Forensic Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (Band 6) – On-Call

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

On-call provision

Job summary

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Practitioner for the Forensic Community Mental Health Team. The role involves case holding, risk assessments, supervision, and collaboration across multiple agencies in a 24-hour on-call provision, with travel across Lancashire & South Cumbria.

The post supports delivery of clinical models, ensures evidence-based practice, and requires strong communication, leadership, and IT literacy to engage with diverse partners and service

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) or Registered Nurse, Learning Disability
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Degree qualification in relevant subject or demonstrable evidence or equivalent experience relevant to field of practice.

Responsibilities

• Share information effectively and concisely for a range of situations and contexts to ensure safety and continuity of care
• Member of the multi-disciplinary team and active participation in team meetings.
• To undertake mental health assessments including Risk assessments within a multi-disciplinary assessment team
• Have a key role in working with a wide range of health professionals and other partners and agencies to reduce health inequalities and promote access to mainstream health services
• Work as partners with individuals and their families, providing advice and support, anticipating health needs, promoting self-care and enabling people to be as independent and involved as possible
• Represent the service and or individual service users at multi-disciplinary meetings, taking a lead role where appropriate
• Communicate often complex information effectively to service users and carers, using alternative methods of communication where appropriate, to maximise treatment potential, whilst ensuring an understanding of risk and benefits of assessment and treatment / interventions.
• Communicate effectively with individuals who may display extreme levels of agitation, including aggression and violence
• Communicating sensitive information to staff, service users and carers.
• Contribute to the communication of complex information at all levels
• Provide advice and teaching to service users, their family and carers, health professionals within the team and LSCFT AND the wider health community, public, voluntary and private agencies.

Skills

Mental health nursing

Case management

Team leadership

Communication skills

IT literacy

Education

RMN or RNLD

CPD evidence

Degree in relevant field

Tools

Digital clinical records

Job description

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 6 Practitioner for the Forensic Community Mental Health Team. The role involves case holding, risk assessments, supervision, and collaboration across multiple agencies in a 24-hour on-call provision, with travel across Lancashire & South Cumbria.

The post supports delivery of clinical models, ensures evidence-based practice, and requires strong communication, leadership, and IT literacy to engage with diverse partners and service