Senior Community Mental Health Nurse
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA13 9AZView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
23 October 2026
3 days leftJob description
Furness CMHT provides services to the population of Furness and is based in Barrow-in-Furness. The team is well-established and known for its friendly...
The service is based at Duddon House, Fairfield Lane, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, LA13 9AZ, and operates between 9:00am and 5:00pm.
Deliver comprehensive assessments, advice, and evidence-based treatment for individuals with highly complex needs referred to Community Services, in line with care pathways for the relevant specialism.
Provide specialist interventions and develop tailored care packages based on identified needs.
Work collaboratively with professionals within and outside the Community Team to ensure coordinated, person-centred care.
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
Qualifications
Essential: - Professional qualification; - Currently registered with a professional regulating body
Desirable: - Certificate of achievement: Multi-professional Support of Learning and Assessment in Practice
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of a range of evidence based therapeutic interventions
- Knowledge of the current Mental Health policy/ legislation
- Knowledge of the recovery model
- Understanding of the Case management
Experience
Essential: - Post registered experience required
Desirable
- Experience of managing a caseload of clients with a range of mental health needs
- Experience of working in a community setting
- Experience of initial assessment and triage
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work in partnership with service user, users, carers, advocates and other agencies and to liaise across professional boundaries
- Ability to critically appraise new concepts and actively pursue ways of improving service delivery
- Ability to work with a person's strengths to facilitate recovery
- Risk assessment/ management skills
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
12 October 2026
Last checked
14 October 2026
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