Community Mental Health Nurse

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 12 May 2025

Job summary

The Fylde Coast Community Mental Health Team is an Older Adults Community Mental Health service based at Shorelands Blackpool. We are a 5 day a week service with operating hours from 9am to 5pm. We are a multi- disciplinary service, with close working links with other health departments, social services and third sector/voluntary agencies.Our service users present with severe and enduring mental health difficulties of a functional or organic nature, often combined with social care and physical health needs and may require long term interventions from the CMHT.Please ensure that you read the Person Specification attached below as your application will be measured against this document. Applications from job share partners are welcome, and other forms of flexible working will be considered for all posts.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit a motivated and dynamic Band 6 CMHN. It is expected that the successful candidate will have a good knowledge base of organic/functional mental health illnesses and the impact of these have on our older adult community. Where indicated they will be able assess and apply interventions in response to service users ongoing and changing mental health and or physical health needs, co-ordinating the input of other professionals as appropriate and evaluating and monitoring risk factors on a continual basis. There will be an expectation that the CMHN will work autonomously under the supervision of a senior Band 6 Nurse/Deputy and will care coordinate own case load.After a period of induction / preceptorship, involvement in the team's development is integral to this role via supervision of other staff, mentoring students, equally we promote professional development via internal / external training to meet professional and revalidation requirements.Please note that further communication from Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LCFT) will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCFT to contact them.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

Date posted

28 April 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-FYL606-CPC

Job locations

Shorelands

292 Central Drive

Blackpool

FY1 5JW

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information about the role, please see the attached recruitment pack which includes a detailed job description and person specification, or visit our website via Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS FT.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of current mental health legislation/policy, including CPA
In-depth knowledge of issues that impact upon people with mental health problems
Knowledge of medication prescribed for management of mental health issues

Experience

Essential

A minimum of 2 years post qualification clinical work with service users experiencing a range of mental health problems
Experience of delivering evidence-based interventions in a time-limited framework
Evidence of continuing professional development

Skills

Essential

Ability to work both within a team structure and independently under own initiative
A willingness to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service
Ability to meet the travel requirements of the role

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge of current mental health legislation/policy, including CPA
In-depth knowledge of issues that impact upon people with mental health problems
Knowledge of medication prescribed for management of mental health issues

Experience

Essential

A minimum of 2 years post qualification clinical work with service users experiencing a range of mental health problems
Experience of delivering evidence-based interventions in a time-limited framework
Evidence of continuing professional development

Skills

Essential

Ability to work both within a team structure and independently under own initiative
A willingness to work flexibly to meet the demands of the service
Ability to meet the travel requirements of the role

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.