Mental Health Nurse / Social Worker / Occupational Therapist

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust; Morecambe; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a Mental Health Nurse, Social Worker, or Occupational Therapist in Morecambe. This position involves delivering Structured Clinical Management to service users with Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder. Candidates must hold a recognized mental health qualification and have experience in clinical assessment and community mental health services. This role offers hybrid working arrangements and focuses on enhancing patient care and support, ensuring a positive impact on service users' recovery.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Supportive work environment

Continuous professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Post qualification experience of clinical work and assessment with service users.
• Experience with people diagnosed with personality disorder.
• Experience in community mental health services.

Responsibilities

• Provide high quality interventions for service users with EUPD.
• Lead groups to support service user recovery.
• Conduct mental health and risk assessments.
• Maintain communication between GP's and secondary MH services.

Skills

In-depth knowledge of mental health problems

Knowledge around a variety of personality presentations

Detailed knowledge of the impact of risk and protective factors

Knowledge of medication for mental health management

Education

Recognised Core Mental Health Professional Qualification (e.g. RMN, SW, OT)

Job description

Overview

Go back Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Health Nurse / Social Worker / Occupational Therapist

The closing date is 30 December 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Lancaster and Morecambe Community Mental Health Team. The successful candidates will work with service users who have a diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD) who are currently on CMHT caseloads. You will deliver Structured Clinical Management (SCM) to a caseload of service users within the community setting. Hybrid and flexible working arrangements are available upon discussion with the team.

SCM is recognised as the gold standard of care for people with Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD). It is evidenced based and in line with NICE guidelines. SCM has been selected by the trust as the approach to implement within the personality disorder pathway. This is an exciting opportunity for you to develop specific skills in line with evidence based treatment and be involved in providing support for service users to recover, develop autonomy and no longer require secondary mental health services.

This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.

Main duties of the job

1. Working for the local CMHT, clinically supervised by the Specialist Practitioners in Personality Disorder, you will provide high quality interventions for service users with complex emotional and relational needs who have a diagnosis/present with difficulties associated with the diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD).
2. You will be aligned to work within a Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) providing Structured Clinical Management (SCM) for a caseload of service users. You will facilitate and lead groups to support the recovery of service users.
3. Promote positive attitudes towards service users with complex emotional needs by providing a responsive and non-stigmatising service, which will enhance inclusion and deliver better outcomes.
4. To undertake mental health assessments including risk assessments and be proficient in referring to other clinicians within the service or referring to other services/agencies where necessary.
5. Providing a communication structure between GP's, IAPT and secondary MH services in LSCFT, non-statutory service to ensure the highest possible standards of patient care.
6. To provide advice and support for the CMHT Multidisciplinary Team to deliver the highest standards of care for service users with a diagnosis of EUPD. This may include joint working at times.

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

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Education / Qualifications

• Recognised Core Mental Health Professional Qualification (e.g. RMN, SW, OT)

Knowledge

• In-depth knowledge of mental health problems.
• Knowledge around a variety of personality presentations.
• Detailed knowledge of the impact of risk and protective factors that affect people with mental health problems.
• Knowledge of medication prescribed for management of mental health issues.

Experience

• Post qualification experience of clinical work and assessment with service users experiencing a range of mental health problems.
• Experience of working with people who have a diagnosis of personality disorder.
• Experience of working in and/or knowledge of community mental health service provision.

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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