Community Mental Health Nurse

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced and dynamic Mental Health Nurse to join the Positive Lifestyle Team on a full-time basis.

The successful applicant will work across the Greater Preston and Chorley / South Ribble Clinical Commissioning Group footprint. The role will involve working with Service Users who have a Severe Mental Illness referred both from the CMHT and GP’s but require more interventions around Physical Health Monitoring and improving their quality of life as well as monitoring mental health. It is anticipated that the successful applicant will have a caseload of Service Users from both Primary and Secondary services.

The successful applicant will be able to work well within a team as well as independently and have excellent liaison and communication skills. Working across both the Primary Care Team and Mental Health Services means they will need to be flexible and adaptable and able to form good working relationships with others.

Regular supervision and CPD opportunities are available.

Please note : This post is subject to an Enhanced CRB Clearance.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working; we believe that a positive work / life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as term time, part-time, compressed hours, flexi-time, and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For further details / informal visits contact :

Name : Anastasia Tokeley

Job title : Team Manager

Email address : [email protected]

Telephone number : 07779456968

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