Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
This is an exciting opportunity for a suitably qualified mental health nurse, who may be newly qualified, to gain experience working within the Cheltenham Recovery Team.
We are a highly motivated multidisciplinary team delivering high quality, person-centred assessment and treatment, with a strong focus on promoting independence and enhancing opportunities for social engagement. The Recovery Team works with Adults of Working Age (18 and over) with a range of serious mental health needs.
The successful applicant would need some experience of working with clients with mental health problems, helping them to manage their illness and work towards their recovery. They should be flexible and able to work effectively in a busy but rewarding environment.
The team provides a planned needs lead service from 9am to 5pm, five days a week.
Main duties of the job
* Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care needs of a specific group of service users within the community setting.
* Supervise, mentor and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students.
* Co-ordinate care for a specified group of service users.
Applicants will have:
* Community experience or equivalent within mental health services.
* Be self-motivated.
* Be organised, able to effectively manage and care coordinate an active caseload.
* Excellent communication and problem-solving skills.
* Have a flexible and creative approach, and relish a challenge.
* Able to work autonomously and as part of a team (will be subject to lone working).
* Show evidence of continuous professional development.
* Able to transport self around the locality and undertake indicated statutory and mandatory training.
In return you will have opportunities and commitment from the team and manager towards:
* Developing your skills within the specialist assessments and treatments delivered by the team.
* Gain experience working alongside other teams and gain insight into their operations.
* Share in team success, developments, and job satisfaction.
* Receive statutory/mandatory and specific training pertinent to the specialty.
* Regular individual supervision as well as that from weekly MDT.
* A voice and recognition within the team, and encouraged and supported to make a contribution.
* Appraisal and personal development plan.
About us
We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity, and provides a sense of belonging and trust.
The annual NHS Staff Survey gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey, just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:
* 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
* 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
* 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisation's priority;
* 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative.
Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.
Job responsibilities
Gloucestershire Health and Care is committed to embedding and providing personalised care through all of its services as part of our high-quality care strategy. The purpose of personalised care is to empower people to lead the lives they want to live. Personalised care starts with a conversation with people about what matters to them. It builds on what people can do, as well as addressing their health needs. Including new ways of working and delivering care, emphasising that we need to make effective use of the full range of our people's skills and experience to deliver the best possible patient care.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
Please refer to the Additional Information attachment before submitting your application.
We provide a Multi-professional preceptorship programme that is aligned to the National Preceptorship Framework for Nursing and have been awarded the Interim quality mark from NHS England. Our programme is provided to all Newly Qualified Nurses, Nursing Associates, Internationally Educated Practitioners, Allied Health Professionals, and Return to Practice Practitioners.
Newly qualified Social Workers are offered the Assessed and Supported Year in Employment programme (ASYE) which is similar to a preceptorship programme.
Person Specification
* RMHN
* Ability to work in a calm manner in often distressing and emotional circumstances.
Essential & Desirable criteria
* Experience of working in a mental health setting.
* Ability to travel around the locality as requested, independently and efficiently. (If you have a full driving licence there will be an expectation to drive trust vehicles where required).
* Able to attend and participate in all mandatory and statutory training events.
* Willingness to complete preceptorship programme.
* Up to date clinical knowledge including risk assessment, dual diagnosis and health and social care needs.
* An understanding of national policy in relation to mental health.
* Clinical skills training (awareness of physical health and wellbeing).
* Experience of collaboration working with other agencies including the voluntary sector.
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.
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
£29,970 to £36,483 a year, pro rata.
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