Band 6 Intensive Community Rehabilitation Team Nurse

Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health organization in Birmingham is seeking an enthusiastic Senior Staff Nurse to join their community Mental Health Rehabilitation Service. This role focuses on providing intensive support to service users within their homes, working within a multi-disciplinary team to promote rehabilitation and recovery. Ideal candidates will possess a Nursing degree and have a strong understanding of mental health practices, including risk assessment. This position offers the chance to significantly impact the lives of individuals and contribute to developing a new service model.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in mental health.
• Understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Support the transformation agenda and implement a new service.
• Develop policies and establish working practices.
• Assess and evaluate rehabilitation interventions.
• Conduct clinical risk assessments for service users.
• Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team on patient cases.
• Participate in the development of service quality standards.

Skills

Enthusiastic and vibrant attitude

Teamwork and collaboration

Clinical risk assessment

Rehabilitation interventions

Education

Nursing degree

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time enthusiastic, vibrant, Senior Staff Nurse, to work in our community Mental Health Rehabilitation Service. The Intensive Community Rehabilitation Team is intended to offer an alternative for up to 50 service users, who historically may have utilised inpatient rehabilitation and other placements both locally and nationally. The team will have the capacity to offer intensive support for individuals in their existing homes or high‑quality tenancies of their choosing. The approach will embrace partnership working while accessing community resources within a strong MDT approach, with a strong ethos on rehabilitation, recovery and promotion of independence.

Responsibilities

• Work with a comprehensive staff team—including a team manager who is an occupational therapist, psychiatrists, psychologists, occupational therapists, assistants, nurses, recovery workers and peer mentors—to support the transformation agenda and implement an entirely new service.
• Develop policies, establish working practices, embed the nurse role within the new team, and build relationships with other teams within the clinical pathway.
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate rehabilitation interventions including psychological, social, financial, housing, recreational and employment support, and provide physical and mental health interventions for service users who will have a diagnosis of complex psychosis.
• Conduct appropriate clinical risk assessment of service users contacting the “Out of Hours” service, provide effective advice, guidance and decision‑making processes, culminating in the coordination of any reviewed plan of care.
• Admit, case conference/review and discharge in collaboration with members of the multi‑disciplinary team.
• Participate in the development of the service, setting of quality standards, including auditing, monitoring and reviewing in line with current clinical guidance, practice and policy.
• Ensure the postholder understands and meets professional responsibilities under child protection legislation.
• Ensure the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented.

Working for our organization

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 in places by high levels of deprivation, which creates an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure 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. We are committed to treating individuals fairly and ensuring everyone has the same opportunities to fulfil their potential, even if this means doing things differently for different people. We work 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.