An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Hastings and Rother Assessment and Treatment Service (ATS) for a Registered Mental Health Nurse with experience of working with people in a community mental health setting. Our service is a multi-disciplinary service for adults with multiple and enduring mental health needs. Our work is at times challenging, but we receive regular positive feedback from our service users and carers. Our office is right in the thick of Hastings vibrant and quirky culture and benefits from amazing sea views, with the prom right across the road.
As a Community Mental Health Nurse in our service, you will be focused on improving outcomes for service users, working creatively with them and their families and carers to co-create care plans that will help them achieve their goals and live as independently as possible. You will also work closely with other services both within our Trust, and with other partner agencies.
Main duties of the job
The role of Community Mental Health Nurse is to work in partnership with service users in the designated care group with multiple mental health presentations and work alongside service users to develop their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. You 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.
Post holder Expectations:
1. To be an active participant in the multi-disciplinary team, formulating care plans and utilizing appropriate assessments.
2. To take part in all quality initiatives actively supporting and participating in both policies and service developments in the specific care group.
3. Carry a caseload, actively working with other involved agencies, families and carers.
4. Assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist nursing advice and carry out specialist nursing procedures.
5. To participate in regular clinical, professional and managerial supervision.
6. Provide clinical supervision to junior staff and act as a mentor for student nurses.
7. To maintain and contribute to standards of professional care, ethics, policies and procedures.
8. To contribute, to improve access for patients to local generic health care services, primary, secondary and specialist services.
9. To maintain record keeping within Trust guidelines, national standards and NICE.
About us
As a mental health trust, Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of their staff, and their reward packages reflect the immensely important work their staff do.
If you are looking for the opportunity to work within a busy but rewarding Assessment and Treatment service in a seaside town like no other, then we would love to hear from you.
Job responsibilities
Experience of working alongside people with complex mental health needs, and providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of mental health problems.
Experience of working consultatively with other professionals and conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments.
Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies, and of working within the CPA process.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role.
* Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent.
* Evidence of continuous professional development.
Knowledge/Experience
* Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group.
* Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group.
* Experience of supervising staff.
* Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems.
* Experience of working consultatively with professionals.
* Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments.
* Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies.
* Experience of working within the CPA process.
* Understanding of clinical governance.
* Previous experience of working in the community.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Hastings and Rother Assessment Treatment Service
£37,338 to £44,962 a year Per annum / pro rata for part time
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Reference number
354-AE-21075-D
Job locations
Hastings and Rother Assessment Treatment Service
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