Community Mental Health Nurse

NHS National Services Scotland; Blairgowrie and Rattray; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

NHS Scotland is looking for a qualified nurse to join their Community Mental Health Team in Blairgowrie. This part-time role focuses on providing comprehensive care to individuals facing mental health challenges and includes a supervisory aspect. The ideal candidate will demonstrate effective communication, clinical expertise, and a commitment to improvement in mental health services.

Qualifications

• Experience with a range of mental health needs.
• Ability to provide psychosocial and psychological interventions.
• Experience in supervisory roles within nursing teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic person-centred care for mental health patients.
• Support and supervise junior staff in the nursing team.
• Collaborate within a multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Holistic care delivery

Leadership

Education

Registered Nurse qualification (Sub-part 1: RN3 or RNMH)

Degree level education or equivalent experience

Job description

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Fixed term/secondment until June 2026/Part time

Applications are invited for an innovative individual who wishes to join our multidisciplinary Community Mental Health Team based within Blairgowrie Community Hospital.

As the successful applicant, you will have experience of working with people with a wide range of mental health needs, have specialist clinical knowledge of best practice in Mental Health Nursing and will be an excellent example to your colleagues in the delivery of holistic person centred care.

There will be a requirement to provide a supervisory role to junior members of staff within the nursing team, and to fulfil the Perth & Kinross Duty Worker role. Working as part of a collaborative multidisciplinary team you will demonstrate effective communication and interpersonal skills as a core component of your role.

The individual we are looking to recruit will be educated to Degree level or will be able to evidence comparable experience. Clinically, you will work in partnership with people to provide psychosocial and psychological interventions, facilitating, enabling and supporting them within their communities. This will support the team to ensure the delivery of safe, effective, person-centred service for people with severe and/or enduring mental health problems.

If you have these skills, display strengths based and social inclusive approaches to working, can lead and manage change and are committed to improving the lives of people with mental health problems then we would like to hear from you.

Internal - Written approval must be sought from your line manager prior to applying for this secondment. You will be required to bring this if shortlisted for interview.

You must be registered on Sub-part 1: RN3 or RNMH of the UK NMC Register

Informal enquiries to: Fiona Dyson, Team Leader [e-mail] or Paul Heron Charge Nurse [e-mail] or by telephone [phone]

Hours of work are: 20.5 hours per week

Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email. Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.

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