R1 Community Mental Health Nurse (AJM) inEdinburgh inEdinburgh PUBLISHED SUN 5 JAN 2025

Band 6 Mental Health Nurse – Full-Time (Permanent)
MENTAL HEALTH MULTI-DISCIPLINARY NHS SOCIAL WORK

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Opportunity to work in a supportive, multi-disciplinary team that includes various professionals and peer practitioners, fostering collaboration.

Engagement with a diverse patient population and the chance to make a significant impact on individuals struggling with mental health issues and social isolation.

Commitment to continuing professional development, offering numerous training and learning opportunities to enhance nursing skills and career growth.

Use of evidence-based practices and innovative approaches like the Thrive model, allowing for effective interventions tailored to individual needs.

Focus on promoting self-agency and empowerment in patients, helping them develop skills for managing their own mental health and wellbeing.

Increased work-life balance with the upcoming reduction in the full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours, with no impact on salary.

Inclusive work environment that values diversity and supports employees with reasonable adjustments for disabled or neurodivergent candidates.

NHS Scotland is seeking enthusiastic, registered Mental Health Nurses for a full-time, permanent position within the Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership's South West Thrive Welcome Team. This role involves working collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to provide accessible, short-term mental health interventions to adults aged 18-64 facing various challenges, such as acute distress, anxiety, and self-harm. The position emphasises a person-centered approach, utilizing professional skills for risk assessment, psycho-education, and proactive intervention strategies that promote self-agency among clients.

Candidates should be solution-focused and committed to contributing to a diverse team environment. The organisation offers ongoing professional development, supervision, and training opportunities, with a strong commitment to equality and diversity in the workforce. Applicants must have PVG Scheme membership, and the position will transition to a reduced full-time working week starting April 2024, with a commitment to supporting disabled and neurodivergent candidates throughout the recruitment process.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership

South West Thrive Welcome Team

Band 6 Mental Health Nurse – Full-Time (Permanent)

Requests for Part-time hours will be considered

We are looking to welcome enthusiastic registered Mental Health Nurses with a keen interest in community mental health to work in our Thrive Welcome Team.

There is a multi-disciplinary and interagency approach. Our senior support workers and peer recovery practitioners are employed by third sector organisations whilst our mental health nurses, social workers, and occupational therapists come from statutory services.

The teams have been co-designed to deliver accessible, short-term, mental health interventions and work with adults aged 18-64. People engage with the teams for a variety of reasons such as acute mental health distress and self-harm, anxiety, depression and difficulties managing neurodevelopmental conditions. Challenges may include employment status, housing, reduced community connectedness or social isolation. Individuals are assisted to build their own self-agency and are linked, where suitable, to services in the wider community. The team use the Thrive model and utilise approaches that are asset based. We are solution focussed, use motivational interviewing and deliver our service in a trauma aware and trauma skilled way.

The nursing role has a particular focus on utilising professional skills to support risk assessment and management as well as liaising with the wider mental health services where appropriate. Nurses will utilise evidence-based psycho-education information and deliver skills courses. Person-centred assessment, proactive interventions including self-management strategies are used to enable people to manage their mental health and wellbeing.

Not sure if it is a good job fit for you?

You would be suited to this job… if you can work smartly with people to help them establish goals and identify how Nursing, the wider team, local community and commissioned services can assist.

You would love this job…if you’re committed to work as part of a diverse team assisting and developing general service delivery whilst retaining your professional identity and unique contribution.

You would excel in this post…if you are positive, practical, hopeful and solution-focused in your approach, keen to work alongside people with a belief in their self-agency.

The service is committed to continuing professional development, supervision and student education. There is a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as regular city-wide learning and reflection between the four Thrive Welcome Teams. If you would like to learn more, please contact: Katrina Campbell –South West Thrive Welcome Team Coordinator, email: Mob: or email Mob:

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

NHS Scotland is reducing their full time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37 hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the Recruiting Board.

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Useful skills for a R1 Community Mental Health Nurse (AJM): Click to view

To work as an R1 Community Mental Health Nurse (AJM) in the UK, you will typically need a combination of formal qualifications, clinical skills, and personal attributes. Here are some key skills and requirements:

Qualifications:

1. Nursing Degree: A registered nursing qualification, typically a Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (Mental Health).

2. NMC Registration: Registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) in the UK.

Clinical Skills:

1. Mental Health Assessment: Ability to conduct comprehensive mental health assessments to understand patients' needs.

2. Care Planning: Skills in developing and implementing care plans tailored to individual patient needs.

3. Crisis Intervention: Experience in managing crises and providing immediate support to individuals in distress.

4. Therapeutic Communication: Proficiency in using effective communication techniques, including active listening and empathy.

5. Risk Assessment: Ability to identify risks to patients and manage these appropriately.

6. Psychopharmacology Knowledge: Understanding of psychiatric medications and their effects on patients.

7. Multi-disciplinary Team Collaboration: Skills in working cooperatively with other healthcare professionals, such as psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers.

Personal Attributes:

1. Empathy and Compassion: The ability to understand and share the feelings of others, ensuring patient-centered care.

2. Resilience: Capability to handle the emotional demands of working in mental health services.

3. Problem-solving Skills: Strong analytical skills to assess situations and make informed decisions.

4. Confidentiality: Commitment to maintaining confidentiality and handling sensitive information ethically.

5. Adaptability: Flexibility to adapt to changing situations and patient needs.

Additional Skills:

1. Cultural Competence: Awareness and understanding of diverse cultural backgrounds and how they impact mental health.

2. Time Management: Ability to prioritize tasks effectively and manage caseloads efficiently.

3. IT Skills: Proficiency in using electronic health records and other software used in health settings.

4. Supervision and Leadership: Skills to mentor and support junior staff and participate in clinical supervision as required.

Continuing Professional Development:

1. Ongoing Training: Commitment to lifelong learning and professional development through courses, workshops, and training specific to mental health nursing.