We are recruiting a Mental Health Nurse to join our Community Team in King's Lynn.
We want to recruit practitioners who can join our trust and bring with them fresh ideas and fresh ambition.
Our Trust values of Safer, Kinder and Better sum up perfectly what this role encompasses.
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 have a challenging manner.
In return, we offer a supportive multi-disciplinary team environment where you will be encouraged to develop your own knowledge of psychosocial interventions and positive health promotion, with first-hand experience of engaging service users.
Main duties of the job
Our primary focus is on collaborative working placing great emphasis on the assessment/recovery model. Many aspects relating to service user recovery are reflected within the assessment tools the patients and staff use and the philosophy that underpins patient-centered care.
Main duties of this role include:
1. Holding a caseload of service users under the Long Term Treatment team
2. Offering holistic support and monitoring for service users and carers
3. Administration of depot medication
4. Attending weekly team meetings, regular reflective practice sessions and case formulations
5. Supporting the Team with their Duty and other functioning.
About us
Here at NSFT, we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other and are looking forward to welcoming you!
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing 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.
Benefits
Benefits included with this role are:
* NHS pension
* A comprehensive in-house & external training programmes
* Career progression
* Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
* Staff physio service
* NHS discounts and many more
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
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Person Specification
Experience
Essential
* CPA implementation
Desirable
* Experience in appropriate area
Qualifications
Essential
* Valid registration with NMC
* Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake mentorship training.
Other
Essential
* Ability to travel independently
Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address
Chatterton House
King's Lynn
PE30 5PD
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