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Job summary

Main area
Boston CRHT
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent: Flexible working options available
Hours
  • Full time
  • Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Flexible working options available)
Job ref
274-10753-AI-V
Employer
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Mental Health Unit, Pilgrim Hospital
Town
Boston,
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
17/12/2025 23:59

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Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Senior Mental Health Acute Care Nurse/Clinician

Band 6

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified RMN, OT, or Social Worker to work as a band 6 in the Boston Crisis and Home Treatment team. The team supports people experiencing an acute mental health episode in Boston, Skegness, Spalding, and the surrounding areas.

You will need to demonstrate a commitment to providing a high-quality standard of care, excellent communication and interpersonal skills, a positive attitude towards change, and an ability to contribute to the evolving nature of the service. You will receive regular supervision both management and clinical, and be expected to provide both to junior members of the team and students. There are training opportunities available to support growth in the role. You will be expected to work shifts( long days) including nights, weekends, and bank holidays over 7 days, these are both as the shift coordinator, crisis vehicle response team, and as part of the home treatment team.

This current vacancy is for 37.5 hours per week.

We offer 24-hour services within our Inpatient, Crisis, and SPA teams. If you are successfully appointed to posts in these areas or others that might have been specified, you will be required to work unsociable hours and shift patterns

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for the coordination of care needs, assessment, planning, and implementation of evidence-based care to a defined group of service users and their carers within the service catchment area. The post holder will provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multi-disciplinary team. The post will involve working within the Crisis Team, which includes the S136 Suite, Triage Car and the new Rapid Response Car pilot service.

Working for our organisation

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 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, 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, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. 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 are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.

This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. 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.

 

Detailed job description and main 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

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • RMN or RNLD or RN, S/W, O/T,: 1 st Level Registration (NMC) or dgree or equivalent.
  • Current Registered Professional
  • ENB998 / FliPS or equivalent
  • Mentorship Module (degree level)
  • Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice.
Desirable criteria
  • Management training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • 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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Sunflower Hidden DisabilitiesTimewise-Flex Positive EmployerVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoMenopause Friendly EmployerCare quality commission - GoodWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeAccessAbleStonewall Gold 2022Dying to Work CharterStep into healthCarer Confident -AccomplishedNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkOne Workforce Lincolnshire ICSDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldPastoral Care Quality AwardStonewall Top 100 2024Stonewall Bronze Award 2024Wellness WellbeingNet Zero

Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jacqui Hunt
Job title
Team Coordinator
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01205 44 6868
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