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Do you want to work in a friendly, professional and patient-focused Community Mental Health Team where your skills, knowledge and experience would be valued?
We are after a band 5 mental health nurse to join our team. The successful applicant would work predominantly within the wellbeing clinic administering and monitoring the effectiveness of medications to patients with complex mental health conditions . You would be working as an autonomous practitioner managing an individual caseload of patients within a clinic and community setting.
The position is full time at 37.5hrs per week and is based at Jocelyn Solly Resource Centre. The service operates 9am-5pm, Monday to Friday. You would be joining a well-established, experienced and supportive multi-disciplinary team that is always looking to evolve and adapt to changing practices in mental health care. The position includes actively engaging in service development as well as focusing on personal growth.
We would welcome anyone interested in applying to contact us to explore if this could be the role for you. Please feel free to informally contact Jen Green (Clinical Lead) or Jonathan Parker (Team Operations Manager) on or should you wish to discuss this exciting opportunity further.
The post holder will work autonomously, within a multi-disciplinary framework, to administer and monitor specialist medications as part of the wellbeing clinic.
As well as administering and monitoring medications, the successful applicant will also contribute to the effective running of the clinic. ordering medications, checking stock, physical health checks and maintaining the clinic machinery.
Excellent communication, clinic note writing, and assessment skills are essential for this post. Applicants should have sound working knowledge of mental health disorders and the Mental Health Act.
We are a friendly and supportive team upholding the core values of CWP. We offer a thorough induction period, which includes shadowing established team members. Supervision and training are mandatory with wider training / personal development readily available.
Access to transport for work purposes is essential.
Please see job description for more details.
Please download a copy of the job description (see documents to download section below) for full details of the main responsibilities for this role.
At CWP, our recruitment selection processes are based on both competence (see person specification for details) and values.
CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trusts Values in their everyday life and we use a values-based approach in our interviews, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and think about how these align with your own personal values. The supporting information section in your application should reflect your understanding of the Trusts Values and associated behaviours and you should provide examples from your work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviours.
An applicant guide to help and support you through your recruitment journey can be accessed at the bottom of this page. Further help and support for completing your application can be accessed via our website. If you need any further guidance to help you complete your application, contact our recruitment team via email at: or by calling .
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The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
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Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
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