Registered Mental Health Nurse | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 30 April 2026 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £39,959 - £48,117 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 May 2026 |
| Location: | Ashton under Lyne, OL6 7SR |
| Company: | Pennine Care NHS FT |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7976433/311-F910-26-B |
Summary
The Pennine Care Community Rehabilitation Team is looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our supportive multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will have significant experience and knowledge of working with people with chronic relapsing and remitting mental ill health, including experience of working across a range of mental health services.
The team supports service users to transition from inpatient mental health rehabilitation facilities to living in the community, supporting people to improve their quality of life and work towards achieving the goals and outcomes identified by those who we support. A further aim of the team is to reduce the length of inpatient stay for service users from both acute and rehabilitation wards, incorporating least restrictive practice.
The team has a strong emphasis on the Recovery Model and Social Inclusion, working with service users using a strengths based and trauma informed approach to maximise their independence and autonomy to improve their quality of life.
You will work with a team of experienced practitioners with a strong biopsychosocial, evidence based interventions.
The team is a trust wide service covering all five boroughs of Pennine Care and it is therefore essential you drive and have access to a car. We are based at Trust HQ in Ashton Under Lyne. Our core hours are Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.
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Provide autonomous assessment, planning, delivery, and evaluation of complex mental health care in line with the NMC
• Conduct clinical risk assessments and develop risk management plans for complex patients in the community.
• Deliver evidence-based interventions that promote recovery, independence, and meaningful rehabilitation.
• Undertake home visits and community-based clinical work.
• Manage and prioritise a defined caseload, ensuring timely reviews, risk reassessment, and intervention planning.
• Maintain accurate, up-to-date documentation and contribute to internal audits.
• Work collaboratively with the MDT and voluntary sector partners.
• Provide compassionate, trauma-informed communication with service users and carers.
• Respond appropriately to distressed, anxious, or agitated individuals, including the use of de-escalation skills
• Act as a practice assessor/supervisor for student nurses.
• Participate in continuing professional development and mandatory training.
• To work with families and carers using the Triangle of Care principles.
• To carry out designated responsibilities under the organisation’s Safeguarding Adults/ Children policies.
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
• Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
• Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
• Access to Continued Professional Development
• Involvement in improvement and research activities
• Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
• Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Education /
Qualifications
Professional qualification in Mental
Health Nursing
Registered with NMC
Evidence of qualification and experience to post graduate diploma level
Practice Assessor/Supervisor training or willingness to undertake
Psychosocial Interventions
qualification
Non-medical
prescribing
• Application Form
• Certificate(s)
• Interview
Experience
Experience working with adults with
severe and enduring mental illness
Experience of working with service users with behaviours that challenge and/or substance use
Experience of providing support to vulnerable /socially excluded individuals/groups.
Experience managing a defined caseload
Experience in community mental
health, rehabilitation services, or
home-based treatment
Experience conducting clinical risk assessments and developing risk
management plans
Involvement in service development,
audits, or quality improvement
Leadership experience
• Application Form
• Interview
Experience supervising junior staff or students
Experience working within
multidisciplinary teams
Knowledge
Knowledge of long-term mental health
conditions and rehabilitation
approaches
Awareness of national and local policies related to community mental health
Understanding of recovery-focused practice and strengths based principles.
Knowledge of safeguarding and risk
management frameworks
Knowledge of least restrictive practice and how to apply.
Understanding of trauma informed and gender informed practice.
Knowledge of employment and benefit system
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Interview
Skills and
Abilities
Ability to work autonomously and make
complex clinical decisions
Strong assessment, care planning, and evaluation skills
Ability to case manage a caseload of service users using rehabilitation principles.
Ability to de-escalate conflict and respond to distressed or agitated service users
Ability to guide junior staff to meet goal orientated care plans.
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Application Form
Interview
To value diversity and respond to discriminatory behaviour.
Excellent communication skills with service users, carers, and professionals
Ability to prioritise workload and manage competing demands
Accurate and timely record-keeping
Ability to provide clinical supervision
and mentorship
Understanding and application of mental health legislation, safeguarding, and professional standards
Ability to contribute to MDT meetings and liaise with external services
IT literacy and ability to use electronic
patient systems
Commitment to CPD
Work Related
Circumstances
A current driving licence with business insurance and access to a car during the working day is essential
Willing to carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with the Trust’s Equal
Opportunities and Equality and
Diversity policies
Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.
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Interview
This advert closes on Thursday 14 May 2026