# Lead Nurse - Derby City AWA CMHT > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-nurse-derby-city-awa-cmht/8193abed-fdbf-49e9-9651-d423874245bd - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-nurse-derby-city-awa-cmht/8193abed-fdbf-49e9-9651-d423874245bd.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Derby - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-07-23T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-09T12:03:17.824Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Derbyshire/Derby/Derbyshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Lead_Nurse/Lead_Nurse-v8144045 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8144045?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Join our friendly Community Mental Health Team in Derby City. Are you a Mental Health Nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to make a real difference? We invite you to join our well-established and innovative long term offer, community mental health team in Derby City. Our multidisciplinary team delivers both short-term and long-term interventions for adults with complex mental health needs, offering a diverse and rewarding role in a supportive and forward-thinking environment. ### What We Offer: - Robust clinical and managerial supervision - Ongoing training and development opportunities - A supportive environment to help you grow professionally and explore your areas of interest - A strong emphasis on staff wellbeing - A welcoming, inclusive, and supportive team culture ### What We’re Looking For: We’re seeking warm, engaging, and person-centred professionals who are committed to empowerment and recovery for service users and their families. To be considered, you must: - Hold a Mental Health Nursing qualification - Have post-qualification experience in mental health - Be a strong communicator who demonstrates respect, dignity, and compassion You’ll be part of a team that offers a broad range of interventions, tailored to meet the diverse needs of our service users, always with a focus on recovery. ### Come and Meet Us: We highly encourage informal visits or discussions with the appointing manager before applying. ### Main duties of the job - Provide specialist mental health nursing interventions to adults with severe and enduring mental health needs within a community setting. - Manage a defined caseload of service users, delivering recovery-focused, person-centred care. - Undertake comprehensive assessments, risk assessments, and develop and review care plans under the Care Programme Approach (CPA). - Contribute to and support the team’s duty system, responding to urgent or unplanned needs. - Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team, maintaining strong communication with colleagues, service users, carers, and partner agencies. - Act as a mentor and role model to junior staff and students, offering supervision and guidance. - Maintain accurate and timely clinical records in line with trust policies and professional standards. - Support service users in their recovery journey, promoting independence, social inclusion, and overall well-being. - Apply up-to-date knowledge of relevant NMC standards and ensure high standards of professional practice. - Travel independently across a large geographical area to meet the needs of the service. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please review the Job Description and Person Specification.  To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site.  You will need to register if you do not already have an account. ## Person Specification ### NMC **Essential** - Mental Health Nursing registration with the NMC - Post qualification mental health nursing experience **Desirable** - Evidence of on going professional development - Practice Assessor/supervisor or equivalent qualification ### Skills **Essential** - Excellent communication skills - Ability to work autonomously **Desirable** - Experience of mentorship/ supervising staff - Evidence of holding a caseload - Evidence of working in the community/ CMHT ### knowledge **Essential** - Awareness of CMHT community working - Working knowledge of CPA **Desirable** - Knowledge of trauma focussed and EUPD interventions ### Experience **Essential** - Must have experience of working within a multi disciplinary team setting - Must show evidence of assessment skills and managing risk **Desirable** - Experience of working within a community team - Evidence of group skills ## Documents - [job specification (pdf, 232.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10443062) - [inclusivity at dhcft (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1986) - [lead nurse - derby city cmht (pdf, 385.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10443061) - [personal accountability charter (pdf, 8.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1978) - [guidance notes for completing the application form (pdf, 138.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=971) ## 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.