Community Mental Health Nurse inLytham St Anne's inLytham St Anne's PUBLISHED 22 AUG 2024

To undertake mental health assessments including risk assessments within a multi-disciplinary assessment.

Working closely with the Consultant Psychiatrist, thus ensuring that there is a multidisciplinary team approach.

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 individuals needs for access into mental health services.

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.

We are a 7 day a week service with operating hours from 8am to 8pm, shifts worked at present can be Early (8-4pm) Late (12-8pm) including some weekend work (at present one in four).


RITT Has 2 Core Functions


  • Home treatment:

The provision of care coordination for patients who are experiencing acute mental health difficulties and who are presenting as high risk to themselves or others in the community and so require intensive home support from community services. Conducting Gatekeeping assessments for mental health inpatient admissions is a core component of this role as is facilitating early discharge from inpatient units.


Care Home Liaison Team


Providing support for service users and carers for people who live in a residential home and are presenting with Behavioural and or Psychological Symptoms of dementia.

We are looking to recruit a Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse who has an enthusiasm for and passion to work within older adult’s mental health services.

The Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse will have the opportunity to consolidate their skills in mental health nursing and we want to recruit someone who is keen to develop the specialist skills needed in an older adults mental health team.

This post does offer a preceptorship so newly qualified nurses are welcome to apply.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rebecca L Dickinson Job title: Team Leader Telephone number:

or Bethany Wallace, Deputy Team Leader:
To undertake mental health assessments including risk assessments within a multi-disciplinary assessment.

Working closely with the Consultant Psychiatrist, thus ensuring that there is a multidisciplinary team approach.

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 individuals needs for access into mental health services.

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.

We are a 7 day a week service with operating hours from 8am to 8pm, shifts worked at present can be Early (8-4pm) Late (12-8pm) including some weekend work (at present one in four).

RITT Has 2 Core Functions

  • Home treatment:

The provision of care coordination for patients who are experiencing acute mental health difficulties and who are presenting as high risk to themselves or others in the community and so require intensive home support from community services. Conducting Gatekeeping assessments for mental health inpatient admissions is a core component of this role as is facilitating early discharge from inpatient units.

Care Home Liaison Team

Providing support for service users and carers for people who live in a residential home and are presenting with Behavioural and or Psychological Symptoms of dementia.

We are looking to recruit a Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse who has an enthusiasm for and passion to work within older adult’s mental health services.

The Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse will have the opportunity to consolidate their skills in mental health nursing and we want to recruit someone who is keen to develop the specialist skills needed in an older adults mental health team.

This post does offer a preceptorship so newly qualified nurses are welcome to apply.

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages 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, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rebecca L Dickinson Job title: Team Leader Telephone number:

or Bethany Wallace, Deputy Team Leader:


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