We are recruiting a Mental Health Nurse to join our Community Team in Wymondham.
We want to recruit practitioners who can join our trust and bring with them fresh ideas and fresh ambition.
Our Trust values of Positively, Respectfully and Together sum up perfectly what this role encompasses.
You will need to be enthusiastic and conscientious and do everything you can to provide the best care to our service users. We are looking for someone who displays compassion, empathy and sensitivity in your approach to people who may be distressed or have a challenging manner.
In return we offer a supportive multi-disciplinary team environment where you will be encouraged to develop your own knowledge of psychosocial interventions and positive health promotion, with first-hand experience of engaging service users.
Main duties of the job
Our primary focus is on collaborative working placing great emphasis on the assessment/recovery model. Many aspects relating to service user recovery are reflected within the assessment tools the patients and staff use and the philosophy that underpins patient-centered care.
Main duties of this role include:
1. Holding a caseload of non-complex service users
2. Offering holistic support and monitoring for service users and carers
3. Administration of depot medication (if you are a Registered Nurse)
4. Attending weekly team meetings, regular reflective practice sessions and case formulations
5. Supporting the Team with their Duty and Flexible Assertive Community Treatment functions
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other and are looking forward to welcoming you!
Benefits
Benefits included with this role are:
* NHS pension
* a comprehensive in-house & external training programmes
* career progression
* starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* staff physio service
* NHS discounts and many more.
We are working hard to maintain the usual recruitment process however please be aware that we may ask you to be interviewed via MS Teams rather than in person. Please also bear with us as we endeavour to recruit as many people as we can in unprecedented times.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* CPA implementation
Desirable
* Experience in appropriate area
Qualifications
Essential
* Valid registration with NMC
* Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake mentorship training.
Other
Essential
* Ability to travel independently
Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address
Gateway House
Farrier Close
Wymondham
NR18 0WF
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