Community Mental Health Nurse

Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust; Driffield; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Driffield is seeking a Community Mental Health Nurse to support mental health recovery for adults. You will assess and provide interventions while collaborating with service users and their families. The ideal candidate holds a Mental Health Nursing qualification and has experience in community mental health. This position offers opportunities for continued professional development and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Enhanced leave package

Health and wellbeing support

Opportunities for professional development

Qualifications

• Degree/diploma in Mental Health Nursing is required.
• Current NMC registration or student registration is essential.
• Experience in Adult Community Mental Health Nursing is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Assess and provide primary level interventions.
• Develop and deliver recovery focused care.
• Establish therapeutic relationships with service users.

Skills

Ability to efficiently transport self

Demonstrate ethical values

Leadership and management skills

Education

Degree/diploma in Mental Health Nursing

Current NMC registration or student registration

Evidence of recent CPD

Job description

Are you passionate about supporting adults to have good mental health? Are you a recovery focused and creative mental health nurse who wants to work in a supportive team? An opportunity has become available to work at the Yorkshire Coast and Wolds Primary Care Mental Health Network (PCMHN).

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 Driffield and covers Driffield, Hornsea and surrounding villages. Due to the geographical nature of the post it is essential that you can drive and have access to a car.

Main duties of the job

As a Community Mental Health Nurse you will assess and provide primary level interventions to promote mental health recovery with working aged and older adults. Establishing therapeutic relationships with service users and their family / carers.

• Screening and initial assessment of needs.
• Develop and deliver recovery focused care in collaboration with service users and their family / carers /residential settings.
• Provide information and psycho education surrounding mental health conditions and medication. This may be 1:1 or group work.
• Uphold legal frameworks which underpin service delivery.
• Assess risks, the management of risks and effectiveness of interventions.
• Signpost / referral to external services.
• Develop good working relationships with neighbouring clinical teams and voluntary agencies to enable effective co-working and responsive transfers of care if necessary.

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

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

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to efficiently transport self 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 of leadership/management skills and qualities

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.