Community Mental Health Nurse Care Home Liaison Team

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust; Oldham; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust invites applications for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse position. This full-time role involves working in the Care Home Liaison Service in Oldham, focusing on mental health assessment, treatment, and support in care homes. Ideal candidates are RMNs with experience in older age services, demonstrating strong communication and teamwork skills.

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development required.
• Experience working within Older Age Services preferred.
• Knowledge of medication used for older adults.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with primary and secondary care services.
• Deliver mental health assessment and treatment.
• Provide behavioral/occupational care approaches.

Skills

Communication

Assessment Skills

Teamwork

Education

RMN

Job description

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Community Mental Health Nurse Care Home Liaison Team

NHS AfC: Band 6

Main area Community Mental Health Nurse Care Home Liaison Team Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Secondment: 12 months (Funding to 30th March 2026) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) Job ref 311-O639-25-B

Site Forest House Town Oldham Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 18/06/2025 23:59

If you are Kind, Fair, Ingenious and Determined then we want you to come and join our#PennineCarePeople

An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen for an experienced Band 6 mental health nurse, to join the Care Home Liaison Service. The service operates Monday to Friday 8.30am until 16.30pm. The post holder will work within a team of mental health practitioners based in Oldham offering mental health assessment, treatment and behavioural/occupational care approaches, training and advice and support within the Oldham Care Homes and intermediate care facilities. The post holder will liaise with both primary and secondary care services, the wider health and social care footprint, carers and families within their liaison role.

Please find attached the job description and person specification.

Main duties of the job

An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen for an experienced mental health nurse, to join the Care Home Liaison Service. The service operates Monday to Friday 8.30am until 16.30pm. The post holder will work within a team of mental health practitioners based in Oldham offering specialist mental health assessment, treatment and behavioural /occupational care approaches, training and advice and support within the Oldham Care Homes and Intermediate Care facilities. The post holder will liaise with both primary and secondary care services, the wider health and social care footprint, carer's and families within their liaison role.

Working for our organisation

We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.

Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.

All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification to support your application for this post. Please refer to the essential criteria in the person specification which will highlight the skills, knowledge and experience you will need to demonstrate in your application, by way of example, to give yourself the best opportunity to be shortlisted.

Person specification

• RMN
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Experience

• Experience of working within Older Age Services
• Good working knowledge of physical health problems in the older person and assessment skills in this area
• Knowledge of medication used in this service user group
• Ability to monitor effects and side effects
• Experience of community working
• Skills training in physical health assessment
• Experience of delivering training

Knowledge

• Thorough understanding of dementia and the impact this has on care providers as well as the individual
• Awareness of relevant mental health legislation ie MHA/MCA/DoLS
• Experience of MDT working
• Proven experience in delivering non-pharmacological interventions in dementia with the aim of reducing medication use.
• Evidence of management skills/previous supervisory experience
• Awareness of End of Life issues in dementia care

Skills and Abilities

• Experience of working in partnership with colleagues/service users/carers and others
• Skills in a range of evidence based practice
• Excellent assessment and care planning skills
• Experience of receiving and utilising clinical supervision
• Experience of providing supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to provide professional expertise to a variety of stakeholders
• Ability to work flexibly according to the requirements of the service
• Experience in planning and developing services

Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship.You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.

What happens after your application has been received?

You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.

What happens if I am offered the position after interview?

The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.

What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?

By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards . The checks are:

• Identity verification
• Right to work check
• Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
• Professional registration and/or qualification check
• Occupational health assessment
• Employment history and reference validation

All applicants external to NHS will be required to provide HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years. This information will used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.

If you are offer a position with is and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with government guidance . If the role you have been offer is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.

What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?

Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.

Other important information

• We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
• If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
• If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
• Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
• We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.

We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure you application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.