Job summary The West Lancashire Community Mental Health Team provides support and intervention to Adults with severe and enduring and complex mental health issues. The team offers a range of management strategies and interventions. Applicants must demonstrate a flexible approach, evolving around the needs of patients, their families and significant others. The role involves working as a Deputy team leader in a well established team, this includes acting as a keyworker and supporting a caseload of clients with varying mental health diagnoses and needs as well as assisting the Team Manager in ensuring that leadership within the multidisciplinary team provides effective assessment, formulation, planning and monitoring of care given to service users while actively promoting teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the community team in accordance with the Trust values and NMC code of conduct, HPC code.As a keyworker you will work closely with people in there own homes or in the community to help them recover from their illness and improve their general quality of life. This role includes assessing patients, providing care/support, developing risk assessments, collaborative care planning, medication management and physical health monitoring, managing patient documents. Along side becoming an advocate for the people in your care, supporting and signposting them, so they can focus on their recovery and helping them live the life they would like to live. Main duties of the job To actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the community team in accordance with the Trust values and NMC code of conduct, HPC code etc To assist the Team Manager in ensuring that leadership within the multidisciplinary team provides effective assessment, formulation, planning and monitoring of care given to service users About us 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. Date posted 31 March 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £37,338 to £44,962 a year pa Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 351-CEN2254-CL Job locations CMHT West Lancs (25-65) Bickerstaffe House Ormskirk L39 2AZ Job description Job responsibilities Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role. Job description Job responsibilities Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role. Person Specification Education/ Qualifications Essential oCore professional registration as Registered Mental Health Nurse or state registered O.T or S/W qualification o On-going registration with professional body oPost registration / post grad qualification or equivalent level in skills and development oEvidence of commitment to continuing professional development o Mentorship qualification if RMN Knowledgev Essential An understanding and awareness of the NHS Plan, NSF and other relevant documentation Ability to manage time and workload Demonstrates an ability to motivate self and others Knowledge of severe, enduring and complex mental health problems and risk assessment used in relation to these Knowledge of common physical health conditions o IT Skills Understanding and knowledge of physical and mental health promotion Experience Essential Experience of supervision and management of staff Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team Experience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs Experienced in acting as a mentor / assessor of student staff Experience of CPA Care Coordinator role Significant experience of working as a band 6 clinician in a community Person Specification Education/ Qualifications Essential oCore professional registration as Registered Mental Health Nurse or state registered O.T or S/W qualification o On-going registration with professional body oPost registration / post grad qualification or equivalent level in skills and development oEvidence of commitment to continuing professional development o Mentorship qualification if RMN Knowledgev Essential An understanding and awareness of the NHS Plan, NSF and other relevant documentation Ability to manage time and workload Demonstrates an ability to motivate self and others Knowledge of severe, enduring and complex mental health problems and risk assessment used in relation to these Knowledge of common physical health conditions o IT Skills Understanding and knowledge of physical and mental health promotion Experience Essential Experience of supervision and management of staff Able to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team Experience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs Experienced in acting as a mentor / assessor of student staff Experience of CPA Care Coordinator role Significant experience of working as a band 6 clinician in a community 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). Additional information 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 CMHT West Lancs (25-65) Bickerstaffe House Ormskirk L39 2AZ Employer's website https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)