Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse - Coastal Adult Mental Health

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a full-time Community Mental Health Nurse to support adults in Ipswich. This role involves managing a case load, conducting assessments, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to enhance service delivery. The ideal candidate will have experience in mental health and possess a Nursing degree (or equivalent). A valid UK Driving license is required along with strong communication skills to foster therapeutic relationships with service users.

Benefits

27 days annual leave increasing to 33 days based on length of service

NHS discounts

Comprehensive training programs

Qualifications

• Experience in working with people with mental health needs.
• Ability to travel independently.
• Awareness of equity and diversity issues.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload via face to face and telephone contacts.
• Undertake initial routine assessments on behalf of the service.
• Participate in the duty worker rota.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication skills

Mental health support

Education

Nursing degree or equivalent RN(MH)

Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake training

Job description

Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse - Coastal Adult Mental Health

We currently have a substantive Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse full time (37.5 Hours) post available and are looking for a nurse to join our trust and bring fresh ideas and enthusiasm for developing the service.

Our team work together to support each other as well as giving you the autonomy to work with individuals, develop therapeutic relationships and support individuals to live as rich and meaningful a life as possible. We are a recovery focused, multi-disciplinary team providing an effective, supportive, and professional service for our Service Users and Carers.

We are looking for people to join us in building what the future service looks like. You will be supported to develop 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 our service.

Our aim is to continually improve service delivery, service user / carer experience, and work towards positive outcomes.

You'll be working alongside a multi-disciplinary team. You'll regularly be working with external agencies as part of a service users care, so being able to work well in a team and having excellent communication skills is vital. You can expect a thorough induction and training / preceptorship period, and opportunities for ongoing development.

Main duties of the job

You will enjoy plenty of opportunities for joint working, training, and a sound supervision structure.

You can expect a manageable case load and a supportive management team to ensure you're able to work independently but support is never far away if needed.

The ideal candidate should have experience in working in a mental health environment and ideally experience in working in community teams.

Working in a busy and dynamic Adult Community Mental Health Team means every day will be different. You will be involved in:

• Managing a caseload via face to face and telephone contacts
• Undertaking initial routine assessments on behalf of the service
• Attending outpatient clinic appointments
• 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
• Attending regular MDT meetings and liaising with colleagues from other services (both internally and externally such as Social Care, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team and third sector organisations)
• Medication administration
• Participating in the duty worker rota (Monday to Friday 09:00am to 17:00pm)

**Valid UK Driving licence is required for this post**

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Benefits included with this role are:-

• A comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• 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.

Job 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!

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Nursing degree or equivalent RN(MH)
• Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake training

Experience

• Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs

Other

• Ability to travel independently
• Awareness and understanding of equity and diversity issues
• Flexibility of duty and hours over a 24hr 7 day a week period

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.