Community Mental Health Nurse - RMN

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 15 May 2025

Job summary

Community Mental Health Team

RMN - EAST LANCASHIRE - Pennine

Based at Balladen House

We have an exciting opportunity to offer a Band 5 Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our Older Adult Community Mental Health Team within the East Lancashire/Pennine locality, the team is based at Balladen House, Rawtenstall, overlooking the beautiful Rossendale Valley.

The service provides assessment and treatment to service users referred with a variety of mental health conditions within the community, including those identified with Dementia. The team is multi-disciplinary and works closely with other mental health services and teams.

Potential candidates need to have relevant Older Adult /Adult Mental Health community experience and have proven clinical skills within Community mental health services. We are looking for a candidate who has excellent clinical skills and knowledge, and a positive attitude to the care of Older Adults within the community setting.

Knowledge and skills around the role of a community nurse is essential in line with the current work around transformation and the move from CPA to Dialog+. It would be desirable for the candidate to have an understanding around, models and initiatives, underpinned by clear crisis/care planning and assessments.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact us on the details provided.

Main duties of the job

The ability to manage risk, liaise and communicate effectively and have a working knowledge of current national and local drivers is essential. Candidates will be able to demonstrate resilience and the ability to manage the demands of a busy community team. Be able to offer management and clinical supervision to band 4 or 3 staff, and act as a mentor to support student allocation and activity.

There is a robust supervision and personal development structure in place via the service manager and the successful candidate will have development opportunities in house and externally.

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.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

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Date posted

01 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-PEN981-EB

Job locations

Balladen House

Rawtenstall

BB4 6SL

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Recognised Core Mental Health Professional Qualification - RMN

Knowledge

Essential

In-depth knowledge of mental health problems In-depth knowledge of issues that impact upon people with mental health problems
Detailed knowledge of the impact of risk and protective factors that affect people with mental health problems
In-depth knowledge of diversity and anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice.

Experience

Essential

Post qualification experience of 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 assessment across a broad range of mental health problems

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Recognised Core Mental Health Professional Qualification - RMN

Knowledge

Essential

In-depth knowledge of mental health problems In-depth knowledge of issues that impact upon people with mental health problems
Detailed knowledge of the impact of risk and protective factors that affect people with mental health problems
In-depth knowledge of diversity and anti-discriminatory and anti-oppressive practice.

Experience

Essential

Post qualification experience of 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 assessment across a broad range of mental health problems

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.