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Job Description

Registered Mental Health Nurse – Band 6

• Location: Mendip Assertive Outreach Team (AOT), Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
  
• Contract Type: Full Time, Permanent
  
• Salary: Band 6 (Agenda for Change)

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced and passionate Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) to join our Mendip Assertive Outreach Team. This specialist service provides innovative, community-based care for people living with severe and enduring mental health challenges.

As part of this forward-thinking team, you will play a key role in conducting assessments, delivering psychosocial interventions, and supporting individuals in their recovery journey. The work is varied, rewarding, and makes a real difference to people’s lives.

What You’ll Be Doing

In this role, you will:

• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based mental health care within the community.
• Manage a caseload, leading on assessment, care planning, intervention, and evaluation.
• Provide therapeutic and psychosocial support to service users, covering areas such as daily living, housing, and community engagement.
• Offer clinical supervision, guidance, and mentorship to junior colleagues and students.
• Work in partnership with inpatient services, CMHTs, HTTs, GPs, carers, and voluntary/community organisations to ensure continuity of care.
• Actively promote service user involvement in care planning and evaluation.
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement projects, and clinical audits.

About You

We are seeking a committed and motivated RMN who:

• Holds current NMC registration (RMN).
• Has post-registration experience in mental health (Band 5 or 6 level).
• Can demonstrate strong communication, organisational, and leadership skills.
• Is confident working with service users with complex and enduring needs.
• Has the ability to remain calm and professional in challenging situations.

Desirable skills:

• Previous community mental health nursing experience.
• Experience supervising staff or students.
• Additional relevant training or a mentorship qualification.

What We Offer

At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, we value and support our staff. Joining us means access to a range of benefits, including:

• Flexible working arrangements.
• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme.
• Career development and CPD opportunities.
• Discounts and savings through the Blue Light Card and NHS staff benefits.

Living and Working in Somerset

Somerset offers the best of both worlds — beautiful countryside, coastline, and vibrant towns and cities. With excellent schools, affordable housing, and easy transport links to Bristol, Bath, Exeter, and London, it’s an ideal location to build both your career and lifestyle.

Professional Standards and Development

• Regular supervision and CPD opportunities to develop your skills in assertive outreach and community mental health.
• Commitment to safe and professional practice in line with the NMC Code of Conduct, the Mental Health Act, and Trust policies.
• Opportunities to be involved in research, audit, and service improvement projects.

Additional Information

Criminal Records

This role requires a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.

Certificate of Sponsorship – Visa Sponsorship

We welcome applications from international candidates who require Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. All applications will be considered on merit alongside UK applicants.

• For guidance on the Skilled Worker route, visit the UK Visas and Immigration website
• Please note: since 6 April 2017, applicants applying for UK entry clearance under the Skilled Worker route must provide a criminal record certificate for any country in which they have lived for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. More information here

Professional Registration

Applicants must hold current UK professional registration. For further details, see the NHS Careers website

Contact for Further Information

For questions or an informal discussion about the role, please contact:

Emily Pickering
emily.pickering@somersetft.nhs.uk

01749 836600

Ready to join us? Apply today and be part of a service that is shaping the future of mental health care in Somerset.