Full job descriptionCommunity Mental Health NurseBand 6Main area

Community Mental Health Nurse (Discharge to Assess)
Grade

Band 6
Contract

Permanent
Hours

Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref

367-SS-101550
Site

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

Welwyn Garden City
Salary

£41,957 - £50,387 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS)
Salary period

Yearly
Closing

28/08/2026 23:59
Interview date

02/09/2026
Values Based ScreenerAt 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 overviewWe have an unique opportunity for a Community Mental Health Nurse to bring their expertise into the team, allowing professional development enhancing physical health skills, frailty and the impact this has on mental health.
*The Discharge to Assess Team supports people in Care homes/Nursing homes when increasing frailty affects their mental health. Following a Hospital Stay. The team helps prevent avoidable hospital admissions and reduces the need for secondary mental health services.

We work within primary care and closely with Hertfordshire County Council provide early intervention, proactive support, and consistent care. This integrated approach ensures service users receive timely mental and physical health support, helping them stay safely in their preferred place of care working towards effective discharge if appropriate to meet there care needs.
*As a ’wrap around’ service you will be linked in with various health and social care professionals to deliver a person centered approach to the service user.
*Candidates must be car driver and have a mode of transport (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving) as a high degree of travel is required. Work will be undertaken in office base, and in care homes around the county.
*We encourage potential applicants to avoid the support of AI as we would like transparency and integrity from candidates.
*we can only consider applicants who do not require visa sponsorship.
Main duties of the jobMain duties of the job*Provide mental health assessment, risk assessment and care plans to service user refereed into the Discharge to Assess Team
*Liaison with various professionals, family, carers, care home staff.
*Documentation and information gathering.
*Being able to identify conditions effecting older people and ageing.
*Coordination and liaison of appointments with service user, MDT’s, and care providers.
*Attend MDT’s - identifying appropriate referrals.
*Robust communication skills.
*Liaison with secondary mental health services when required.
*Compassionate and sensitive engagement with service users and families/carers.
All staff should comply with the Trust’s Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.
Key Relationship
As the post holder will be working within the community most of the time, they will need to be establishing and maintaining positive relationships with people, agencies, charities and other providers whom also provide services to Older People in that community area. These relationships are vital and team members should bear in mind that they will be representing HPFT
Close working relationships should be developed with other parts of HPFT notably Crisis teams and MHSOP’s; as well as Hertfordshire County Council’s Health and Community Services.
Working for our organisationHertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organization with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ’Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Detailed job description and main responsibilitiesClinical Responsibility
In addition to Job Responsibilities, the post holder will:
*Carry out specialist mental health and social care assessments. Develop, implement, evaluate, and document specialist care.
*Devise care plans that promote patients independent living in the community if possible.
*Complete risk assessments that are clear, concise and detail plans to safely manage any risks that are identified.
*Physical health checks.
*Attend and represent/feedback when required at MDT’s.
*Review of clinical notes on patient records.
*Support discharge planning with referral to appropriate services or signposting.
*Demonstrate a high standard of record keeping and documentation with adherence to Trust policies
*Work with colleagues to develop and demonstrate clinical expertise and good standards of mental health practice.
*Deliver care that is person centred reflecting current best practice, and challenges practice that may be detrimental to older people receiving high quality care.
*Service Development and Improvement
*To attend and actively participate in training sessions, team meetings and supervision as appropriate.
*To be actively involved in clinical audit and evaluation of physical health outcomes and the use of new digital technology for heal...