Position: Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse
Team: Older Persons Mental Health Team
Hours: Full-time, Monday to Friday, 9am-5pm
Location: NHS Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust, The Sophie Centre, The Julian Hospital, Norwich, Norfolk, UK
As a Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse within the Older Persons Mental Health Team, you will provide comprehensive mental health care to older adults experiencing a range of mental health issues, including dementia. This role involves working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality, person-centered care in the community.
This role will be heavily weighted to providing depot medications in patients' own homes and running a small depot clinic. You will also arrange and attend section 117 aftercare review meetings for some of our client group. You will also have a small caseload of mental health patients and work under the close supervision of your clinical peers and line manager.
Skills
This role requires a compassionate and empathetic approach, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work effectively within a team. You will play a crucial role in improving the mental health and quality of life for older adults in the community. Duties surround:
* Assessment and Care Planning
* Direct Patient Care
* Multidisciplinary Collaboration
* Patient and Family Support
* Documentation and Record Keeping
* Professional Development
* Health Promotion
Here at NSFT, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations and are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work. We need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns, and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops, and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling, and affordable house prices too.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ivan Codling Job title: Clinical Team Manager Email address: ivan.codling@nsft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 07507743108
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