Senior Mental Health Nurse in Bury St Edmunds

Main area Mental Health Nurse Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This role covers a 9am-5pm, Mon-Fri service 365 days a year) Job ref 246-WSU8343513

Site Hospital road site Town Bury St Edmunds Salary £39,959 - £48,117 gross per annum (pro rata) Salary period Yearly Closing 02/11/2026 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.

Please note due to the nature of our roles and patient demographic, you will be required to undertake physical intervention training and remain trained, as required by your role.

Job overview

The West Suffolk Young Adults Mental Health Service (YAMHS) is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and motivated Band 6 Senior Mental Health Nurse to join our multidisciplinary team in Bury St Edmunds.

YAMHS provides specialist assessment, treatment, care planning and care coordination for young adults aged 18-25 experiencing moderate to severe mental health difficulties.

As a Senior Mental Health Nurse, you will undertake assessments, provide evidence-based interventions, act as a Lead Care Professional, participate in duty and triage functions, work collaboratively with partner agencies and contribute to quality improvement and service development initiatives to ensure safe, effective, and compassionate care.

This is an excellent opportunity for a skilled and compassionate practitioner who enjoys working with young adults, values multidisciplinary collaboration, and is committed to supporting recovery and positive outcomes. We offer a supportive environment where you can continue to develop your clinical expertise, leadership skills, and professional autonomy.

If you're passionate about making a difference to the lives of young adults, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

• Manage a caseload of young adults, providing assessment, treatment, care coordination, and recovery-focused support.
• Undertake mental health, risk, and urgent assessments, developing and reviewing person-centred care plans.
• Participate in duty, triage, and multidisciplinary working to ensure timely and effective care.
• Monitor patient progress, manage risk, and support safe discharge planning.
• Work collaboratively with service users, carers, partner agencies, and the wider multidisciplinary team.
• Maintain accurate clinical records, care documentation, and performance reporting requirements.
• Support clinical governance, quality improvement, service development, and evidence-based practice.
• Provide supervision, mentorship, and support to students and junior colleagues.
• Promote safeguarding, patient safety, and the Trust's TALK values in all aspects of practice.

Working for our organisation

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 Suffolk and Norfolk coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Bury St Edmunds and our villages, surrounding 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.

We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits and in addition:

• Up to 307 hours holiday entitlement (subject to length of service)
• FREE Yoga and Pilates
• Cycle scheme tax-free bikes and accessories
• Support with revalidation
• We will pay for your initial DBS check (excluding the annual update service charge of £13)

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Please visit our website to hear from some of our current nurses on why they work here and on some of our services. You can also visit our Facebook page Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

Please contact Chris Hicks (Chris.Hicks@nsft.nhs.uk) for any additional information you would like to know about this post.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health or Learning Disability Nurse, Occupational Therapist OR Social Worker with the relevant professional registration
• Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor training (NMC registrants) or Practice Educator (AHP & Social Worker Registrants)

Experience

• Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
• Experience working in the specific area

Knowledge

• The ability to use clinical assessment tools and outcome measures effectively and collaboratively
• Have the ability to discuss, identify and elevate safeguarding issues in a sensitive way to protect those who are vulnerable
• Knowledge of health promotion

Other

• Ability and willingness to travel independently to meet the needs and requirements of the service

Please be aware that, due to the high number of applications for certain roles, this vacancy may close earlier than the advertised closing date. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post may be 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.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

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