Community Mental Health Nurse

NHS; Bridlington; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Bridlington seeks a passionate Mental Health Nurse to join its Recovery-focused team. In this role, you will provide support to adults experiencing mental health issues, establish therapeutic relationships, and collaborate with service users. Candidates should possess a degree in Mental Health Nursing and a commitment to professional development. The position offers a supportive work environment and a range of employee benefits.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration or student registration if in the final year of training at application.
• Evidence of recent CPD and/or formal qualifications at an advanced level.
• Full understanding of relevant policy and drivers.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and interventions to promote mental health recovery.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with service users.
• Assess risks and manage effective interventions.

Skills

Mental health nursing

Leadership skills

Communication skills

Patient care

Education

Degree/diploma in Mental Health Nursing

Job description

Are you passionate about supporting working aged adults to have good mental health? Are you a recovery focused and creative mental health nurse who wants to work in a supportive and well established multi-disciplinary team? An opportunity has become available to work at the Bridlington and Driffield Mental Health Team.

As an employer Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust are dedicated to being a best practice example of inter-professional working in mental health. As part of this we encourage and provide opportunities for continued professional development, regular supervision and would offer a supportive package to preceptorship nurses to help develop nursing confidence, skills and career.

This post will be based in Bridlington with expectation to work into Driffield if required. .

Main duties of the job

As a key worker / care coordinator you will provide support and interventions to promote mental health recovery.Establishing therapeutic relationships with service users and their family / carers.

• Develop and deliver recovery focused care in collaboration with service users and their family /carers.
• Provide information and psychoeducation surrounding mental health conditions and medication.
• Uphold legal frameworks which underpin service delivery.
• Assess risks, the management of risks and effectiveness of interventions.
• Signposting / referral to external services when required.
• Develop good working relationships with neighbouring teams to enable effective co-working and responsive transfers of care if necessary.
• Act as duty officer on a rota basis
• Support the administration and monitoring of medication.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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Job responsibilities

For further information for this vacancy, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications and knowledge

• Have current NMC registration or student registration if in final year of training at application.
• Degree/diploma in Mental Health Nursing
• Evidence of recent CPD and/or formal qualifications at an advanced level e.g. degree or post graduate level or equivalent knowledge/experiential learning
• Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area.

Experience

• Experience of Adult Community Mental Health Nursing
• Willingness to undertake and complete preceptorship
• Demonstrable experience of mentoring pre-registration students

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to efficiently transport self, client when necessary and any required equipment required for care to multiple patients homes/venues in the course of a day.
• Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity.
• Awareness and demonstration of leadership skills and qualities in a multidisciplinary team

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.

Bridlington and Driffield Community Mental Health Team

Bridlington and Driffield Community Mental Health Team