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Job summary

Main area
Adult Inpatient
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
274-11998-AI
Employer
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Discovery House, St Georges Site,
Town
Lincoln
Salary
£32,073 - £39,043 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/04/2026 23:59

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Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Staff Nurse

Band 5

Job overview

The Wolds is seeking a committed and enthusiastic Band 5 Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMHN) to join our expanding team.

This is a unique opportunity to work within a pioneering Reablement Service, supporting patients to regain skills, confidence, and independence as they prepare for a successful transition back into the community.

Our vision is centred on working collaboratively with our patients, adopting a hands‑on, strengths‑based approach that empowers individuals to live as independently as possible. If you are passionate about high‑quality, recovery‑focused care, we would love to hear from you.

You will hold responsibility for a small, manageable caseload, working closely with your Associate Nurse and wider multi‑disciplinary team (MDT). Our approach is highly collaborative, and the expectation is that all staff maintain an understanding of each patient’s recovery journey, needs, and discharge pathway.

This is a full‑time post with hours worked on a rotational basis, including nights, weekends, and bank holidays. Appropriate shift enhancements apply in line with Agenda for Change.

We offer excellent pay, supportive leadership, and the chance to make a genuine difference within an innovative, forward‑thinking service

Main duties of the job

Developing and maintaining collaborative, person‑centred care plans

Completing and updating all relevant clinical documentation

Safe medication management

Active participation in MDT meetings and handovers

Acting as an advocate for patients and supporting their recovery goals

Facilitating ward‑based groups and therapeutic activities

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 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, 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. 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 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.

Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family,  Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy lifeVisit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for full details

Provide therapeutic interpersonal skills when engaging with a client.

Perform nursing assessments of a client’s personal needs using relevant skills and assessment tools.

Implement a range of clinical skills in the assessment client risk.

Construct client care plans and risk management plans based on their assessed needs.

Perform nursing interventions advocated within the clients care plan.

Recognise the contribution of others in the provision of client care.

Involve clients and/or carers in the care panning and care delivery in a compassionate and appropriate manner which considers their diverse needs.

Maintain the welfare and safety of clients and protect them from any form of abuse in accordance with safeguarding guidance.

Monitor the impact and effectiveness of nursing care delivered and revise care plans as appropriate.

Demonstrate a knowledge of information governance and the need to protect patient confidential information.

Make and maintain accurate records of nursing care in accordance with Professional (NMC) guidance and Trust policy.

Demonstrate problem solving skills by identifying solutions in routine clinical issues.

Participate in regular clinical supervision.

Identify nursing skills which are transferable between client groups.

Person specification

Qualifications

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

Experience

Essential criteria
  • 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
  • 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.
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

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

Sunflower Hidden DisabilitiesTimewise-Flex Positive EmployerVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoCare quality commission - GoodWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeAccessAbleStonewall Gold 2022Dying to Work CharterStep into healthCarer Confident -AccomplishedNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality MarkOne Workforce Lincolnshire ICSDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldPastoral Care Quality AwardStonewall Top 100 2024Stonewall Bronze Award 2024Wellness WellbeingNet ZeroCommitted Member of Inclusive Employers

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.

Documents to download

Apply online now

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ilarna Keal
Job title
Ward Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01522 597970

If you have problems applying, contact

Address
Welton House
Lime Kiln Way
Lincoln
LN2 4WH