Community Mental Health Nurse - Recovery Gloucester
The closing date is 14 January 2026
Job summary
Are you a registered mental health nurse with a commitment to delivering excellent mental health care as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team? Then look no further.
Gloucester Recovery Team is a community mental health team made up of psychiatrists, community mental health nurses, senior (B4) and Band 3 support workers, social workers and occupational therapists; and have physiotherapists and physiotherapy assistants sitting within the service. We provide assessment and treatment for patients with significant mental health needs in the Gloucester locality. We work closely with the Complex Psychological Therapies team and clinicians have access to training and opportunities to participate in facilitating emotional skills and Dialectical behavioural therapy group programmes. The service provides a Clozapine and depot clinic and we actively support access to onsite and at home physical health checks and smoking cessation for all our patients in order to mitigate and reduce the known inequalities in health outcomes for many in our client group.
Main duties of the job
If you are a registered mental health nurse with relevant experience and a passion for working with people with complex mental health difficulties and are looking for an opportunity to work with different professions in a supportive and friendly team with development opportunities we would like to hear from you.
- To facilitate face to face assessments, participate in the provision of a comprehensive triage service,
- Plan interventions, support and educate service users referred to the service with a range of psychiatric illnesses.
- To maintain responsibility for a caseload of approximately 25-30service users with severe and enduring mental illness dependant on role within their treatment.
The post holder will:
- Understand mental health difficulties, how to assess and support patients in implementing collaborative treatment plans towards achieving personal recovery
- Show compassion and care for others - both who we offer a service to and their carers/supporters and also colleagues, other agencies and
- Have the ability to work autonomously and at times under pressure and also closely with other professions as part of multidisciplinary working, utilising skills attached to professional discipline (nursing or social work)
- Demonstrate good organisational skills and ability to prioritise clinical tasks in order to meet competing demands
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
- 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
- 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
- 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Details
Date posted
31 December 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
327-25-1103
Job locations
Pullman Place
Great Western Road
Gloucester
GL1 3NF
Employer details
Employer name
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Pullman Place
Great Western Road
Gloucester
GL1 3NF
Employer's website
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