Employer (NHS Board): NHS Fife
Department: Community Mental Health Team, Whyteman's Brae Hospital/ Levenmouth Health Centre
Salary: Band 6 (£43,231 - £52,679)
Job Type: Nursing and Midwifery
Employment type: Permanent
Hours Per Week: 36
Job closing date: 24/11/2026
Location: Whytemans Brae Hospital

An exciting opportunity has arisen for experienced Mental Health Nurses to join Kirkcaldy and Levenmouth's Community Mental Health Teams

The teams provide comprehensive patient care, urgent and crisis mental health assessments and psychological treatment interventions. The team is undergoing significant changes and development. The successful candidates will hold a complex caseload and demonstrate good team working, adaptability and enthusiasm to guide junior staff and the service forward.

Fife's CMHT's are undergoing innovative changes to the care and treatment for community-based secondary care patients. We have developed a comprehensive complex-trauma and personality disorder pathway in which we can deliver a skills-based approach through; Safe and Able to Cope, Decider Skills, Emotional Resources Group and Structured Clinical Management completes the pathway. Another significant development is the creation of Physical Healthcare Clinics offering: Clozapine, Lithium, and High Dose Monitoring as well as ADHD and Eating Disorder health checks. The CMHT's continue to provide quality evidence-based interventions for those experiencing major mental illness and disorder.

Applications for this post are invited from experienced RMN's, who are able to demonstrate knowledge and experience of working with adults presenting with a range of mental health problems as well as a sound understanding of their physical health needs that can include prescribed treatment. As an enthusiastic mental health nurse you will join this service and will work within a multi-disciplinary team committed to partnership working with strong links to other secondary care and community services.

The successful applicant will have experience of team working, problem solving, flexibility, high-level communication skills, continuing personal development and change management. The post holder will have day to day responsibility for managing their workload; assessment, care planning, evaluation and delivery of care to patients presenting with a variety of mental health problems in both virtual and face to face settings.

You will receive a comprehensive induction package and supportive educational development. We are committed to supporting learners, clinical supervision and personal development.

For informal enquiries please contact Tracy Gray Team Leader on 01592 643355 ext 29235 linsay.law@nhs.scot or Gillian Walters Lead Nurse ext 24687 or Gillian.walters@nhs.scot

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A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment. To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service. As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here. It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form. We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices. NHS Fife is legally obliged to ensure all its employees are legally entitled to work in the United Kingdom. If you are not a United Kingdom (UK) or Irish National, you are required to confirm your right to work in your application.