# Community Mental Health Nurse

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/community-mental-health-nurse/a5fae0c6-f638-4f14-b364-f7b05d40ad86
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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
- **Town:** Preston
- **Region:** North West
- **Country:** England
- **Profession:** Nurse (community and district)
- **Grade:** Band 6
- **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-06-18T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-06-05T12:43:29.378Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8062718
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8062718?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.lscft.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

An interesting and varied vacancy for 0.8 WTE (30 hours) has become available for an innovative and dynamic Band 6 Mental Health Nurse Practitioner to work for Lancaster and Morecambe Older Adults Community Mental Health Team (CMHT).

The successful candidate will have sound clinical and leadership skills, be enthusiastic about the role and its development and be driven to provide excellent mental health services to the local older adult population.

### Main duties of the job

Ideally applicants should have experience of working with older adults with mental health needs and the ability to lead on assessment and provide treatment plans. They should also have excellent communication skills.

The role will involve working within a Multi Disciplinary Team to support older adult service users on the dementia diagnostic pathway and in the community to remain at home and prevent hospital admission.

Please see the job description for further details about the role and expectations.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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

## Job Details

An interesting and varied vacancy for 0.8 WTE (30 hours) has become available for an innovative and dynamic Band 6 Mental Health Nurse Practitioner to work for Lancaster and Morecambe Older Adults Community Mental Health Team (CMHT).

The successful candidate will have sound clinical and leadership skills, be enthusiastic about the role and its development and be driven to provide excellent mental health services to the local older adult population.

## Job Description

Ideally applicants should have experience of working with older adults with mental health needs and the ability to lead on assessment and provide treatment plans. They should also have excellent communication skills.

The role will involve working within a Multi Disciplinary Team to support older adult service users on the dementia diagnostic pathway and in the community to remain at home and prevent hospital admission.

Please see the job description for further details about the role and expectations.

## Responsibilities

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

## Person Specification

### Knowledge

**Essential**

- Understanding of Health and Safety policies and procedures
- Knowledge and practice of Mental Health Act 1983
- Knowledge and practice of the Mental Capacity Act 2005

### Experience

**Essential**

- Post graduate experience
- Supervision and management of staff
- Experience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs
- Experienced in acting as a mentor/assessor of student staff

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Registered Mental Health Nurse Degree
- On-going registration with the NMC
- Specialist qualification or equivalent level in skills and development
- Mentorship qualification

## Documents

- [jd ps (pdf, 888.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10353143)
- [we do more at lscft (pdf, 654.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2256)

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