Community Psychiatric Nurse

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; North Kesteven; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in North Kesteven seeks a Community Psychiatric Nurse to join their team. The role involves supporting older adults with mental health challenges and offers scope for career development and flexible working. Ideal candidates should hold a relevant nursing qualification and have experience in providing mental health care. Comprehensive training and support will be provided along with numerous employee benefits.

Benefits

Early access to Psychological Therapies

Competitive annual leave allowance

Car leasing scheme

Discounts on major high street retailers

Qualifications

• Relevant experience working with adults with mental health needs.
• Experience working as part of a team.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard clinical care and effective treatment.
• Manage caseload and ensure service delivery.
• Work with individuals to assess mental health and risk.

Skills

Clinical reasoning skills

Communication skills

Knowledge of national agenda for mental health

Ability to work independently and collectively

Motivation to engage with service users

Education

1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent

Currently Registered Nurse

Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level)

Job description

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Community Psychiatric Nurse

The closing date is 04 December 2025

Do you want to be part of a Team that actively delivers innovative ways to support people to improve their mental health, wellbeing and support recovery?

If the answer is yes, then please read on;

We wish to recruit a Band 5 Mental Health Nurse to join the Older Adults CMHT in Lincoln. The team provides support for older adults experiencing mental health difficulties and the assessment and treatment for patients of all ages presenting with memory difficulties and mental health needs. If you are looking to broaden your clinical experience and develop your career, or are a newly qualified nurse, we would love to receive your application.

What We Offer:

We are committed to supporting you to become the best you can be. We offer a comprehensive induction programme, excellent training and further development opportunities. You will also receive regular clinical and managerial supervision.

The team supports flexible working, a combination of office and home working.

Main duties of the job

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

To manage caseload and service delivery to contribute towards the attainment of Service/Trust productivity requirements.

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 people's identified needs and manage their inherent risk.

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

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 adhere to codes of professional conduct and ethics and associated legislation.

Develop and 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.

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.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

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
• Experience working as part of a team
• Experience of being supervised
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Special requirements

• Ability to travel around the county independently without the use of public transport

Skills

• Sound knowledge of national agenda for mental health.
• Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
• Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance 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.

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

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.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust