Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse - Assertive Outreach Service

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a dedicated Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse to join a dynamic Assertive Outreach Team. This role focuses on providing exceptional care to adults with complex mental health needs, utilizing a person-centered approach. You will engage with service users, manage a caseload, and work collaboratively within a supportive multidisciplinary environment. The position offers flexible working arrangements and the chance to make a significant impact in the community. If you have a passion for mental health and want to contribute to meaningful recovery journeys, this is the perfect role for you.

Benefits

Training opportunities

Supportive team ethos

Flexible working arrangements

Relocation expenses reimbursement

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with degree-level qualification required.
• Experience in community mental health settings is essential.

Responsibilities

• Act as Key worker managing a caseload and engaging with service users.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Effective communication

Empathy

Clinical skills

Understanding of the Mental Health Act

Critical self-reflection

Education

Degree or Diploma in Mental Health Nursing

Tools

Dialog plus care planning tool

Job description

Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse - Assertive Outreach Service

Band 6

Main area: Band 6 CPN for East Assertive Outreach Team
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Weekends and Bank Holidays on rotational basis)
Job ref: 436-6912735

Site: Small Heath Health Centre
Town: Birmingham
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 18/02/2025 23:59

Please note that this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 CPN looking for a new challenge to work within East Assertive Outreach Team. The Assertive Outreach Service is a multidisciplinary team that adopts a person-centred approach, focusing on individual recovery. We work with adults with complex, severe, and enduring mental health needs in the community. We support people who have historically avoided contact with mental health services using a flexible and creative approach to engagement.

This position is suitable for a Registered Mental Health Nurse with a qualification at degree level or equivalent and registration with a relevant professional body (i.e., NMC) with several years of community experience working with service users with complex long-term needs.

The Assertive Outreach service operates over 7 days per week, 365 days per year. Our shift patterns consist of day shifts (9:00am - 5:00pm), late shifts (12:00pm - 8:00pm), and weekends (9:00am - 5:00pm). However, we can offer flexible working arrangements during these hours.

In return, we can offer a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary environment in which to develop through training opportunities, regular individual and group supervision, and a supportive team ethos.

The ability and willingness to travel across the Birmingham & Solihull area for work purposes is required for this role.

Main duties of the job

• You will act as Key worker to a prescribed caseload, effectively managing your workload utilizing Dialog plus care planning tool in recovery-focused interventions, medical reviews, engaging and developing a therapeutic relationship with the caseload.
• You will be expected to work as an independent practitioner but also collaboratively as part of the Team. You should demonstrate the ability to work with challenging and complex issues and be able to joint work with other professionals as required to support and assist the service user & families with ongoing difficulties.
• You will need to demonstrate a range of skills including effective communication, empathy, self-awareness, clinical skills, understanding of the Mental Health Act, compassion, and critical self-reflection.
• To attend daily handovers and maintain high levels of communication within the team and contribute to the risk management processes within the service.
• The applicant should possess a thorough understanding of the role of a CPN and the role of key worker and be able to clearly articulate this in practice, demonstrating high levels of skill in assessment, intervention, and planning within a client-centred recovery approach.

Working for our organisation

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing, and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to ensure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive, and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.

We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible; this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Mental health nursing

Experience

• Experience in adult mental health settings
• Supervision of junior staff and/or being a placement educator
• Demonstrates experience of MDT working and with external agencies / health care providers
• Community experience
• Demonstrates leadership skills

Knowledge

• Knowledge / experience of the recovery approach in mental health
• Knowledge / experience of clinical audit

Our Trust is committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring they have the same opportunities to fulfil their potential, even if this means doing things differently for different people sometimes. We are working hard to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity within Birmingham and Solihull and that our services meet the needs of all diverse service users and carers.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. As part of our safe recruitment practice, pre-employment checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed. As part of the selection process, you may be required to undergo a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check; however, all cases of criminal record history are dealt with on a case-by-case basis.

Please note, if applicable for your role you will be required to cover the cost of your DBS certificate. This will be deducted from your salary over 3 months. You will also be required to sign up to the DBS Update Service before commencement with the Trust.

All successful applicants will be required to complete the Trust’s induction programme. The Fundamental (Statutory and Mandatory) training will be in an e-learning format. You will be required to complete training modules online (approx. 9-14 hours depending on post) by the end of your first week with us.

If you are successful at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process, we may contact you via email to advise you of the interview details. Please ensure you access your email account from which you applied regularly once the position has closed.

If applicable to your role, the Trust will require you to sign up for the DBS Update Service. The Trust will reimburse this. You will be contractually obliged to maintain your subscription.

Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the United Kingdom (UK) are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Please note that from January 2021, to work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply can self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship.

Relocation expenses may be reimbursed subject to eligibility. The policy provides for reimbursement up to £8,000.

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.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.