Job overview

Fylde Coast CMHT is an Older Adults Community Mental Health service based at Shorelands in Blackpool.

We are a 5 day a week service with operating hours from 9am to 5pm.

We are a multi- disciplinary team with close working links with other health departments, social services and voluntary agencies.

Our service users can present with both functional and organic mental health difficulties which are often combined with complex social care and physical health needs.

We are looking to recruit a Band 6 Community Mental Health who has an enthusiasm for and passion to work within older adult’s mental health services. 

The Band 6 Nurse will have the opportunity to consolidate their skills in mental health nursing as well as developing the specialist skills needed in an older adults mental health.

There is an expectation that the successful applicants would be able to act up in the absence of the Deputy Manager and Manager, they would also have some supervision responsibilities to more junior team members.

Main duties of the job

•    To actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and code of conduct. 
•    To provide nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensure the effective assessment formulation planning, monitoring of care given to service users. 
•    To undertake mental health assessments including Risk assessments within a multidisciplinary assessment team. 
•    To be proficient in referring to other clinicians within the service or referring to other services/agencies where necessary. 
•    To provide a fast, responsive service to assess individual’s needs. 
•    Providing a communication structure between GP’s , IAPT and non IAPT services in LCFT, non-statuary service, as a means of ensuring the highest possible standards of patient care 
•    To provide mentoring and clinical supervision to other staff and trainees on placement.
•    To manage caseload of service users in a proactive and safe way.

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.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well