Are you a reliable, committed, dynamic, and a motivated professional with excellent communication, organisational skills, and ability to prioritise work?
Bournemouth East Community Mental Health team have an opportunity for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse/Practitioner or newly qualified staff at Band 5 with a view to gaining training, experience, and support over a set period and with the opportunity to move into a band 6 post on successful completion.
You will primarily care coordinate and be responsible for overseeing the recovery and care of a defined caseloads of patients under the guidance of the Team Leader and Responsible Clinician. You will work within a supportive established integrated multi-disciplinary team where we have strong values about working in a patient centred manner, where their recovery and wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do.
You should have recent experience of working in a mental health environment and be able to apply the philosophies of engagement and recovery in your work with patients and their families.
This role is full time based at Kings Park Hospital, Boscombe. You will need to have the ability to travel by car, with business insurance, as you will be required to assess and monitor patients in their own homes and within other community or inpatient settings.
Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position at this time.
You will provide a comprehensive accessible and responsive mental health service to Adults and their families within a defined locality.
To support the team and the Service Manager in implementation of the Dorset Healthcare Mental Health Strategy.
To continually develop clinical, team and service evaluation and delivery of service.
To contribute to effective multi-disciplinary working within the community mental health service and to build up effective liaison with community, primary, and other secondary and tertiary services/agencies within the locality to provide holistic care based on the individual’s need and service development.
You can expect close working peer support and regular supervision to enable you to feel safe in your practice whilst further developing your skills.
We encourage you to contact us to arrange an informal visit, come and meet the team and ask us any questions about the role. Please contact Agata Bienkowska, Team Leader atagata.bienkowska1@nhs.netor on 01202 705557
At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.
We do things differently here – it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.
Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.
Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.
For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification. When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.
As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare is working in partnership with The Prince’s Trust to support people getting into work, as part of this partnership, we are offering an employability service to support individuals between 16-30 years old with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support please do contact dhc.wideningparticipation@nhs.net
This advert closes on Thursday 14 Nov 2024