programme for staff, fostering a positive learning environment. Your professional and personal development will include further postgraduate study and you will be encouraged and supported by your line manager to undertake master's programmes.

  As a senior nurse working within the Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust / the South London Mental Health and Community Partnership you are required to encourage and foster collaborative and cross organisational working.

  Key Task and Responsibilities

  Clinical Skills: - Management responsibilities, Leadership, Clinical

  As a member of the clinical team, providing patient care, we encourage you to be Caring, Competent, Courageous,Committed, Communicative and Compassionate

  The Nursing and Midwifery Council requires nurses to: Priorities people, Practice effectively, Preserve safety and Promote professionalism.

  Research

  Communication

  Main duties of the job

  As Community Psychiatric Nurse you will promote and develop clinical leadership and clinical practice and be a positive role model to junior members of the team through the practice of evidence-based care. You will be expected to support professional development through clinical appraisal and supervision and contribute to the ongoing educational programme for staff, fostering a positive learning environment.

  Key Task and Responsibilities: -

  This job description is an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities expected of a Band 6 Nurse. The specific responsibilities associated with different speciality roles are listed below.

  Clinical Skills

  Management responsibilities

  Leadership

  Clinical

  Research

  Communication

  The following statements are mandatory for all job descriptions:

  Confidentiality

  Risk Management

  Infection Control

  Equality, Diversity and Human Rights

  Health & Safety

  Professional and NHS Codes of Conduct

  Safeguarding

  Financial Management and Control of Resources'.

  Customer Care

  Personal/Professional Development Planning/Mandatory Training

  Sustainability

  No Smoking

  About us

  Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, children's centres, schools and people's homes.

  We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are one of the largest providers of prison health services providing healthcare to prisoners across Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people

  Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

  • We're Kind
  • We're Fair
  • We Listen
  • We Care

  Details

  Date posted

  27 June 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £42,939 to £50,697 a year pa inc

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  277-7261370-AAC

  Job locations

  Bexleyheath Centre

  4 Emerton Close

  Bexleyheath, Kent

  DA6 8DX

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the attached Job Description for further information relating to the jobs main responsibilities.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see the attached Job Description for further information relating to the jobs main responsibilities.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered Mental Health Nurse
  • Mentorship qualification

  Desirable

  • Evidence of further training in the last year

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience working in a clinical setting with people with complex mental health needs.

  Desirable

  • Previous experience working in a community setting

  Skills

  Essential

  • Experience in undertaking a variety assessments with Older peoples with mental health needs,
  • RMN - 2 years post qualification experience in Mental Health Services
  • UK driver Licence / Own car

  Desirable

  • Skilled reflective practitioner.
  • Experiencing of working with trauma, Dementia , EUPD diagnosis

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered Mental Health Nurse
  • Mentorship qualification

  Desirable

  • Evidence of further training in the last year

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience working in a clinical setting with people with complex mental health needs.

  Desirable

  • Previous experience working in a community setting

  Skills

  Essential

  • Experience in undertaking a variety assessments with Older peoples with mental health needs,
  • RMN - 2 years post qualification experience in Mental Health Services
  • UK driver Licence / Own car

  Desirable

  • Skilled reflective practitioner.
  • Experiencing of working with trauma, Dementia , EUPD diagnosis

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  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.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Bexleyheath Centre

  4 Emerton Close

  Bexleyheath, Kent

  DA6 8DX

  
  

  Employer's website

  http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Bexleyheath Centre

  4 Emerton Close

  Bexleyheath, Kent

  DA6 8DX

  
  

  Employer's website

  http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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