Community Staff Nurse

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Kendal; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Kendal is seeking a Community Staff Nurse to support the South Lakes Older Adult Community Mental Health Team. This role involves collaborating with various healthcare organizations and care homes to enhance the well-being of service users. Applicants should have relevant nursing qualifications and experience with mental health issues, particularly in elderly care. The position offers an annual salary of £38,682 to £46,580 pro rata.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Positive work/life balance policies

Qualifications

• Proven track record of post-registration clinical experience relevant to the post.
• Awareness of professional accountability and NMC standards.
• Understanding of challenging behaviours and human occupation value.

Responsibilities

• Work within the Older Adults Community Mental Health Team.
• Collaborate with primary and secondary healthcare organisations.
• Provide education and support in care homes.

Skills

Leadership qualities

Experience with mental health difficulties

Care home experience

Education

First Level Registered Nurse RNMH, RMN

Post-registration training in clinical/ psychological interventions

Job description

Community Staff Nurse

The closing date is 18 November 2025

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 6 Nurse to join the South Lakes Older Adult Community Mental Health Team for 22.5 hours per week. The team are looking for a dynamic colleague who shares our passion for ensuring that individuals enjoy great care and health regardless of age and diagnosis.

We are looking for a forward‑thinking, caring individual who has excellent leadership qualities and experience of working with mental health difficulties relating to the ageing process and people who have a dementia diagnosis. Experience in a care home setting is desirable.

Main duties of the job

To work within the Older Adults Community Mental Health Team and wider MDT with service users, carers and families. Working with primary and secondary healthcare organisations as well as Adult Social Care, and 3rd sector organisations to ensure that service users' needs, wants and care are at the forefront of all that we do.

Work closely with care homes to provide education and support to focus on the wellbeing and recovery of service users utilising the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care with service users and their carers.

About us

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 more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• First Level Registered Nurse RNMH, RMN,
• Evidence of post‑registration training in clinical/ psychological interventions / skills relevant to the post.
• Proven track record of post registration clinical experience relevant to the post.

Knowledge

• Awareness and understanding of professional accountability, NMC standards and other local and national initiatives.
• Understanding of difficult to manage/challenging behaviours.
• Understanding the value of human occupation in care homes.

Experience

• Experience of mentoring teams and achieving successful outcomes,
• Experience of caring for people with Dementia,
• Experience of working with people with a range of MH conditions.

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.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year, pro rata