Job overview

We are looking to recruit a highly skilled, motivated and passionate Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse to join our Older Peoples Community Mental Health team based in Keighley providing care to service users in a large geographical area, the Aire and  Wharfe Valleys

The post holder will be expected to work without direct supervision and be able to organize and prioritize their workload. Whilst reporting to the Team Leader, they will be capable of making autonomous clinical decisions affecting the mental health care of clients, based of their own and others’ assessments and observations and requiring analysis of a complex range of information and options.

We offer a supportive work environment as well as opportunities for further progression and learning. 

As a clinician you are not only supporting service users through what can often be the most challenging of times, you are also mentoring them to become the best version of themselves.

Closing- 10th August 2025

Shortlisting- 11th August 2025

Interview- 22nd August 2025

Main duties of the job

To manage a complex caseload of clients in the community and to work towards ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all service users, their families, and carer's.

To work in partnership with service users, families, and carer's to achieve identified goals and to support recovery and reintegration by adopting a fully holistic approach to needs.

To accurately record clinical information into our systems including risk assessments, care plans, care act assessments, crisis and contingency plans.

To work within a fully integrated and jointly managed Community Mental Health Team alongside Local Authority social care staff and managers and to liaise and feedback on all aspects of service user care. 

To assess any social care needs of your caseload and look to source and arrange these in line with the  operational policies.

You will also be mentoring and supervising both preceptee nurses and student nurses, enhancing their placement experience and supporting their learning and development. 

Working for our organisation

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: - 
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference 
We Listen - We understand people’s views and respond to their individual needs 
We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners
 
We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :
Increase mileage rates for > 3500
A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages
A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities
plus many more.
We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.
BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.
The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.