Are you a Mental Health Nurse (RMN) looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, you're in luck.
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has an opportunity to join our Home Crisis Treatment team in South East Staffordshire based at The Friary in Lichfield.
We are an award-winning Trust and when you come to work with us, we will help you reach your full potential. Not only that, we will actively seek opportunities to share the great things you are doing, with others locally, regionally, and nationally.
Main duties of the job
Band 5 nurses have a crucial role in delivering safe and effective home treatment for an identified client group and in accordance with that persons wellbeing and recovery action plan.
You will participate in the delivery of the agreed aims and objectives of the service and identify factors which may inhibit these from being achieved. You will assist in the delivery of a high standard of nursing care to service users referred to the team. You will implement agreed systems for the monitoring of effectiveness of care. You will participate in the education and management of junior staff.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:
* Supporting your career development and progression.
* Excellent NHS Pension scheme
* Generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave
* Options for flexible working
* Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
* Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
* If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
* Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
* Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
* Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
* Free car parking at all trust sites
* Free flu vaccination every year
* Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
We work with people who are experiencing a mental health crisis, who require extra support alongside their regular support network or who can have the same treatment provided at home that they would receive in a Mental Health Hospital.
As an integral team in the Urgent Care Pathway we work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and team members are required to work rostered shifts including weekends and nights. Due to the nature of the role you must have access to suitable transport to cover the geographical area during your shifts.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early depending on how many applications we get through.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered Mental Health Nursing qualification
* Conforms to NMC requirements & active on NMC register
Desirable
* Psychological intervention Qualification including EMDR, CBT, CBTP, Family Interventions, CAT, DBT
Experience
Essential
* Experience of working with people experiencing mental health related difficulties.
* Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex mental health needs.
* Experience of assessing, planning co-ordinating and managing people with mental health problems in a community setting.
Desirable
* Experience of working in community setting and making decisions autonomously.
Employer details
Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Friary (1st Floor), Trent Valley Road
Lichfield
WS13 6EE
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