Community Nurse

NHS; Carlisle; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional NHS Trust is seeking a Community Nurse to join its North Cumbria Crisis Team. The role involves delivering high-quality patient care at home, working together in a multidisciplinary team offering 24/7 support as an alternative to hospital admission. Ideal candidates should have experience in mental health settings and a commitment to supporting individuals in crisis. The positions are available at Carelton Clinic in Carlisle and Lillyhall in Workington, with options for both full-time and part-time work.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with service users and carers in successful delivery of treatment plans.
• Complete preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses.
• Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a team under the crisis model offering a 24/7 service.
• Deliver high quality care for patients at home.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary teamwork for treatment plans.

Skills

Ability to use IT system

Risk Management and Safety Planning skills

Time Management skills

Good communication skills

Ability to establish rapport with service users

Job description

Go back Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust

Community Nurse

The closing date is 30 December 2025

This is a band 5 post, within the North Cumbria Crisis Team.

The Universal Crisis Team for North Cumbria are in a position to recruit and are therefore looking to recruit motivated and committed individuals.

The North Cumbria Crisis Team have Full Time and Part Time Vacancies - based at Carelton Clinic in Carlilse and Lillyhall in Workington.

The North Cumbria Crisis Team offers a dynamic and exciting work environment that can be both challenging and rewarding. You would be working within a multi disciplinary team that are motivated in delivering high quality care for patients at home, with an aim to provide an alternative to hospital admission.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be part of a team working under the crisis model and pathway, offering a 24/7 service as an alternative to hospital admission. The successful candidate must have experience of working with individuals with a variety of mental health needs, and ideally have a track record of clinical experience in working with risk and complexity.

About us

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.

NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.

Job responsibilities

Please find attached job description for full details.

We welcome your application.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with service users and carers in successful delivery of treatment plans
• Complete preceptorship programme for newly qualified nurses
• Multi-disciplinary team work.
• Proven ability to develop therapeutic partnership with service users and carers.
• Proven ability to be able to communicate interventions to service users.
• Further relevant post qualifying training
• Previous experience in a community setting.
• Experience of involving service users/ carers in evaluation/planning and monitoring of services

Knowledge

• Knowledge of relevant contemporary professional theories of mental health care and evidence based interventions.
• Understanding of the statutory issues which impact on service users.

Skills

• Ability to use IT system
• Comprehensive continuous assessment of skills
• Risk Management and Safety Planning skills.
• Ability to establish a rapport and demonstrate engagement skills with service users
• Adaptability, flexibility, good communication skills and a commitment to multi-agency team work
• Time Management skills and ability to prioritise work load
• Provide evidence based therapeutic interventions.

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.

Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and wear (CNTW) NHS Foundation Trust