Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Community Nurse

The closing date is 11 November 2025

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 6 Nurse to join the South Lakes Older Adult Community Mental Health Team for 22.5 hours per week. The team are looking for a dynamic colleague who shares our passion for ensuring that individuals enjoy great care and health regardless of age and diagnosis.

We are looking for a forward thinking, caring individual who has excellent leadership qualities and experience of working with mental health difficulties relating to the ageing process and people who have a dementia diagnosis. Experience in a care home setting is desirable as well as robust assessment skills.

Main duties of the job

o To work within the OACMHT in collaboration with service users, carers, Occupational Therapy, Psychology, and Primary Care, to be responsible for the assessment and management of service users who have substantial and complex needs.o Provide specialist clinical advice and education to service users/carers, staff, statutory agencies, 3rd sector partner agencies and the public.o In collaboration with the service user and carer, develop individualised focused care plans, ensuring regular reviews to monitor progress and adapt care plans as necessary.o To consider carer needs and ensure carer and family are involved in care planning where appropriateo To deliver evidenced based Clinical and Psychologically based Interventions.o The post holder will work as a member of the Multi-disciplinary Team ensuring that high quality individualised care is delivered which ensures safety and a commitment to promoting recovery and wellbeing and maximising independence/ occupation.o Coordinate treatment planning & interventions, reviews and discharge planning utilising dialog + care planning.

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

Date posted

28 October 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

351-BAY859-JD

Job locations

Kirkstone House

Kendal

LA9 7RL

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

First Level Registered Nurse RNMH, RMN,
Evidence of post-registration training in clinical/ psychological interventions / skills relevant to the post
Proven track record of post registration clinical experience relevant to the post.

Knowledge

Essential

Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, NMC standards and other local and national initiatives.

Desirable

Understanding of difficult to manage/challenging behaviours.
Understanding delirium and dementia.

Experience

Essential

Experience of Leadership, Experience of mentoring teams and achieving successful outcomes.
Experience of working with people with a range of MH conditions.
Experience of caring for people with Dementia.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

First Level Registered Nurse RNMH, RMN,
Evidence of post-registration training in clinical/ psychological interventions / skills relevant to the post
Proven track record of post registration clinical experience relevant to the post.

Knowledge

Essential

Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, NMC standards and other local and national initiatives.

Desirable

Understanding of difficult to manage/challenging behaviours.
Understanding delirium and dementia.

Experience

Essential

Experience of Leadership, Experience of mentoring teams and achieving successful outcomes.
Experience of working with people with a range of MH conditions.
Experience of caring for people with Dementia.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kirkstone House

Kendal

LA9 7RL

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Kirkstone House

Kendal

LA9 7RL

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)