Community Mental Health Nurse

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust; Godalming; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive rates

Training & development

Job summary

Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a committed nurse to work within the Community Mental Health Team for Old People, delivering holistic community care and enabling client choice. The role emphasises mentoring, supervision, and leading a specific group’s care, with involvement in staffing and deployment.

The position is offered through Flexi-Bank, in partnership with Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; the host covers recruitment and onboarding on behalf of the

Qualifications

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care needs.
• Mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students.
• Lead the care for a specified group of service users.
• Participate in recruitment, deployment and management of staff.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care for a defined group of community clients.
• Mentor and supervise junior staff and students; provide guidance and supervision.
• Lead care for a targeted service-user group and ensure continuity of care.
• Support recruitment, deployment and workforce management within the team.

Skills

Mentoring

Staff supervision

Nursing assessment

Holistic care

Education

Registered Nurse (NMC)

Job description

Surrey and Border's is looking for someone who will work among the Community Mental Health Team for Old People.

They should be passionate about ensuring a high quality holistic approach to the care and support provided to clients in the community who have been identified as in need of community nurse support to enable them to exercise choice over their own lives.

Job Overview

• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care needs of a specific group of people who use our services.
• To mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students
• To lead the care for a specified group of service users.
• To participate in the recruitment, deployment and management of staff.

Suitable for someone who is passionate about ensuring a high quality holistic approach to the care and support provided to clients in the community who have been identified as in need of community nurse support to enable them to exercise choice over their own lives

This role is offered through Flexi-Bank, a collaborative temporary staffing service delivered in partnership between Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust. Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust acts as the host provider and manages the recruitment, onboarding and administrative processes on behalf of Surrey and Borders., Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trusts to work for? This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.

Benefits

• Get paid fairly and on time - competitive rates and fast access to earnings through Stream
• Stay supported - benefit from training, development and guidance from our dedicated Temporary Staffing Team