Community Mental Health Nurse

Rotherham Doncaster & South Humber Foundation Trust; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Doncaster Central Locality Adult Mental Health Team is seeking a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse to join the team. The role involves working within the Central Locality Team to manage a defined caseload and provide assessment and therapeutic interventions in the community.

You will be part of a multidisciplinary team, delivering evidence-based care, collaborating with patients and their carers to promote rehabilitation and recovery and improve quality of life in the community.

Qualifications

• Competent and motivated practitioner with appropriate demonstrable experience in community mental health.

Responsibilities

• Lead and contribute to provision of a comprehensive range of community services as a key worker for a defined caseload.
• Deliver assessment and therapeutic intervention in the community as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Collaborate with patients and their carers to facilitate rehabilitation and recovery and improve mental health functioning.

Skills

Teamwork

Flexible approach

Assessment skills

Job description

Doncaster Adult Mental Health Services

Community Mental Health Nurse – Band 6 post

Location: Doncaster Central Locality Adult Mental Health Team.

Salary: AFC Band 6

Hours: 37.5 hours

The Adult Community Mental Health Teams within Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Band 6, community mental health nurse to join the Central AMH Locality Team.

The Central Locality Team provide support to individuals with complex and enduring mental health issues. The team offers a range of management strategies and interventions including various psychological therapies.

Applicants must demonstrate a flexible approach, evolving around the needs of service users, their families and significant others. The role involves working as a team member, with the responsibility of a caseload across traditional boundaries of Adult and the voluntary sector services. The service ethos is focused on recovery and social inclusion and therefore offers successful applicants an exciting and demanding opportunity to improve people’s lives.

We are looking for an enthusiastic person with excellent team working skills, who is keen to develop their knowledge and skills in this area. You should be a competent and motivated practitioner with appropriate demonstrable experience. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing assessment and therapeutic intervention in the community

To deliver a health and social care service working as an integral member of the Community Mental Health Services providing a service for people experiencing / recovering from severe and enduring mental health problems.

The post holder through case management will lead and contribute to the provision of a comprehensive range of community services as a key worker for a defined caseload.

To be accountable for a clinical caseload delivering appropriate and effective evidence based care to meet the needs of the individual.

To work collaboratively with patients and their carers to facilitate and promote rehabilitation and recovery helping patients to achieve and maintain their optimum level of mental health functioning and quality of life in the community.

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.

About

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below: https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website: https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We Are Committed To Inclusive Cultures And Really Value People In Our Organisation, View Our Allyship Video On YouTube To Find Out More https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here: https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ashley O'Horan Job title: Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 03000212031