6 month Maternity Leave Cover Post - SECONDMENT OPPORTUNITY
We are looking for a Mental Health Clinician, with extensive adult community mental health knowledge, who has completed their Non-Medical Prescribing Course, or is currently undertaking the course.
Bury South Adult Community team specialize in the working age adults group, based in the Bury St Edmunds Area of Suffolk. We focus on Recovery based interventions and strive to work in partnership with those we care for, their families and their networks.
Are you an experienced clinician who is highly motivated with a range of transferrable skills and is enthusiastic about working with adults experiencing mental health difficulties? We want to hear from you! In exchange you will be well supported within a friendly and well-established team, with continuing opportunities for you and your ongoing professional development.
We are looking for people to join us to continue to build a successful service of Bury South IDT. We aim to continuously improve the service delivery and outcomes as a part of NSFT.
Main duties of the job
* Practice as a non-medical prescriber (independent/supplementary prescribing) in accordance with the Trust's non-medical prescribing policy and protocols.
* Prescribe as an independent/supplementary prescriber within one's scope of competency and in accordance with Trust and national policies.
* Following national training and a period of actively prescribing as a supplementary prescriber, to work as an independent non-medical prescriber within the designated areas of clinical practice.
* Be responsible and accountable for the assessment of the patient with diagnosed and undiagnosed conditions and for decisions about the clinical management required including prescribing.
* Be accountable for accurate mental health clustering of all patients on caseload.
* Ensure all mental health clustering information is passed onto other Trust teams or services on transfer of patients.
* Responsible for maintaining the accuracy and quality of mental health clustering activity within the team.
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
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 professional 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.
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!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
* 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
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Person Specification
Skills
Essential
* Management of patients with long-term conditions
Desirable
* Management of staff and teams
Qualifications
Essential
* Registered first level nurse
* Nurse Prescribing Qualification
Experience
Essential
* Post registration experience
* Implementing protocols and clinical guidelines
Desirable
* Teaching and mentorship
* Experience in a clinical setting
Other
Essential
* Able to travel independently
Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address
G Block
Bury St Edmunds
IP33 3NR
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