Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require.
Job overview
The Adult Community Mental Health Team based at Gateway House, Wymondham are excited to welcome applications from Registered Nurses, Social Workers and Occupational Therapists with experience or a keen interest in working with individuals with complex mental health conditions.
The role will provide clinical leadership to a team of senior mental health nurses, with a focus on triage and assessments. There are endless opportunities available to progress your career, and we are keen to welcome new faces to join our team on a permanent basis. We understand that to attract the best people, we need to develop career pathways and support staff to reach their full potential. There will be opportunity for further development and CPD.
Does this sound like something you could be interested in? Let’s talk about what opportunities are available to match your skills and experience!
Main duties of the job
Working in a busy and dynamic Adult Community Mental Health Team means every day will be different. An outline of the role is as follows:
* Overseeing daily triage meetings across both services and completing triage contacts for complex cases.
* Being able to work flexibly according to the needs of the service.
* Providing clinical leadership and clinical supervision to practitioners completing triage and assessment contacts.
* Undertaking initial urgent/routine assessments on behalf of the service.
* Chairing and leading multi-disciplinary team meetings with our Consultant Psychiatrists, Nurse Consultants, Clinical Team Managers, Senior Practitioners, Assistant Practitioners and Allied Health Professionals including Consultant Clinical Psychologists, Clinical Associate Psychologists and Assistant Psychologists.
* Attending outpatient clinic appointments.
* Undertaking face to face visits in the community setting including home visits.
* Working in collaboration with internal/external stakeholders and attending multi-agency meetings where appropriate.
Working for our organisation
This post offers the opportunity to be based in South Norfolk, offering the opportunity to work in a setting that works best for you, in truly special place of unspoilt charm and natural beauty.
Our Trust values of Positively, Respectfully and Together sum up perfectly what this role encompasses. If you have the right values to join our organisation, you will be supported with a programme of training and development, working alongside a strong local leadership team who are passionate about driving forward improvements in service for our service users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will need to be enthusiastic and conscientious and do everything you can to provide the best care to our service users. We are looking for someone who displays compassion, empathy, and sensitivity in your approach to people who may be distressed or be presenting with a complex or challenging condition. You will be passionate about ensuring service users receive excellent quality assessments whilst under the CMHT.
The role will require confidence in providing clinical leadership and direction to practitioners within the team working with service users at the triage and assessment stage of their journey with mental health services. For service users presenting with complex conditions, you will complete initial assessments and triage contacts to determine the appropriate needs for the individual.
You will be able to work with external stakeholders as well as members of the multidisciplinary team, to ensure service users do not experience delays in accessing their treatment.
If you would like to discuss this role further or feel that you have the skills and experience required to work in a Community Mental Health Team please get in touch with our Operational Service Manager, Tel 01953 611003/611007.
Person specification
Knowledge
* Medication and the monitoring of its effects.
* Build on / develop further specialist knowledge of health promotion.
Experience
* Service issues for adults of working age and older people.
* Act as a case manager with/to people with the most complex needs Service development and change management.
* Providing leadership in a mental health care environment.
* Working in a community mental health team.
Qualifications
* Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip SW or Dip OT or equivalent.
* Ongoing professional development working towards degree level.
* Higher degree or post-graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)
FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.
Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.
The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.
This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £13 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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