Community Psychiatric Nurse

Stamford Older Adults CMHT are seeking to recruit a Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse to join their well established team on a fixed-term basis.

The team provides a service across Monday to Friday 9-5, offering assessment, diagnosis, andtreatment for patients of all ages presenting with memory difficulties and for older adultsexperiencing mental health difficulties. The successful applicant will be providing high qualityperson-centred care to patients, families, and carers and work as part of the MDT to ensure goodpatient outcomes.

Liaising with various stakeholders will be a regular part of your job; this can include GP surgeries,carers and families, other teams within LPFT, and Adult Social Care. Regular joint working withother teams within LPFT, such as the Home Treatment Teams and the inpatient wards, requiressome flexibility and shared responsibility.

Our Care Group has an integrated home treatment team to support patients who may be requiring enhanced support.

The team is based at Stamford Resource Centre, and the applicant will be expected to work across the surrounding area.

Main duties of the job

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.

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.

Protect people from abuse, neglect and harm.

Enable individuals to self-care and be engaged in their own care and empower them to manage their mental health needs

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 arange 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.Visitbeinlincolnshire.comto find out more.

Details

Date posted

28 September 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year

per annum

Contract

Secondment

Working pattern

Full-time,

Flexible working

Reference number

274-12255-OA

Job locations

Stamford Resource Centre

St George's Avenue, Off Ryahll Road

Stamford

PE9 1UN

United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

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

Job responsibilities

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

Skills and Competences

Essential

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

Qualifications

Essential

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

Desirable

• Management training

Special Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel independently across the county

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

Skills and Competences

Essential

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

Qualifications

Essential

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

Desirable

• Management training

Special Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel independently across the county

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

NHS Careers website .

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Stamford Resource Centre

St George's Avenue, Off Ryahll Road

Stamford

PE9 1UN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Stamford Resource Centre

St George's Avenue, Off Ryahll Road

Stamford

PE9 1UN

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.lpft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Job responsibilities

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

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

Skills and Competences

Essential

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

Qualifications

Essential

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

Desirable

• Management training

Special Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel independently across the county