Clinical lead nurse - cmht

Our Vision is to provide the best mental health, learning disability, autism, community, and physical health services for the populations we serve.

As an integrated Trust, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LSCFT) delivers a comprehensive range of services, including:

• Primary and secondary mental health care for children and adults, including specialist inpatient child and adolescent mental health provision, perinatal mental health, and forensic services with low and medium secure care.
• Specialist mental health inpatient care for individuals with learning disabilities, alongside specialist community support for children and adults with learning disabilities and autism, including intensive support.
• Extensive community physical health and well‑being services for children and adults, covering prevention, treatment, rehabilitation, and long‑term condition management.

The Trust was first established in 2002 and employs approximately 7,500 staff who provide care from more than 400 sites. The organisation offers opportunities for medics, mental health, general nurses, children’s nurses, allied health professionals, psychology, administration and clerical staff, apprentices and volunteers, as well as those specialising in learning disabilities and community physical health services.

This post may close early due to high numbers of applications so you are advised to apply promptly.

An opportunity has arisen for a key position of Clinical Lead Nurse for the Community Mental Health Team in the Kendal and South Lakes area. As a Nurse Clinical Lead within the Community Mental Health Team, you will be an experienced and motivated registered Mental Health Nurse.

The role of the Community Mental Health Team is to provide assessment and community‑based interventions, which is undertaken in partnership with referred individuals and focusses on individual needs, self‑determination and recovery.

As a Nurse Clinical Lead you will support the team with professional and clinical leadership, promoting a culture of learning and person centred care, whilst promoting the Trust values.

Main duties of the job

• Undertaking expert assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
• Supervising and teaching professionals from the multi‑disciplinary teams, qualified and unqualified staff.
• Working in partnership with service users, carers and other agencies to ensure effectiveness of outcomes.
• Providing clinical leadership and support to the Team Leader in ensuring a high quality cycle of care.
• Providing clinical assurances to effective caseload management within community teams.

Working for our organisation

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under‑represented groups. If you’d like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support 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 and flexi‑time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more details on this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with NMC.
• Post‑registration experience and/or evidence of formal courses and training at post graduate diploma level.
• Mentorship Course, including Clinical Supervision Training.

Knowledge / Experience

• Experience of developing, delivering and evaluating specialist programmes of care and risk management plans.
• Evidence of improving service delivery in line with evidence based practice.
• Up to date and relevant knowledge of evidence based practice, e.g. NICE Guidance.
• Knowledge of regulatory bodies and the requirements associated with this in terms of standards of service delivery, e.g. CQC.
• Knowledge of relevant legislation, e.g. Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act.

You are advised to consider applying for LSCFT vacancies as soon as possible as in some instances vacancies are closed as soon as a sufficient number of applications have been received. If you are not invited to interview within four weeks of the closing date then please assume that on this occasion you have been unsuccessful, as it is not possible to contact all unsuccessful candidates.

Please note that further communication from LSCFT will normally be to the email address given on the application form. You should also ensure that email addresses and telephone numbers are provided for your referees, to enable LSCFT to contact them.

Please ensure that you read the person specification as your application will be measured against this document.

If you use AI to assist with your application, you must declare this. Undeclared use may result in withdrawal. Please ensure your application reflects your own skills and experiences. While AI tools can assist, they may produce generic or inaccurate content. We encourage you to provide personal examples that demonstrate how you meet the essential criteria.

For all posts which require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check please be aware of the Disclosure and Barring Service Code of Practice, a copy of which is available by logging on to the DBS website. If the post is subject to DBS disclosure, a charge will be made to the successful candidate(s).

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.