Senior Community Mental Health Nurse (Fixed Term) inStowmarket inStowmarket PUBLISHED
WED 6 NOV 2024
Key responsibilities include face-to-face visits, care planning, and participation in MDT meetings, along with administration of medications for qualified individuals. The position offers competitive benefits, including an NHS pension, extensive training programs, and generous annual leave. To be considered, candidates must possess relevant qualifications, demonstrate effective risk management, and exhibit strong communication and assessment skills.
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 focussed, 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 .
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:
Undertaking urgent / routine initial assessments on behalf of the team.
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).
Supporting and managing a caseload undertaking face to face visits in the community setting including home visits.
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.
Working alongside Lead Care Professionals and supporting those currently under the Care Programme Approach.
Participating in the duty worker rota (Monday to Friday 09:00am to 17:00pm).
Medication administration (if qualified to do so) with opportunities to enrol in local university training programmes in medication management.
About us
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.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- Good to great management course, or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- Experience in delivering group-based interventions
- Experience in supporting service development
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- 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)
Desirable criteria
- Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks
- Knowledge of health promotion
Other
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel independently
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication skills
- Competent assessment skills
- Care planning skills
- Able to effectively prioritise own workload
- Risk assessment knowledge and skills
- Basic computer skills including use of email/internet
Desirable criteria
- Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice
- Medicine Management
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