Senior Community Mental Health Nurse - Dementia Older Person

Senior Community Mental Health Nurse - Dementia Older Person Band 6

Main area:
Dementia and Older people's Mental Health services. Grade:
Band 6.

Contract:

Permanent.

Hours:

full time – 37.5 hours per week. Job :

-A.

Site:
Bassett Unit, Town:
Redruth. Salary: £39,959 – £48,117 per annum. Closing date: 06/07/2026 23:59.

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

The Dementia & Older People's Mental Health Service in Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides assessment and treatment to people living with dementia and adults with functional mental health difficulties and increased complexity associated with physical ill health and the physiology of ageing.

The post is for a Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) working with people who have a dementia illness and/or a functional mental health illness, the latter the age of 75 and over.

The post is based at Longreach House, Redruth, with the Cober DOPMH Team, visiting people at home, in care homes and supporting our community health and social care teams.

The team includes a Consultant Psychiatrist, a Team Manager, a Memory Assessment Nurse, fellow Band 6 CPNs, a Clinical Psychologist, Primary Care & Dementia Practitioners, a Dementia Liaison Nurse, Health Care Assistants, and an Occupational Therapist.

You will be a qualified professional RMN and have experience of working with people with dementia and/or mental health disorders and be able to manage a caseload under the Care Programme Approach, placing the person at the centre of care in a busy but rewarding role. The ability to work in partnership with carers/family members and services in the community is essential.

• People living with dementia.
• Adults over 75 living with a range of mental health needs.

The post holder will work as a senior member of the team and will have the responsibility to work closely with a wide range of both statutory and non‑statutory agencies in developing and delivering personalised care under the care programme approach.

This is a community-based role that requires frequent travel to various locations throughout the county including areas that may not be accessible by public transportation. Successful candidates will need to demonstrate how they will manage these travel requirements.

• Current professional registration – NMC.
• Postgraduate qualification or equivalent experience in a psychological therapy e.g. CBT.

• Substantial experience of managing a busy caseload of clients with Dementia and a range of mental health problems and frailty associated with old age.
• Providing clinical supervision.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.

• Career conversations and individual development plans for succession planning and talent management.
• Protected CPD time for registered staff.
• Access to a dedicated central development fund supporting CPD for all staff.
• Leadership and Management development programmes.
• Coaching and mentoring opportunities.
• A full clinical induction programme for operational skills.
• Access to a care certificate programme for our band 1‑4 clinical staff.
• A bespoke and robust preceptorship programme to support newly qualified staff.
• Suite of health and wellbeing initiatives to support our colleagues physical and mental health.
• Free access to individual HARP portfolios to support revalidation for nursing staff.
• Free DBS checks where required.
• Discounts available from retailers, UK hotels and main attractions.
• Salary sacrifice car scheme.
• Cycle to work scheme.
• The Trust reimburses all application costs for staff eligible to apply for EU settlement status.

Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust welcomes and values individuals with lived experience of mental or physical ill health joining our workforce. We aspire to have a culture that develops, promotes and supports lived experience roles throughout the organisation.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.