Community Mental Health Nurse

Bank, Band 5 CPN, Welwyn - SW1455 Band 5

Main area Community Mental Health

Grade Band 5

Contract Bank - VISA Sponsorship not supported on the Bank

Hours

Full time Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Bank - Mon-Fri 09:00-17:00)

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Site Rosanne House, Parkway, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HG

Town Welwyn

Salary £31,049 per annum pro rata

Salary period Yearly

Closing 24/08/2026 23:59

Values Based Screener

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.

Job overview

We are currently seeking an experienced Community Mental Health Nurse, at Band 5 to work via a Bank Contract, based in Welwyn for our Eating Disorders Service. You will be joining our Temporary Staffing Team within HPFT - Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will work in close collaboration with other professionals, including the wider multi - disciplinary Community Eating Disorder Services team, in assessing service user's needs, devising care plans and evaluating outcomes that promote service user empowerment and recovery. The post holder, with the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT), will provide high quality, individualised and evidence-based eating disorder care and treatment, which addresses the needs of the service users and their families and meets individual specialist health needs.

You will be expected to attend meetings or training courses across HPFT in Hertfordshire and be expected to drive their own vehicle regularly between bases and must cope with the physical demands of frequent travel across the Trust and further afield as required.

All applicants need to hold a valid Professional Registration - NMC - and can evidence this.

Main duties of the job

The Community Mental Health Nurse will:

Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of high-quality specialist care for people with moderate to severe eating disorders. Undertake training in phlebotomy to monitor the physical health of people with severe eating disorders under the guidance of the Consultant Psychiatrist Manage high levels of risk in the community in partnership with the consultant psychiatrists and senior support workers, promoting service user recovery as well as safety whenever possible Be responsible for liaising with the GP practices in the quadrant for which the nurse is responsible. Be required to teach other nursing and non-nursing personnel. Be a role model through their own good practice. Be responsible for maintaining clinical standards, and team systems under the direction of the Team Leader and Professional Lead. Assist the team in maintaining effective team working processes, including outcome measures. Be expected to deputise for the Team Leader in their absence.