# 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/b8e2a08c-5975-47da-81c0-051eb394f2ee - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/lead-nurse-derby-city-awa-cmht/b8e2a08c-5975-47da-81c0-051eb394f2ee.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:** 2026-06-16T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T12:31:22.459Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Derbyshire/Derby/Derbyshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Lead_Nurse/Lead_Nurse-v7930324 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7930324?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. ## Job Details 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. 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 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. We highly encourage informal visits or discussions with the appointing manager before applying. ## Job Description 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. ## 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=10208793) - [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=10208794) - [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.