Employer: North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Greenfields Centre
Town: Stoke on Trent
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/01/2025 23:59
Community Mental Health Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
The Greenfield Centre is looking to recruit a full-time Mental Health Nurse. The post holder is responsible for the delivery of care and for the supervision of others who are carrying out all aspects of the caring process. The post-holder will assist in setting and maintaining standards of care, participate in maintaining effective management of the team, and maintain effective integration with the multi-disciplinary team while assisting with the facilitation of a collaborative approach to patient-focused care.
Main duties of the job
1. To work within the care team, triaging referrals, undertaking holistic initial assessments, and supporting with duty professional cover.
2. To act as a Change Agent and actively seek to develop practice.
3. To develop relationships and strengthen links and liaise between the different care providers.
Working for our organisation
As a Trust, we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high-quality care. We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.
We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to become the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045. As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognize that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities, and the planet alike.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. To participate in the triage of new referrals.
2. To ensure that appropriate interventions are planned and delivered according to assessed need.
3. To promote a positive service user relationship and to engage with carers/relatives as appropriate.
4. To have responsibility for documenting the plans of care and ensuring that plans remain current and that standards for record-keeping are adhered to.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Evidence of professional updating and development in the delivery of services to people with mental illness.
* Professional registration - Nursing.
Experience
* Experience of working therapeutically in community settings.
* Experience of working with a range of statutory and non-statutory agencies.
Knowledge
* Awareness of harassment, social exclusion issues, and the effects of personal and institutional discrimination.
* Skills in assessing, planning, and evaluating mental health care/treatment interventions.
North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust is an equal opportunities employer and values diversity. We offer a variety of flexible working opportunities for both full and part-time staff. Job Share applicants will be fully considered, and applications are particularly welcomed from current and previous service users.
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Important notes
* In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated above in order to prevent the number of applications received from being unmanageable. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.
* Priority will be given to NHS staff across the region who are at risk of redundancy, where the vacancy is at the same band or one below their current band, and candidates meet the essential criteria for this post.
* All employees new to the Trust will be subject to a 6-month probationary period.
* All clinical staff bands 2-4 that are new to the Trust will be required to complete a Care Certificate.
* Canvassing of members of the Trust or of any Committee of the Trust directly or indirectly for any appointment under the Trust shall disqualify the candidate for such appointment. The Trust does not pay travel expenses for candidates attending interviews.
* ALL POSTS INVOLVING ACCESS TO PERSONS IN RECEIPT OF HEALTH SERVICES WILL BE SUBJECT TO A DISCLOSURE & BARRING SERVICE DISCLOSURE.
* Please provide full contact details for all referees, especially their email addresses where possible. Failure to do so may result in significant delays in your application. There may also be a requirement to provide additional referee details.
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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