Community Mental Health Nurse - Bury South Adult CMHT
We currently have a substantive Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse post available and are looking for a nurse to join our trust and bring fresh ideas and enthusiasm for developing the service.
Our team works together to support each other as well as giving you the autonomy to work with individuals, develop therapeutic relationships, and support individuals to live as rich and meaningful a life as possible. We are a recovery-focused, multi-disciplinary team providing an effective, supportive, and professional service for our Service Users and Carers.
We are looking for people to join us in building what the future service looks like. You will be supported to develop a strong understanding of your role as a Care Coordinator/Assessor and join our dedicated multidisciplinary team working closely with a range of partners to provide appropriate community interventions for those individuals referred to our service.
Our aim is to continually improve service delivery, service user/carer experience, and work towards positive outcomes.
You will enjoy plenty of opportunities for joint working, training, and a sound supervision structure.
You'll be working alongside a multi-disciplinary team. You'll regularly be working with external agencies as part of a service user's care, so being able to work well in a team and having excellent communication skills is vital. You can expect a thorough induction and training/preceptorship period, and opportunities for ongoing development.
Main duties of the job
You can expect a manageable caseload and a supportive management team to ensure you're able to work independently, but support is never far away if needed.
The ideal candidate should have experience in working in a mental health environment and ideally experience in working in community teams.
Working in a busy and dynamic Adult Community Mental Health Team means every day will be different. You will be involved in:
1. Managing a caseload via face-to-face and telephone contacts for those under The Care Programme Approach.
2. Undertaking initial urgent/routine assessments on behalf of the service.
3. Attending multi-disciplinary team meetings.
4. Attending outpatient clinic appointments.
5. Undertaking face-to-face visits in the community setting including home visits.
6. Working with service users and their families/carers to care plan holistic goal setting and engage in treatment planning and working in collaboration with internal/external stakeholders.
7. Attending regular MDT meetings and liaising with colleagues from other services (both internally and externally such as Social Care, Crisis Resolution, Home Treatment Team, and third sector organisations).
8. Medication administration.
9. Participating in the duty worker rota (Monday to Friday 09:00am to 17:00pm).
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.
Benefits included with this role are:
* A comprehensive in-house & external training programme.
* Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays).
* NHS discounts and many more.
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities. If you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Previous applicants need not to apply.
This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3,000 (pro-rata for part-time roles). This is a one-off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some of it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment. Please note this recruitment premium is for external applicants only. Not applicable to newly qualified applicants.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Nursing Degree or equivalent.
* Valid registration with NMC.
Experience
* Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs.
* Evidence of working within an MDT.
* Awareness of working with the Care Programme Approach.
* Experience of depot administration.
Skills
* Ability to independently travel - has own transport (or will do at commencement of role).
* Has a valid UK Drivers Licence.
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.
£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum/pro rata.
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