Community Mental Health Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area: Community Mental Health Nurse
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (A need to work flexibly Monday - Friday 9am -8pm)
Job ref: 354-AE-21096-A
Site: St Anne's Centre
Town: St Leonards
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 09/04/2025 23:59
Come and join us
We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.
So what can we offer you in return?
We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.
You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.
As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.
If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.
Job overview
The role of Community Nurse is to work in partnership with service users in the designated care group with complex health presentations, developing their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. They will demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant to the care group to include education, care plans and discharge planning, working closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate this. The post holder will work at all times to promote the safety and the well being of service users and their families/carers. The post holder will assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist nursing advice and carry out specialist nursing procedures. They will provide clinical supervision to staff and students and act as a mentor for student nurses.
This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 5-6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner who will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload of service users by undertaking the following duties:
* To undertake assessments of individuals and their families in the designated care group with complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk. To develop alongside the service user their care plan.
* To offer specialist nursing assessment and advice where required. To assess and manage ongoing risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the service user and carers. To regularly review risk factors and make changes to the management of them as necessary.
* To ensure that clinical practice is evidence-based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
* To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate.
* To act within the NMC code of conduct at all times.
Working for our organisation
SPFT offer specialist mental health services to the people of Sussex.
SOAMHS offers specialist mental health support to the older generation of Hastings and Rother to ensure the individuals can remain in the community.
East Sussex has excellent transport links to Brighton and London.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To be a core member of the team, using specialist health assessments.
* To provide a highly specialised range of clinical interventions relevant to the care group and have knowledge of evidence-based models of practice.
* For MH posts, care will be delivered under the Care Programme Approach and with support from colleagues within the Assessment and Treatment Centres. Taking on the role of care co-ordinator and working within the CPA policy delivering standards set out in the CPA policy.
* To manage a caseload of clients with complex health needs.
* To work in partnership with the individual service user and their families and carers as appropriate to ensure the delivery of the care plan, and to enable the development of a plan to facilitate their safety, promote their well being and support their independence and inclusion in the community.
* To develop care plans that meet the needs of the individual and their family/carers as appropriate and that are focused on strengths and are outcome based.
* To plan and implement client centred individual, family and group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
* To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure
Person specification
Qualifications and Experience
Essential criteria
* Registered Mental Health Nurse
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Experience of completing clinical assessments
* Managing a caseload
* Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships
Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.
We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers.
Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.
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
* JD SOAMHS Band 6 Community Nurse (PDF, 267.6KB)
* Protocol (PDF, 344.4KB)
* Privacy Notice (PDF, 127.7KB)
Apply online now
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Heather Lewis
Job title: Team leader
Telephone number: 07464925088
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