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Job summary

Main area
Ward 12
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (Flexible working options available)
Job ref
274-11598-AI
Employer
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Pilgrim Hospital
Town
Boston
Salary
£31,049 - £37,796 Per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
11/08/2025 23:59

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Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Mental Health Acute Care Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

We currently have a vacancy for a full-time Registered Mental Health Nurse to work within the Acute Inpatient Service. Ward 12 is a mixed-sex adult acute inpatient ward.

This is an exciting opportunity for self-motivated and enthusiastic individuals to work within the Acute Care Team, supporting adults experiencing acute mental ill health within Lincolnshire. The Acute Care Service provides assessment and individualised care within the least restrictive environment, with minimal disruption to the service user, their families, and carers.

We are looking for conscientious, motivated, and progressive staff who can demonstrate a commitment to providing and maintaining high standards of care. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a flexible and responsive approach, are required to fulfil the role within this rewarding area of mental health.

As a trust, in the past few years we have been voted by our own staff as one of the best mental health trusts in England and achieved the best Mental Health Trust Nationally in the 2018 staff survey. We firmly believe that high-quality patient care is provided by a contented workforce, and this is reflected in the latest CQC report, which was outstanding for being well led and good overall.

For an informal discussion or further information about the vacancy, please contact Sarah Robinson at sarah.robinson84@nhs or 01205 445166.

Main duties of the job

To be part of an integrated health/social care team providing inpatient care for service users suffering from serious and enduring mental illness. Offering nursing interventions in a wide variety of clinical, therapeutic, and social forms with the aim of promoting mental health, well-being, self-autonomy, and independence.

The postholder will be responsible for the assessment, development, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care, in liaison with the care team in the capacity of a mental health nurse. 

Working for our organisation

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!

We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services.

This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future. We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for further details regarding this position.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • RVN or RNLD or RN: 1 st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent.
  • Evidence of specialised continued professional training in clinical practice

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Relevant experience of working with mental health needs.
  • Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health.
  • Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Government principles.
  • Demonstrating supportive and sensitive communication to patients, carers and staff, whilst demonstrating an understanding of the nature and effects of some information and barriers to effective communication whilst being considerate of client confidentiality.
Desirable criteria
  • Previous experience working as a registered mental health nurse with people with mental health problems.
  • Personal experience in the delivery of physical care to others

Skills & Competences

Essential criteria
  • Sound clinical reasoning skills.
  • Highly motivated and able to engage with service users and carers to improve outcomes.
  • Ability to work independently and collectively.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Sarah Robinson
Job title
Ward Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01205 445166

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Welton House
Lime Kiln Way
Lincoln
LN2 4WH
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