Community Psychiatric Nurse

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Louth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health service provider is looking for a Community Psychiatric Nurse in Louth, UK, to provide high-quality clinical care and support individuals with mental health needs. The successful candidate will work closely with community services, ensuring effective assessments and treatments, and contribute to empowering individuals to lead independent lives. Qualifications include NMC registration and relevant experience in mental health care. A commitment to continuous development and teamwork is essential.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Training and development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
• Experience with adults having mental health needs.
• Evidence of continued professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard of clinical care.
• Manage clinical caseload and service delivery.
• Work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team.
• Develop independence in individuals with mental health needs.

Skills

Mental health knowledge

Clinical reasoning

Communication skills

Leadership

Independent working

Education

1st Level Registration (NMC)

ENB998 / FliPS

Specialised training (degree level)

Job description

Go back Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Community Psychiatric Nurse

Closing date: 04 January 2026.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of the transformation of Mental health Services. Do you believe in change to our current systems, introducing new ideas and working with the holistic care of the service user at its heart and those who need our help with the mental health in their community?

If you are passionate about community mental health care and working alongside patients to ensure they are at the heart of their care, come join this team!

Main duties of the job

Please see job specification.

Your role will work closely with our community and voluntary services across Louth and our IPBT to ensure we are working as one locality.

Meeting the needs of our service users within the community so they can feel more empowered, safer and live independently fulfilled lives.

You will be part of a team who support individuals to live well in their community with mental health needs. The role is busy but the team are supportive, and will mentor you if this is your first qualified post to learn many new skills.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you're taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that's friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools.

To work flexibly across a 7-day-a-week service.

To ensure the clinical caseload and clinical practice of nursing members of the Community Mental Health Team is of the highest standard of clinical care.

To manage case‑load and service delivery in accordance with and in order to contribute towards the attainment of Service/Trust productivity requirements.

To act as care co‑ordinator under the Care Programme Approach, ensuring up to date agreed care plans, risk assessments and reviews are in place.

Work with individuals to assess their mental health, recognise mental illness and identify their related needs and circumstances; and enable them to understand, manage and where appropriate change their behaviour.

Plan, implement, review and improve interventions to meet peoples identified needs and manage their inherent risk.

Provide OT specific assessment and interventions to individuals under the care of the Crisis Team.

To assess carers and families needs and develop, implement and review programmes of support for cares and families.

Protect people from abuse, neglect and harm.

Enable individuals to develop independent living skills and live in the community.

To work collaboratively and promote effective working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring effective and appropriate clinical decision-making, both within the Community Mental Health Team and with external agencies.

To maintain accurate and timely clinical records and to co‑ordinate and monitor those of the team.

To adhere to N.M.C. codes of professional conduct and ethics, plus associated legislation.

To develop clinical practice having due regard to guidelines of the N.S.F. for Older People, N.S.F for Mental Health, N.I.C.E. and N.I.M.H.E.

To demonstrate empowering leadership skills within the Community Mental Health Team and seek opportunities in local and national area as to promote and develop the profession.

To participate in Clinical Governance activities, including: induction, supervision, personal development review, health and safety, risk management and audit.

To undertake specific project work or any other duties as negotiated with the Community Mental Health Team Co‑ordinator.

Develop effective and supportive links with other health and social care staff. To create networks that improve the pathway of care for clients referred to the Community Team.

Participate in all clinical governance and audit developments including post registration education, training and continuing professional development.

Person Specification

Experience

• Relevant experience of working with adults with mental health needs. Or clear evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis and skills that are transferable to both community/in-patient.
• Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental illnesses.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse: 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent.
• Currently Registered Nurse.
• ENB998 / FliPS or equivalent.
• Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice.
• Management training.

Skills

• Sound knowledge of national agenda for mental health.
• Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
• Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governing principles.
• Highly developed communication skills.
• Delegation whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients care, where appropriate.
• Demonstrate the ability to lead a clinical team.
• Highly motivated & able to engage with service users & carers to improve outcomes.
• Ability to work independently and collectively.
• Ability to travel independently throughout the county.

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.

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