Visa Note
Important: While this position offers a certificate of sponsorship for international applicants, all candidates must verify their eligibility for a UK work permit directly with the employer. Visa requirements and processes can change, and final confirmation of sponsorship is subject to meeting all UK Visas and Immigration requirements.
Job Details
Company: Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Location: Eastbourne Assessment and Treatment Service, St Mary’s House, Eastbourne, BN21 3UU
Salary: £31,049 to £46,580 per annum
Working Pattern: Full-time
Contract Type: Permanent
Language: English
Closing Date: 01 January 2026
About the Position
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Eastbourne Assessment and Treatment Service (ATS) soon to be part of the Eastbourne Neighbourhood Mental Health Team, for those final year students about to qualify. We are looking for preregistration nurses who are looking for a challenge and the opportunity to work alongside a varied multidisciplinary team and develop within a well established team.
Our Vision
Our community mental health teams will become part of a much more integrated network of services and our mental health nurses will be central in driving the changes, in close partnership with our primary and third sector colleagues. For more information about our vision, visit https://www.sussex.ics.nhs.uk/our-work/our-priorities/mental-health-learning-disability-and-autism/mental-health/community-mh-transformation/.
Development Opportunity
We want to help, support and nurture you with the right skills to become a confident Band 6 nurse in our service. This development post will give you the right level of broad experience and exposure required. As a Community Mental Health Nurse in our service, you will be focussed on improving outcomes for service users, working creatively with them and their families and carers to co-create care plans that will help them achieve their goals and live as independently as possible.
Main Duties of the Job
The role of the Community Mental Health Nurse is to work in partnership with service users in the designated care group with multiple mental health presentations and working alongside service users to develop their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. You will demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant to the care group to include education, care plans and discharge planning, working closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate this.
Post holder Expectations:
- To be an active participant in the multi-disciplinary team, formulating care plans and utilising appropriate assessments
- To take part in all quality initiatives actively supporting and participating in both policies and service developments in the specific care group
- Carry a caseload, actively working with other involved agencies, families and carers
- Assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist nursing advice and carry out specialist nursing procedures
- To participate in regular clinical, professional and managerial supervision
- Provide clinical supervision to junior staff and act as a mentor for student nurses
- To maintain and contribute to standards of professional care, ethics, policies and procedures
- To improve access for patients to local generic health care services, primary, secondary and specialist services
- To maintain record keeping within Trust guidelines, national standards and NICE
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential: Registered RMN or working towards PIN
Knowledge/Experience
Essential:
- Knowledge of MHA (1983/2007)
- Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005), to include practical knowledge of FACE documentation, DOLS and Best Interest decisions
- Demonstrate ability to enhance care through evidence based knowledge
- Knowledge of Child and Adult safe guarding procedures
About Us
If you are looking for the opportunity to work within a busy but rewarding Assessment and Treatment service in a seaside town like no other, then we would love to hear from you. Eastbourne is a vibrant seaside town, offering affordable coastal living along with independent shopping and a variety of cafes, bars and restaurants and a very creative music and artistic scene. Our office is right in the heart of Eastbourne vibrant culture.
Benefits and Support
As a practitioner in our team, we can offer you:
- Preceptorship with a bespoke personal development plan
- Support with working through and achieving defined set NHS KSF core dimensions in line with the Annexe 21 program
- Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes
- Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
- Flexible working patterns
- Free parking
- Child care vouchers
- Access to a host of NHS discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
- A position within a trust rated as ‘Outstanding’ for caring and ‘Good’ overall by the CQC
- Generous holiday entitlement (dependent on length of NHS service) starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays
- NHS Pension contributions
Certificate of Sponsorship Information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
How to Apply
Apply via NHS Jobs website. Please follow these steps:
- Create an account on the NHS Jobs website if you don’t already have one
- Prepare your CV and covering letter
- Gather required documents including proof of qualifications, professional registration, and English language proficiency
- Submit your application before the deadline of 01 January 2026
li>Complete the online application form
International Applicants Checklist:
- Verify your eligibility for a UK work permit with the employer
- Prepare criminal record certificates from countries you’ve lived in for 12+ months in the past 10 years
- Ensure you have current professional registration as a Mental Health Nurse
- Prepare evidence of your English language proficiency
- Contact Alex Bogdanovic (Service Manager) at [email protected] or 030030400590 with any questions about the application process
Contact Information
For questions about the job, contact:
Name: Alex Bogdanovic (Service Manager)
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 030030400590
Additional Information
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Privacy Notice
Please refer to Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust’s privacy notice at https://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/website-privacy-notice for information on how your personal data will be processed.
Reference Documents
The following supporting documents are available for this position:
- Community Nurse- Band 6.pdf (PDF, 248 KB)
- Community Mental Health Nurse-Band 5.pdf (PDF, 239 KB)
