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Lead Nurse - High Peak Living Well, Buxton
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19.08.2025
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Lead Nurse - High Peak Living Well
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main areaLead NurseGradeNHS AfC: Band 6ContractPermanentHours
Lead Nurse - High Peak Living Well
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main areaLead NurseGradeNHS AfC: Band 6ContractPermanentHours
1. Full time
2. Flexible working
3. Compressed hours
hours per week (Mon-Fri, :-:)Job ref-COR-3- SiteHigh Peak Living Well - Corbar ViewTownBuxtonSalary£, - £, per annum, pro rataSalary periodYearlyClosing//5 :
Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
We’ve been rated ‘good’ overall by the CQC, with some outstanding services. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.
We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our DNA. We take pride in our “People First Culture” which creates a workplace where everyone feels a genuine sense of belonging, difference is celebrated, and people are comfortable to bring their whole selves to work. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.
Job overview
Are you passionate about making a real difference in people's lives? Do you thrive in a supportive and collaborative environment where every day brings new challenges and meaningful work? Come and be part of our dedicated mental health team serving the beautiful High Peak region.
We are seeking compassionate, skilled, and motivated individuals to join our multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality mental health support. We will offer you robust clinical and managerial supervision, as well as ongoing training, whilst supporting you to develop within your role and your interests.
We seek individuals who are warm, engaging and focussed on person-centred care. We offer a broad range of interventions to those with mental health needs.
You must hold a Mental Health nursing qualification and have experience post qualification and will be a good communicator, demonstrate respect and dignity.
We focus on empowerment and recovery for the service user and their families.
We have a strong focus on staff well being and are known as a welcoming and supportive team.
We would welcome and recommend informal visits or a discussion with the appointing manager with prior arrangement to meet our team prior to application / interview.
Main duties of the job
The post will entail working with people who are experiencing severe and enduring mental ill health and enabling them through their recovery journey.
Ideally you will have experience of community work and working with people with enduring and complex mental health needs. You will work with a caseload of service users and support the duty function within the team.
You will need thorough knowledge of the Care Programme Approach and be able to demonstrate expertise in risk assessment, care planning and management working in a community setting.
It is essential that you have good communication skills and that you operate as a well-integrated member of our friendly, multi-disciplinary team, maintaining a person-centred focus.
As a lead nurse, you will have demonstrable RMN post registration experience and be able to demonstrate post registration study and development.
You will also need to demonstrate expertise around NMC nurse competencies.
You will be expected to be a role model, offering mentoring and supervision to other staff and students.
You will need to have the ability to transport yourself and service users across a wide geographical area without compromising service needs.
Working for our organisation
Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of ‘making a positive difference in people's lives’.
CQC rated us as 'GOOD’ overall, commenting on how our colleagues “treated patients with compassion and kindness” and “felt positive and proud about working for the trust.”
Benefits include:
4. Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
5. days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to days after 5 years & days after years’ service
6. Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
7. Generous NHS pension scheme
8. Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
9. Health service discounts and online benefits
10. Incremental pay progression
11. Free confidential employee assistance programme /7
12. Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
13. Health and wellbeing opportunities
14. Structured learning and development opportunities
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.
“As an employer and sponsor licence holder, to be able to provide sponsorship to overseas nationals via the Skilled Worker route we must ensure that we adhere to the sponsorship requirements set by UK Visa’s and Immigration. Please note without previous NHS Service you will commence at the bottom of the pay band which currently does not meet the minimum salary requirement for sponsorship for this post. For details on eligibility criteria for a Skilled Worker visa, please follow this link to the website”
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
15. Must have experience of working within a multi disciplinary team setting
16. Must show evidence of assessment skills and managing risk
Desirable criteria
17. Experience of working within a community team
18. Evidence of group skills
Skills
Essential criteria
19. Excellent communication skills
20. Ability to work autonomously
Desirable criteria
21. Experience of mentorship/ supervising staff
22. Evidence of holding a caseload
23. Evidence of working in the community/ CMHT
NMC
Essential criteria
24. Nursing registration with the NMC
25. Post qualification mental health nursing experience
Desirable criteria
26. Evidence of on going professional development
27. ENB or mentorship training
knowledge
Essential criteria
28. Awareness of CMHT community working
Desirable criteria
29. Knowledge of trauma focussed and EUPD interventions
Further details / informal visits contact
NameJoanne GreenJob titleService ManagerEmail number0 4Additional information
To arrange an informal visit please contact Service manager Joanne Green
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