Community Mental Health Nurse

NHS National Services Scotland; Dunfermline; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Scotland is seeking experienced Mental Health Nurses to join the West Fife Community Mental Health Team. Candidates should have RMN accreditation and experience managing a complex caseload. The role involves providing care in both virtual and face-to-face settings, guiding junior staff, and participating in quality improvement initiatives. The position offers flexible working policies, professional development opportunities, and a supportive work environment for individuals with disabilities and neurodivergent candidates.

Benefits

Flexible working and family-friendly policies

Continuous educational development

Opportunities for clinical supervision

Qualifications

• Experience working with adults presenting with a range of mental health problems.
• Sound understanding of physical health needs.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and change management.

Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload of adults with mental health problems.
• Conduct assessments and develop care plans.
• Guide and support junior staff within a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Team-working

High-level communication skills

Problem solving

Flexibility

Education

Qualified Mental Health Nurse with RMN accreditation

Tools

Medication monitoring (Clozapine, Lithium)

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced Mental Health Nurses to join the West Fife Community Mental Health Team.

The team provides comprehensive patient care, urgent and crisis mental health assessments and psychological treatment interventions. The team is undergoing significant changes and development. Successful candidates will hold a complex caseload and demonstrate good team working, adaptability and enthusiasm to guide junior staff and the service forward.

Services and Development

Fife’s CMHTs are undergoing innovative changes to the care and treatment of community-based secondary care patients. We are developing a comprehensive complex‑trauma and personality disorder pathway that uses Safe and Able to Cope, Decider Skills, and Emotional Resources Group, and we plan the roll‑out of Structured Clinical Management to complete the pathway. Another significant development is the creation of Physical Healthcare Clinics offering Clozapine, Lithium and High Dose Monitoring, as well as ADHD and Eating Disorder health checks.

What We’re Looking For

Applications are invited from experienced RMN’s, who demonstrate knowledge and experience of working with adults presenting with a range of mental health problems and a sound understanding of their physical health needs.

The successful applicant will have experience of team working, problem solving, flexibility, high‑level communication skills, continuing personal development and change management. The post holder will have day‑to‑day responsibility for managing their workload – assessment, care planning, evaluation and delivery of care to patients presenting with a variety of mental health problems in both virtual and face‑to‑face settings.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a complex caseload of adults with mental health problems.
• Conduct assessments, develop and deliver care plans.
• Provide treatment in virtual and face‑to‑face settings.
• Guide and support junior staff within a multidisciplinary team.
• Participate in quality improvement and pathway development.

Requirements and Development

• Qualified and experienced Mental Health Nurse with RMN accreditation.
• Experience working with adults with mental illness and complex needs.
• Strong team‑working, communication and leadership skills.
• Knowledge of physical health management and medication monitoring (e.g., Clozapine, Lithium).
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and change management.
• Must become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme prior to appointment.

Benefits

• Flexible working and family‑friendly policies.
• Supportive induction package and continuous educational development.
• Opportunities for clinical supervision and personal development.
• Support for disabled candidates, long‑term conditions and neurodivergent applicants via reasonable adjustments.

Equality and Diversity

We offer flexible working and family‑friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long‑term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. We welcome applications from all sections of society.

You must be legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a UK or Irish national, you must confirm your right to work in your application.