Community Mental Health Nurse - Incentives Apply inUckfield inUckfield PUBLISHED 11 DEC 2023
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The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner who will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload of service users by undertaking the following duties:
1. To undertake assessments of individuals and their families in the designated care group with complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk. To develop alongside the service user their care plan.
2. To offer specialist nursing assessment and advice where required.
3. To assess and manage on going risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the service user and carers. To regularly review risk factors and make changes to the management of them as necessary.
4. To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust nursing strategy.
5. To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
6. To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate.
7. To act within the NMC code of conduct at all times.
Millwood Assessment and Treatment Service in Uckfield is part of a lively multi-disciplinary service for adults with severe mental illness. Uckfield is a rural town and the service sits within the beautiful landscape of Ashdown Forest and the South Downs National Park. It has excellent rail links to London and is only a short drive from the cosmopolitan city of Brighton.
This is an exciting time for community mental health services as we transform to a new, integrated, neighbourhood model with our primary care and voluntary sector partners. We are looking for innovative nurses how can embrace the new model and put it into practice.
This post offers the Trust's £4,000 Incentive for band 5-7 Nurses & Practitioners, as well as a relocation package up to a maximum of £8,000 (subject to terms and conditions).
As a Community Mental Health Nurse in our service you will be focussed on improving outcomes for service users, working creatively with them and their carers to create meaningful care and safety plans that will help them achieve their goals and live as independently as possible. The key to success in this role is often about building effective partnerships with GPs, Crisis services, housing and other third sector providers, and bringing in more specialist services, such as our Early intervention in Psychosis or Eating disorders service.
We strive to be an inclusive, trauma informed service. We work hard to overcome any barriers to engagement and to ensure that everyone who needs our treatment can access and benefit from it.
The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner who will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload of service users by undertaking the following duties:
1. To undertake assessments of individuals and their families in the designated care group with complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk. To develop alongside the service user their care plan.
2. To offer specialist nursing assessment and advice where required.
3. To assess and manage on going risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the service user and carers. To regularly review risk factors and make changes to the management of them as necessary.
4. To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust nursing strategy.
5. To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
6. To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate.
7. To act within the NMC code of conduct at all times.
Millwood Assessment and Treatment Service in Uckfield is part of a lively multi-disciplinary service for adults with severe mental illness. Uckfield is a rural town and the service sits within the beautiful landscape of Ashdown Forest and the South Downs National Park. It has excellent rail links to London and is only a short drive from the cosmopolitan city of Brighton.
This is an exciting time for community mental health services as we transform to a new, integrated, neighbourhood model with our primary care and voluntary sector partners. We are looking for innovative nurses how can embrace the new model and put it into practice.
This post offers the Trust's £4,000 Incentive for band 5-7 Nurses & Practitioners, as well as a relocation package up to a maximum of £8,000 (subject to terms and conditions).
As a Community Mental Health Nurse in our service you will be focussed on improving outcomes for service users, working creatively with them and their carers to create meaningful care and safety plans that will help them achieve their goals and live as independently as possible. The key to success in this role is often about building effective partnerships with GPs, Crisis services, housing and other third sector providers, and bringing in more specialist services, such as our Early intervention in Psychosis or Eating disorders service.
We strive to be an inclusive, trauma informed service. We work hard to overcome any barriers to engagement and to ensure that everyone who needs our treatment can access and benefit from it.
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