Assessment Team Nurse / Mental Health Nurse

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust; Great Yarmouth; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Great Yarmouth seeks a Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse to provide essential clinical interventions in a community-based setting. This role involves delivering holistic assessments and contributing to multi-disciplinary team meetings. Ideal candidates should possess a qualification in Mental Health Nursing and have strong communication skills. Benefits include comprehensive training and career progression opportunities within a supportive environment.

Benefits

Comprehensive in-house & external training programmes

Career progression

Starting annual leave of 27 days increasing to 33 days

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Experience supervising others including preceptorship programme.
• Knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience.
• Experience in supporting service development initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Deliver clinical interventions and holistic mental health assessments.
• Communicate mental health care decisions and referrals.
• Maintain accurate records of patient support and assessments.

Skills

Excellent communication and engagement skills

Able to effectively prioritise own workload

Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice

Education

Qualification in Mental Health Nursing

Ongoing professional development towards degree level

Recognised Leadership/Management training

Job description

Assessment Team Nurse / Mental Health Nurse

Community Registered Mental Health Nurse.

Are you an experienced nurse looking to join a forward-thinking team? Do you want to support the local community in transformation by being part of the development of a service?

Our Great Yarmouth and Waveney Access and Assessment Team (AAT) are seeking a Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse to join their collaborative team.

AAT is the front door to all our adult mental health services in Great Yarmouth and Waveney. The team provides a community-based service to Great Yarmouth and Waveney market towns for adults over the age of 25. We screen, triage, and assess all referrals into secondary care via a blend of face to face, online and telephone appointments.

It is an exciting time to join as we’re embarking on a new venture with our partners; working towards a truly integrated service model and being led by motivating and supportive leadership.

We’re based at Oaktree, Northgate Hospital Great Yarmouth and work across the Waveney patch, you’ll have a varied workload and will be supported by the wider MDT.

We are looking for professionals who are caring, supportive and reflective in their practice. If this sounds like you – we’d love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job:

The role of the Assessment Nurse is to provide clinical interventions to our patients.

If appointed, you will:

• Deliver clinical interventions / holistic mental health assessments.
• Co‑produce safety plans.
• Offer support, supervision and informal training to your colleagues.
• Contribute to multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings.
• Undertake other clinical tasks within the team.

The ideal candidate will have some experience of working in the community supporting working age adults with mental health difficulties. You will need to have a sound understanding of the Care Programme Approach and be able to demonstrate your abilities in risk management. You will be part of the triage and assessment process managing referrals from our GP surgeries and other local services.

We enjoy excellent close working relationships with all statutory and non‑statutory partners in developing recovery‑based care plans. You can expect to have plenty of opportunities for joint working, career development and training with a clear appraisal structure.

(The above list is not exhaustive, merely a starting point to show you what we do)

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 nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?

The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job responsibilities

Detailed job description and main 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!

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.

You are expected to have access to a car and be willing to drive distances as we cover both Norfolk and Suffolk.

Your role will be to:

• Undertake the assessment, planning and delivery of direct patient care with minimal supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi‑disciplinary and multi‑agency environment.
• Communicate decisions about mental health care services, referrals and future support arrangements to people with a mental health care need.
• Be responsible for accurate recording of all patients support, including assessments, reviews, day to day contact and discharges.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Qualification in Mental Health Nursing,
• Ongoing professional development working towards degree level (if professional registration is following a diploma level course)
• Recognised Leadership/Management training
• Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
• Experience supervising others/students including preceptorship programme, student placements etc
• Experience in supporting service development and quality improvement initiatives

Skills

• Excellent communication and engagement skills
• Able to effectively prioritise own workload
• Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice

Other

• Ability and willingness to travel independently to meet the needs and requirements of the service
• Have access to a car

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.

Contract

Permanent

Job locations

Norfolk and Suffolk Localities (Please read advert)

Pay

£38,682 to £46,580 a year gross per annum

Reference number

246-GYW7469001