Are you a creative and enthusiastic mental health nurse with transferable skills who wants to make a difference to the lives of older people and their families who experience mental health issues in the community? Do you want to be part of a Team that actively delivers innovative ways to support people to improve their mental health, wellbeing and recovery? If the answer is yes, then please read on; We are seeking to recruit a Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse to join the Older Adults CMHT in Lincoln. The team provide support for older adults experiencing complex mental health difficulties and for individuals diagnosed with Dementia that have complex needs. This post will also be expected to be part of the duty rota and to work within the Lincoln and Gainsborough area. If you are looking to broaden your clinical experience and develop your career, we would love to receive your application. What We Offer We are committed to supporting you in becoming the best you can be. We offer a comprehensive induction programme, excellent training and further development opportunities. You will also receive regular clinical and managerial supervision. The team supports flexible working and rotational home working to support social distancing in the office and can provide full training on different ways to work with patients and carers. To provide a high standard of clinical care, ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools. To manage caseload and service delivery to contribute towards the attainment of Service/Trust productivity requirements. 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 people’s identified needs and manage their inherent risk. To assess carers’ and families needs and develop, implement and review programmes of support for carers and families. Enable individuals to develop independent living skills and live in the community. To work collaboratively and promote effective working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring effective and appropriate clinical decision-making, both within the Community Mental Health Team and with external agencies. To adhere to codes of professional conduct and ethics and associated legislation. Develop and create networks that improve the pathway of care for clients referred to the Community Team. Participate in all clinical governance and audit developments, including post-registration education, training and continuing professional development. 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: Seema Sinniah Job title: Team Co-ordinator Email address: seema.sinniah@nhs.net Telephone number: 01522 508332