Community Mental Health Nurse

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Blackpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a motivated Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse to join their dedicated team. This role involves working with older adults facing severe mental health challenges, requiring a strong knowledge base and the ability to assess and coordinate care effectively. The successful candidate will work autonomously while receiving support from senior staff, ensuring high-quality care and professional development. The organization promotes a positive work-life balance and welcomes flexible working arrangements, making it an ideal opportunity for those passionate about mental health care in the community.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Professional development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health care, particularly with older adults.
• Ability to assess and apply interventions for mental and physical health needs.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate care for service users with complex mental health needs.
• Supervise staff and mentor students as part of team development.

Skills

Knowledge of mental health illnesses

Risk assessment and management

Autonomous working

Team collaboration

Education

Nursing qualification

Mental Health Nursing qualification

Job description

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.

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.

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 further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kate Morgans Job title: Team Leader Email address: [e-mail]