# Lead Community Mental Health Nurse - MHSOP > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-community-mental-health-nurse-mhsop/14907388-57d5-45cb-9d09-8b6108cb68b4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-community-mental-health-nurse-mhsop/14907388-57d5-45cb-9d09-8b6108cb68b4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Cardiff and Vale University Health Board - **Town:** Cardiff - **Region:** Cardiff - **Country:** Wales - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £50,129 - £57,365 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) - **Closing date:** 2026-06-09T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-05-26T11:43:15.872Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cardiff/Llandough/Cardiff_Vale_University_Health_Board/Mental_Health/Mental_Health-v7993358 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7993358?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://cavuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview Are you a mental health nurse with leadership experience or interested in developing your leadership and management skills? We have an exciting opportunity within Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) to appoint a new Lead CPN within the Community Mental Health Team. We would welcome applications from people with or without management experience. There will be plenty of support to help you develop your leadership skills in order for you to be effective within the role. We are able to offer management and leadership courses to assist in your development. About Mental Health Services for Older People This is a brilliant time to join MHSOP as we are currently undergoing significant service development. We are committed to working within the recovery model and dedicated to improving the well-being of service users and their carers’. Therefore, we have invested in specialist staff and training to ensure our staff are fully supported within their roles. We are very keen to assist staff to develop their use of psycho-social interventions. This allows them to meet the needs of our service users and carers. We are an integrated team and work very closely with our local authority partners. The integrated team is based in Llanfair Unit on the University of Llandough Hospital site. We are a supportive, experienced and highly motivated multidisciplinary team. ### Main duties of the job About the role of Lead CPN The Lead CPN will be managerially and professionally responsible for the community mental health nurses based within Cardiff and the Vale Localities. They will work alongside the Clinical Lead Nurse who is responsible for the development and training of staff. You will work closely with the two lead social workers for each locality as part of the integrated team. You will be supported within your role by the Senior Nurse and Integrated Manager. You will ensure a high standard of care and treatment is delivered for service users in line with the Mental Health Measure (2010). This will be facilitated by regular supportive supervision of staff. You will work with other members of the team and other agencies to best meet the health and social needs of the service users. You will also play a key role in the development of services as per the goals of MHSOP directorate. Benefits available to you - Regular supervision from Senior Nurse and support from the Integrated Manager. - Development and training opportunities available via UHB, Local Authority and Cardiff University. - Opportunities for management and leadership courses. - A commitment to support you in your own personal development. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. ## Job Details Are you a mental health nurse with leadership experience or interested in developing your leadership and management skills? We have an exciting opportunity within Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP) to appoint a new Lead CPN within the Community Mental Health Team. We would welcome applications from people with or without management experience. There will be plenty of support to help you develop your leadership skills in order for you to be effective within the role. We are able to offer management and leadership courses to assist in your development. About Mental Health Services for Older People This is a brilliant time to join MHSOP as we are currently undergoing significant service development. We are committed to working within the recovery model and dedicated to improving the well-being of service users and their carers’. Therefore, we have invested in specialist staff and training to ensure our staff are fully supported within their roles. We are very keen to assist staff to develop their use of psycho-social interventions. This allows them to meet the needs of our service users and carers. We are an integrated team and work very closely with our local authority partners. The integrated team is based in Llanfair Unit on the University of Llandough Hospital site. We are a supportive, experienced and highly motivated multidisciplinary team. ## Job Description About the role of Lead CPN The Lead CPN will be managerially and professionally responsible for the community mental health nurses based within Cardiff and the Vale Localities. They will work alongside the Clinical Lead Nurse who is responsible for the development and training of staff. You will work closely with the two lead social workers for each locality as part of the integrated team. You will be supported within your role by the Senior Nurse and Integrated Manager. You will ensure a high standard of care and treatment is delivered for service users in line with the Mental Health Measure (2010). This will be facilitated by regular supportive supervision of staff. You will work with other members of the team and other agencies to best meet the health and social needs of the service users. You will also play a key role in the development of services as per the goals of MHSOP directorate. Benefits available to you Regular supervision from Senior Nurse and support from the Integrated Manager. Development and training opportunities available via UHB, Local Authority and Cardiff University. Opportunities for management and leadership courses. A commitment to support you in your own personal development. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply. ## Responsibilities You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - Able to demonstrate an awareness of professional issues and developments. - Evidence of leadership skills - Excellent (verbal/listening/written) communication skills - IT skills - Able to relate theory into practice through reflective skills - Leadership skills - Good knowledge of information governance/data protection requirements - Able to demonstrate research based practice - Ability to delegate and prioritise work - le to manage time effectively ### Experience **Essential** - Knowledge of legislation pertinent to role - Proven and relevant experience at Band 6 - Able to demonstrate sound knowledge of NMC Code (2018) - Proven post-registration experience and evidence of coordinating and managing a team of staff. - Experience of working in a multi- professional environment - Experience of effective staff management - Experience of running a ward/ area/department - Experience of mentoring pre- registration nursing/midwifery students - Experience in teaching, training, supervision of mental health professionals and mentoring pre-registration students. - Experience of involvement with service developments within CMHT’s or other designated areas. Experience in audit and/or evaluation of services. - Proven post-registration experience and evidence of coordinating clinical care, and mobilising resource within a multidisciplinary team. - Experience of chairing, facilitating group discussion and debate with a professional team context. - Experience of maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing difficulties, at times with very upset and disturbed people which could pose risk to themselves or others. **Desirable** - Experience of leading a team - Experience of working in a Band 7 role - Understanding of financial and resource management processes - Experience in budget management - Experience in clinical practice within the area of speciality ### Qualifications **Essential** - Registered Nurse (Part 1) Current NMC Registration - Degree plus specialist clinical, management training and CPD to Postgraduate Diploma Level - Bronze IQT **Desirable** - Recognised management qualification - Recognised leadership qualification - Master’s degree in pertinent subject - Teaching/Coaching qualification ### SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE **Essential** - Appropriate experience within specialty and able to demonstrate sound knowledge of relevant specialty - Advanced clinical skills - Evidence of effectively implementing change in the clinical practice - Evidence of commitment to and understanding of mentorship/reflection/clinical supervision. - Sound working knowledge of the legal and policy framework underpinning mental health service provision e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Mental Health Measure, National Service Frameworks, **Desirable** - Welsh Speaker - Evidence of research and audit work - Sound knowledge of HR policies - Experience of formulating and delivering psychosocial interventions /CBT and / or experience of postgraduate psychosocial skills training. - Independent Prescriber ### PERSONAL QUALITIES **Essential** - Ability to work within a team and independently - Flexible to meet the needs of the service - Able to work under pressure - Pleasant disposition - Caring nature - Enthusiastic - Assertive attitude - Positive change agent - Commitment towards own professional development. - Commitment to service development. - Ability to work under pressure - Evidence of leadership qualities. - Excellent enhanced communications skills. - Is able to motivate and influence people to deliver high quality service ## Documents - [jdps (pdf, 968.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10277511) - [oh form - ig ffurflen (docx, 102.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10277512) - [guidance notes for applicants nov25 (pdf, 322.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2843) - [nwssp recruitment services privacy notice (pdf, 404.2kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1630) - [croeso i fwrdd iechyd prifysgol caerdydd a’r fro (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2422) - [welcome to cardiff and vale university health board (pdf, 1.3mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2421) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.