Lead Nurse - Derby City AWA CMHT

Job overview

Join our friendly Community Mental Health Team in Derby City.

Are you a Mental Health Nurse looking for an exciting opportunity to make a real difference? We invite you to join our well-established and innovative long term offer, community mental health team in Derby City.

Our multidisciplinary team delivers both short-term and long-term interventions for adults with complex mental health needs, offering a diverse and rewarding role in a supportive and forward-thinking environment.

What We Offer

• Robust clinical and managerial supervision
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• A supportive environment to help you grow professionally and explore your areas of interest
• A strong emphasis on staff wellbeing
• A welcoming, inclusive, and supportive team culture

What We're Looking For

We're seeking warm, engaging, and person-centred professionals who are committed to empowerment and recovery for service users and their families. To be considered, you must:

• Hold a Mental Health Nursing qualification
• Have post qualification experience in mental health
• Be a strong communicator who demonstrates respect, dignity, and compassion

You'll be part of a team that offers a broad range of interventions, tailored to meet the diverse needs of our service users, always with a focus on recovery.

Main duties of the job

• Provide specialist mental health nursing interventions to adults with severe and enduring mental health needs within a community setting.
• Manage a defined caseload of service users, delivering recovery focused, person centred care.
• Undertake comprehensive assessments, risk assessments, and develop and review care plans under the Care Programme Approach (CPA).
• Contribute to and support the team's duty system, responding to urgent or unplanned needs.
• Work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team, maintaining strong communication with colleagues, service users, carers and partner agencies.
• Act as a mentor and role model to junior staff and students, offering supervision and guidance.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical records in line with trust policies and professional standards.
• Support service users in their recovery journey, promoting independence, social inclusion and overall well being.
• Apply up to date knowledge of relevant NMC standards and ensure high standards of professional practice.
• Travel independently across a large geographical area to meet the needs of the service.

Benefits

• Commitment to flexible working where possible.
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years of service.
• Annual appraisal and commitment to ongoing training.
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits.
• Health service discounts and online benefits.
• Incremental pay progression.
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7.
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network.
• Health and wellbeing opportunities.
• Structured learning and development opportunities.

Person Specification Experience

• Must have experience of working within a multidisciplinary team setting.
• Must show evidence of assessment skills and managing risk.
• Experience of working within a community team.
• Evidence of group skills.

Skills

• Ability to work autonomously.
• Experience of mentorship/supervision of staff.
• Evidence of holding a caseload.
• Evidence of working in the community/CMHT.

NMC

• Mental Health Nursing registration with the NMC.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Knowledge

• Awareness of CMHT community working.
• Working knowledge of CPA.
• Knowledge of trauma focused and EUPD interventions.

Additional Information

• Flexible Working - As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for our service and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that is job share, part time or another flexible pattern.
• Disability Confident Employer - The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support you in the recruitment process, please let us know.
• DBS Checks - The cost of undertaking a DBS disclosure will be met by the individual. The Trust will meet the initial costs of the disclosure which will be deducted from your first month's salary.

Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

Legal

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.

EEO Statement

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 welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.