Community Psychiatric Nurse

Community Psychiatric Nurse
The closing date is 09 August 2026

Job summary
An exciting opportunity is available for a Band 5 mental health nurse, would suit newly qualified, to join Boston Locality Mental Health Team in the Integrated Place Based Team pathway. As a Community Mental Health Nurse, you will manage a caseload, having the opportunity to provide a range of specialist mental health assessments and evidence based, recovery focused interventions. You will work collaboratively as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team with people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties and complex presentations, their carers and other agencies, enabling them to access mental health specialist support.

This is an exciting time to join the trust, in LPFT we are forging ahead in our community transformation plans that aim to offer a dynamic, localised approach that is responsive, evaluated & tailored to local need, targeting health inequalities. The community mental health team will be central to this focus, this role will be significant in aiding the team to move towards an integrated care system and seamless working.

The successful candidate will receive a comprehensive trust induction and there will be opportunities for CPD. Management and Clinical supervision are provided regularly. The candidate will be encouraged to contribute to service development and expected to supervise junior colleagues.

Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination of care needs, assessment, planning, and implementation of evidence based care to a defined group of service users and their carers within the service catchment area whilst under the guidance of senior staff. The post holder will provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multi-disciplinary team.

Teams will build integrated ways of working and provide a collaborative approach to delivering local services and joined up support for people locally. This includes involvement from health, social care, local authority, third sector and voluntary and community organisations; everyone working together to find solutions to the health and wellbeing.

About us
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.

Job responsibilities
To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools. To delegate aspects of the patient treatment plan to other members of the team, whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients care, where appropriate. To ensure the clinical caseload and clinical practice of nursing members of the Community Mental Health Team is of the highest standard of clinical care. To manage case-load and service delivery in accordance with and in order to contribute towards the attainment of Service/Trust productivity requirements. To act as care co-ordinator under the Care Programme Approach, ensuring up to date agreed care plans, risk assessments and reviews are in place. Work with individuals to assess their mental health, recognise mental illness and identify their related needs and circumstances; and enable them to understand, manage and where appropriate change their behaviour. Plan, implement, review and improve interventions to meet peoples identified needs and manage their inherent risk. To assess carers and families needs and develop, implement and review programmes of support for cares and families. Protect people from abuse, neglect and harm. Enable individuals to develop independent living skills and live in the community. To maintain accurate and timely clinical records and to co-ordinate and monitor those of the team.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.

When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:

• Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
• Competitive annual leave allowance
• Car leasing scheme
• NHS pension scheme
• Free eye tests
• Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Relevant experience of working with adults with mental health needs. Or clear evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis and skills that are transferable to both community/in-patient.
• Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental illnesses
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Nurse: 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent
• Currently Registered Nurse
• ENB998 / FliPS or equivalent
• Mentorship Module (degree level)
• Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice

Desirable

• Management training

Skills
Essential

• Sound knowledge of national agenda for mental health
• Highly developed clinical reasoning skills
• Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles
• Highly developed communication skills
• Delegation whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients care, where appropriate
• Demonstrate the ability to lead a clinical team
• Highly motivated & able to engage with service users & carers to improve outcomes.
• Ability to work independently and collectively
• Ability to travel independently throughout the county

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).