Lead Nurse - Derbyshire Dales Community Mental Health Team AWA

Job summary

Are you a Mental Health Nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to make a real difference? We invite you to join our well-established and innovative Living Well Team based in the beautiful town of Matlock.

Our multidisciplinary team delivers both short-term and long-term interventions for adults with complex mental health needs, offering a diverse and rewarding role in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.

• Robust clinical and managerial supervision

• Ongoing training and development opportunities

• A supportive environment to help you grow professionally and explore your areas of interest

• A strong emphasis on staff wellbeing

• A welcoming, inclusive, and supportive team culture

We're seeking warm, engaging, and person-centred professionals who are committed to empowerment and recovery for service users and their families. To be considered, you must:

• Hold a Mental Health Nursing qualification

• Have post-qualification experience in mental health

• Be a strong communicator who demonstrates respect, dignity, and compassion

You'll be part of a team that offers a broad range of interventions, tailored to meet the diverse needs of our service users, always with a focus on recovery.

We highly encourage informal visits or discussions with the appointing manager before applying. It's a great opportunity to meet the team and learn more about what we do.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist mental health nursing interventions to adults with severe and enduring mental health needs within a community setting.

• Manage a defined caseload of service users, delivering recovery-focused, person-centred care.

• Undertake comprehensive assessments, risk assessments, and develop and review care plans under the Care Programme Approach (CPA).

• Contribute to and support the team's duty system, responding to urgent or unplanned needs.

• Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team, maintaining strong communication with colleagues, service users, carers, and partner agencies.

• Act as a mentor and role model to junior staff and students, offering supervision and guidance.

• Maintain accurate and timely clinical records in line with trust policies and professional standards.

• Support service users in their recovery journey, promoting independence, social inclusion, and overall well-being.

• Apply up-to-date knowledge of relevant NMC standards and ensure high standards of professional practice.

• Travel independently across the Derbyshire Dales area to meet the needs of the service.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities