Community Senior Mental Health Nurse - CATAT

Community Senior Mental Health Nurse - CATAT Band 6

Main area Community Senior Mental Health Nurse - CATAT Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (8am-8pm 7 days a week. ( short shifts or long day shifts)) Job
-GYW
7841656-B

Site Carlton Court Hospital/Dragonfly Unit Town Lowestoft

Salary £39,959 - £48,117 gross per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 22/06/2026 23:59

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience

CATAT who after our first year of being live (2023) was highly recommended for the Working Together for Better Mental Health at the staff excellence awards. Are looking for professionals that have a keen interest of working with CYP and their families, wanting to help them achieve better outcomes for their future and strive to keep them in the community.

The aim of our team is to prevent CYP from having inpatient admissions wherever possible, and to support them and their family in the community in a proactive way. The team will serve as a gateway in and out of Tier 4 (T4) provision. CATAT work alongside the core community teams as well as partner agencies to offer CYP increased/additional support.

This helps with a jointly holding risk, collaborative working, and continuity of care.

CATAT have 2 main pathways:

• Admission Avoidance - Least restrictive option, CYP who are already open to a core team but need a more intensive intervention to support their mental health needs. To prevent things from worsening and/or needing a hospital admission.
• In‑reach/Outreach - support to young people leaving inpatient settings (T4) to help them adjust back into life in the community.

The team between 2022 - 2025 have avoided over 200 admissions so if you want to help continue to increase these successes then why not apply now and join us!

• Consultation/Advice
• Enhanced assessments
• Ensure that children & young people in Norfolk & Suffolk access care in the least restrictive environment possible.
• Case Formulation
• Face to face community‑based visits
• Attending MDT, LEAPs, CETRs, MALMs, Linking in with inpatient and acute wards.
• Therapeutic interventions and approaches in relation to the expressed mental health needs of the CYP. Such as emotional regulation, DBT skills, AMBIT techniques, risk management.
• Systemic approach to working with CYP, families, carers, and wider professional networks.
• Training and education for other services
• Promote joined up working and liaison with other involved services and teams across mental and physical health and children’s services.

(The above list is not exhaustive, merely a starting point to show you what we do)

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.