Registered Mental Health Nurse | Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust in Ashton-under-Lyne

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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Our team works 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.

Benefits

• 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.

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.
• 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.

Skills & 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.
• Ability 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 Diversity policies.
• Appointments to regulated and controlled activities require an enhanced DBS disclosure.

This advert closes on Tuesday 7 Apr 2026.