Community Mental Health Nurse

Job description
Fylde and Wyre Community Mental Health Team is seeking to appoint a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse. This post provides the opportunity for a forward thinking and enthusiastic individual to develop and implement safe, sound and supportive services that embrace the provision of holistic care. With a strong emphasis on multidisciplinary working and the principles laid out in the Recovery Model, you will need to be an innovative thinker and be able to form effective relationships.

You will also need to have a working knowledge of the), risk assessment and management, and the ability to explore issues relating to the impact of health and social needs on mental health and well-being.
• To actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and code of conduct.
• To provide nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensure the effective assessment formulation planning, monitoring of care given to service users.
• To manage a caseload of patients with complex mental health difficulties.
• To undertake mental health assessments including Risk assessments within a multi-disciplinary assessment team.
• To be proficient in referring to other clinicians within the service or referring to other services/agencies where necessary.
• To provide a fast, responsive service to assess individual’s needs.
• Providing a communication structure between GP’s , IAPT and non IAPT services in LSCFT, non-statuary service, as a means of ensuring the highest possible standards of patient care
• To provide mentoring and clinical supervision to other staff and trainees on placement

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emily Eaton Job title: Team Manager Email address: emily.eaton@lscft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01253 +51355