Job summary
Are you a passionate and dedicated Registered Mental Health Nurse looking to make a real difference in your community?

Join our supportive and dynamic Community Mental Health Team at Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust, where we strive to deliver high quality care, in the right place, at the right time, every time.

What We're Looking For
Essential:

• Registered Mental Health Nurse qualification.
• Commitment to continuing professional development.
• Strong interpersonal and clinical skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Why Join Us?
We are proud to uphold values of learning, respect, kindness, and teamwork. You'll be part of a team that:

• Supports your growth through supervision and training.
• Values diversity and promotes inclusive care.
• Encourages innovation and evidence-based practice.
• Works collaboratively to improve outcomes for service users.

This role involves lone working, exposure to emotionally challenging situations, and driving to service users' homes. You'll be expected to uphold safeguarding responsibilities and maintain confidentiality in line with Trust policies.

Apply now to be part of a team that's making a difference every day.

Main duties of the job
As a Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse, you will:

• Act as a key member of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Manage your own caseload with supervision from senior staff.
• Conduct specialist assessments and develop care plans under the Care Programme Approach.
• Administer depot medication (for registered nurses).
• Liaise with multi-agency professionals and participate in duty team assessments.
• Support service users with severe and enduring mental illness, including crisis planning and risk management.

About us
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

Details
Date posted: 11 August 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 5
Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 351-CEN2614-EB
Job locations: West Strand House, Preston, PR1 8UY, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Mental Health nurse
• Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development

Knowledge
Essential

• Understanding of health and safety policies and procedures Knowledge and practice of Mental Health Act 1983
• Can provide evidence of recent professional/personal development

Experience
Essential

• Willingness to participate in mentor/preceptorship process in respect of own practice.
• Able to demonstrate and understand the concept of community care and the need to develop good networks

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 (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
Address: West Strand House, Preston, PR1 8UY, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Team Leader
Rachael Aldridge
Rachael.Aldridge@lscft.nhs.uk

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