Senior Community Mental Health Nurse (Fixed Term)
We currently have a fixed term Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse post within Central Adult CMHT open to applications from Registered Mental Health Nurses. The team is based in Stowmarket and covers a large geographical rural area. We are a recovery focused, multi-disciplinary team providing an effective, supportive, and professional service for our Services users and Carers.
You will be a qualified professional with experience of supporting people and their families, preferably in the community. You will demonstrate a strong understanding of your role as a Care Coordinator / Assessor and join our dedicated multidisciplinary team working closely with a range of partners to provide appropriate community interventions for those individuals referred to the team.
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.
Every individual makes a valuable contribution in the team. We are proud of our staff, and we are looking for people to join us in developing what the service of Central Adult CMHT looks like.
You will enjoy plenty of opportunities for joint working, training, and a sound supervision structure.
If you would like an informal discussion regarding this post, please contact Alex Jones (NMP) on 01449 745200.
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidate will have an interest in working within a busy and dynamic Community Mental Health Service. The typical job roles and responsibilities will include:
1. Undertaking urgent / routine initial assessments on behalf of the team.
2. Attending regular MDT meetings and liaising with colleagues from other services (both internally and externally such as CRHTT, Adult Social Care and third sector organisations).
3. Supporting and managing a caseload undertaking face to face visits in the community setting including home visits.
4. Working with service users and their families / carers to care plan holistic goal setting and engage in treatment planning and working in collaboration with internal / external stakeholders.
5. Working alongside Lead Care Professionals and supporting those currently under the Care Programme Approach.
6. Participating in the duty worker rota (Monday to Friday 09:00am to 17:00pm).
7. Medication administration (if qualified to do so) with opportunities to enrol in local university training programmes in medication management.
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.
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:
* 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)
* 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
Qualifications
* Nursing degree or equivalent
* Mentorship qualification or ENB 998. Willingness to train to become Sign-off Mentor
* Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice
* Good to great management course, or equivalent
Experience
* Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
* Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
* Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions
* Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages
* Experience in delivering group-based interventions
* Experience in supporting service development
Knowledge
* Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects
* Knowledge of psychosocial interventions
* An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g., National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines (Government initiative)
* Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks
* Knowledge of health promotion
Skills
* Care planning skills
* Able to effectively prioritise own workload
* Risk assessment knowledge and skills
* Basic computer skills including use of email/internet
* Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice
Other
* Ability to travel independently
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£37,338 to £44,962 a year gross per annum
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