Associate Nurse Practitioner - MH

NHS; Lancaster; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a qualified Band 4 Associate Nurse Practitioner for their Community Mental Health Team. The role involves overseeing a caseload, supporting senior staff, and working with a multidisciplinary team to provide care for older adult mental health service users. The ideal candidate should have a Nursing Associate Foundation Degree and demonstrate understanding of mental health conditions. Salary ranges between £27,485 to £30,162 pro rata.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Positive work/life balance initiatives

Qualifications

• Ongoing registration with the NMC is required.
• Experience in assessing and reviewing care needs.
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and monitor own caseload for quality care delivery.
• Support senior staff and work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Undertake various clinical duties as needed.

Skills

Understanding of mental health conditions

Experience in care assessment and planning

Ability to work within multidisciplinary teams

Education

Nursing Associate Foundation Degree

Ongoing registration with the NMC

Job description

Overview

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Associate Nurse Practitioner - MH

The closing date is 02 October 2025

An interesting and varied vacancy has become available for a qualified Band 4 Associate Nurse Practitioner. The role will be in the Community Mental Health Team function within the wider Older Adult integrated Mental Health services.

Main duties

• Oversee and monitor your own caseload and support senior staff in delivering quality care and treatment programmes to patients with mental health challenges. Supervision will be provided to support you in the role.
• Be enthusiastic about the role and its development, and driven to provide excellent mental health services to the local older adult population.
• Undertake a range of other generic clinical duties to support the team functions and be responsive to the needs of patients, their family and carers.
• Work within a multidisciplinary team to support older adult mental health service users in the community to remain at home and prevent hospital admission.

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.

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Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Nursing Associate Foundation Degree
• On-going registration with the NMC.
• Evidence of Continued Professional Development that supports clinical practice.

Knowledge

• Can demonstrate an understanding and knowledge base of mental health conditions and their treatments.
• Can demonstrate a working knowledge of physical health conditions and the complications that this can cause to patients experiencing mental ill health.

Experience

• Experience of assessing, planning, implementing and reviewing care needs.

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.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

£27,485 to £30,162 a year, per annum, pro rata