Community Psychiatric Nurse

Team: Lincoln Community Mental Health Team

Base: Carholme Court, St George’s site, Lincoln

Band: 6 for a Community Psychiatric Nurse

Hours: 37.5 per week.

We have a very exciting opportunity to recruit to a Fixed Term Band 6 role at our Lincoln Community Mental Health Team.

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic RMN to join our fantastic community team within Lincoln.

Lincoln’s Adult Community Mental Health Services are a committed integrated service that strive to provide quality recovery-based support to people with severe and enduring mental health related difficulties.

Please refer to the Job Description & Competency Framework for Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse.

The successful applicant will be providing high quality person-centred care to patients, families and carers. You will act as care co-ordinator, undertaking comprehensive evidence-based assessments and have a sound knowledge of Psycho-social interventions, supporting service users to work towards recovery goals, build self-resilience and promote independent living.

The post holder will be working within a friendly Multi-Disciplinary Team which includes Community Mental Health Nurses, Recovery Practitioners, Occupational Therapists, Nursing Associates, Community Support Workers, Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Admin staff. You will also be working alongside Neighbourhood Teams, Integrated Placement Based Teams, Adult Social Care, GP surgeries and other partner organisations to ensure the best outcomes for patients and carers.

The successful applicant with be offered robust clinical and managerial supervision on a regular basis in order that they may complete their role to the best of their ability and with sound knowledge and confidence. Additional training courses are available and you will be encouraged to participate to continue with your own Professional Development and to keep up-to-date with the most recent evidence-based practice.

The post holder will also need to have the ability to travel independently in the community to deliver services, with a hybrid approach to work.

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life .

Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more .

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Kim Taylor Job title: Team Manager Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: View phone number on uk.workus.org