Job summary Mental Health Nurse - New Forest (CMHT (East) The closing date is 31/10/2024 Are you ready to take on an exciting full-time role working in Adult Mental Health with the New Forest CMHT (East) team based at Anchor House, Totton. If you're innovative, proactive, and passionate about providing high-quality holistic care, then we would love to hear from you. You will have a broad depth of mental health experience working with individuals who have severe and enduring mental illness. You will be responsible for care-coordinating caseload of service users with complex long-term mental health problems who find it difficult to engage with services. You will have experience in assessing and formulating individual intervention plans and outcome measures for adults with complex mental health problems and have current knowledge of NHS policies and practices in mental health. You will work in a strengths-based and recovery-focused way to support service users to meet their mental health needs. To act as care coordinator to an agreed caseload of service users with severe and enduring mental illness. To supervise the work of a small team of practitioners within the wider Community Treatment Team. To undertake ongoing assessment, treatment and evaluation for service users known to the Service. To work in a flexible hour's service (this includes being on a staff rota providing services outside of office hours at weekends and bank holidays). Main duties of the job To co-ordinate the care of an agreed caseload of service users with severe and enduring mental illness. To formulate care plans in line with identified need. To provide therapeutic interventions in line with the agreed care plan and risk assessment. To assess risk, develop risk management plans, review, and adjust in line with the service user's needs. To work in collaboration with service users as experts in their own care, promoting the principles of recovery, choice and personalisation, which value and empower the service user. To use tools which promote user empowerment (e.g. WRAP). To be proactive in ensuring service users receive the range of interventions they need in line with their care plan and whether the team provides those interventions or if signposting is required. This will include physical health monitoring. To have a proactive approach to the role and needs of carers/families. To be innovative and responsive to individual needs tailoring care accordingly. To be proactive in monitoring mental health needs and respond in a timely fashion if needs change. To participate fully in caseload supervision and management, to ensure that care plans are matched to need and service users can 'flow' through pathways of care. To work in line with all relevant policies and procedures, including care planning, risk and safeguarding. To alert the Team Leader or Manager to any concerns in a timely manner About us Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve. Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time. Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working. Date posted 24 January 2025 Pay scheme Agenda for change Band Band 6 Salary £37,338 to £44,962 a year Contract Permanent Working pattern Full-time Reference number 348-SW-7133 Job locations Anchor House 67-69 Ringwood Road, Totton Southampton Hampshire SO40 8DX Job description Job responsibilities Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible. Job description Job responsibilities Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible. Person Specification Qualifications Essential Registered Mental Health Nurse Computer skills Significant post qualifying experience Mentorship course Clinical supervision training Current driving licence and use of a vehicle Desirable Evidence of formal post registration learning Training in psychological interventions Leadership training or qualification Completion of Preceptorship Experience Essential Previous significant employment within a Community Mental Health Team or equivalent service. Knowledge of risk assessments and outcome measures Care coordination or undertaken clinical case management Experience of providing evidence based therapeutic interventions to individuals with severe and enduring mental health needs Highly developed communication skills Ability to organise self and others to achieve tasks Ability to motivate service users Ability to work autonomously Provide clinical supervision Experience of mentorship in practice Desirable Facilitating group and/or project work Evidence of experience in education of nurses and/or multi-professional groups Evidence of using psychological interventions Clinical and case management supervisor experience Person Specification Qualifications Essential Registered Mental Health Nurse Computer skills Significant post qualifying experience Mentorship course Clinical supervision training Current driving licence and use of a vehicle Desirable Evidence of formal post registration learning Training in psychological interventions Leadership training or qualification Completion of Preceptorship Experience Essential Previous significant employment within a Community Mental Health Team or equivalent service. Knowledge of risk assessments and outcome measures Care coordination or undertaken clinical case management Experience of providing evidence based therapeutic interventions to individuals with severe and enduring mental health needs Highly developed communication skills Ability to organise self and others to achieve tasks Ability to motivate service users Ability to work autonomously Provide clinical supervision Experience of mentorship in practice Desirable Facilitating group and/or project work Evidence of experience in education of nurses and/or multi-professional groups Evidence of using psychological interventions Clinical and case management supervisor experience 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Additional information 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. UK Registration Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window). Employer details Employer name Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Address Anchor House 67-69 Ringwood Road, Totton Southampton Hampshire SO40 8DX Employer's website https://hiowhealthcare.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)