# Living Well Community Mental Health Nurse (Adult Community) > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/living-well-community-mental-health-nurse-adult-community/b33ca2a7-9f40-40d3-beee-64a592dd2012 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/living-well-community-mental-health-nurse-adult-community/b33ca2a7-9f40-40d3-beee-64a592dd2012.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Derby - **Region:** Midlands - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Nurse (community and district) - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata - **Contract type:** Secondment: 14 months (or fixed term) - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-24T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-10T08:01:41.229Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Derbyshire/Ilkeston/Derbyshire_Healthcare_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Living_Well_Community_Mental_Health_Nurse/Living_Well_Community_Mental_Health_Nurse-v8070324 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8070324?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.derbyshirehealthcareft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Come and join our Erewash Living Well  team! This is a new and exciting mental health offer for the people of Erewash in line with the Community Mental Health Framework. You'll be working alongside experienced Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Peer Workers and Wellbeing Coaches in a multi-agency team who offer short term interventions. You bring:  compassion, innovation, fun, a caring attitude, a desire to help people be their best selves, invaluable nursing skills and a strong sense to collaborate with people. We offer:  the chance to work with amazing people from all organisations and walks of life, gain experience in community mental health, be part of a holistic mental health offer, ongoing regular supervision, innovative training and join a community network of highly motivated people. You must hold a Mental Health professional qualification, applied knowledge & training in strategies to support individuals to manage their difficulties. We would welcome informal visits with prior arrangement to meet our team. Please note that if you are applying for this post on a secondment basis you must obtain prior approval from your current line manager before submitting your application. ### Main duties of the job If you want an amazing and exciting challenge then come and join us and; Provide a caring and compassionate service with clear boundaries and expectations. Complete initial conversations to help people plan what they need. Hold a case load of people with deteriorating/fluctuating mental health problems and work alongside them to help achieve their goals. Discuss initial enquires with anyone in the system. "Do” safeguarding - it's everybody's business. Consider capacity and choice in every contact. Attend Living Well Team meeting structure – relative to WTE. Demonstrate post registration experience with a thirst for something different. Be a role model, offering mentoring and supervision to other staff and students. Be part of our group offer to clients. You will need to have the ability to transport yourself and service users across a wide geographical area without compromising service needs. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please view the attached 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 Come and join our Erewash Living Well team! This is a new and exciting mental health offer for the people of Erewash in line with the Community Mental Health Framework. You'll be working alongside experienced Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Peer Workers and Wellbeing Coaches in a multi-agency team who offer short term interventions. You bring: compassion, innovation, fun, a caring attitude, a desire to help people be their best selves, invaluable nursing skills and a strong sense to collaborate with people. We offer: the chance to work with amazing people from all organisations and walks of life, gain experience in community mental health, be part of a holistic mental health offer, ongoing regular supervision, innovative training and join a community network of highly motivated people. You must hold a Mental Health professional qualification, applied knowledge & training in strategies to support individuals to manage their difficulties. We would welcome informal visits with prior arrangement to meet our team. Please note that if you are applying for this post on a secondment basis you must obtain prior approval from your current line manager before submitting your application. ## Job Description If you want an amazing and exciting challenge then come and join us and; Provide a caring and compassionate service with clear boundaries and expectations. Complete initial conversations to help people plan what they need. Hold a case load of people with deteriorating/fluctuating mental health problems and work alongside them to help achieve their goals. Discuss initial enquires with anyone in the system. "Do” safeguarding - it's everybody's business. Consider capacity and choice in every contact. Attend Living Well Team meeting structure – relative to WTE. Demonstrate post registration experience with a thirst for something different. Be a role model, offering mentoring and supervision to other staff and students. Be part of our group offer to clients. You will need to have the ability to transport yourself and service users across a wide geographical area without compromising service needs. ## Responsibilities Please view the attached 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 ### Skills **Essential** - Team working evidence - Evidence of excellent verbal and non verbal communication skills **Desirable** - Group work experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - NMC registered Mental Health Nurse - Degree/ Diploma in Nursing - Membership of a nursing professional body and / or special interest group **Desirable** - ENB998/Mentoring in Practice ### Knowledge/ Experience **Essential** - Relevant recent, post graduate experience - Experience of working with people who have severe and enduring needs - Experience of supervising staff and students - Experience of audit, research and clinical governance procedures and their application in practice - High level understanding of Mental Health disorders and treatment models - Extensive knowledge of the principles of Safety planning - Knowledge and application of Nursing assessments and interventions and outcome measures, relevant to client group (Eg: DBT, CBT, MBCT, Psychologically informed interventions) **Desirable** - Experience of working in community with people with mental health needs ## Documents - [jd and ps (pdf, 432.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10361624) - [inclusivity at dhcft (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1986) - [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.