Community Mental Health Nurse

NHS; Luton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a qualified mental health professional to join our Community Mental Health Service in Luton. This role involves delivering compassionate care, engaging with service users, and ensuring adherence to NHS values. Candidates should have a strong background in mental health nursing or social work, with relevant experience and qualifications.

Qualifications

• Registered with NMC or HCPC.
• Evidence of post-registration continued professional development.
• Experience in management and clinical supervision.

Responsibilities

• Deliver compassionate and dignified service to patients.
• Engage assertively with service users presenting complex needs.
• Ensure adherence to NHS values and raise concerns appropriately.

Skills

Excellent knowledge and understanding of CPA

Good knowledge of current local and national agendas

Sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act

Excellent knowledge of recovery principles

Competency in using electronic clinical systems

Education

Registered Professional in Nursing (Mental Health) or Social Work

Educated to degree level or equivalent experience

Job description

An excellent opportunity has become available to be part of our Community Mental Health Service in Luton. This is an ideal opportunity for a qualified professional to expand in their skills, expertise, multi-agency liaisons and autonomous practice. Luton CMH Hubs have transformed and created a multi-disciplinary and multi professional triage service which caters for support requests coming from our partner agencies.

We would welcome a forward thinking individual to add to the dynamics of this front door service and the overall functioning of the CMH Hubs. We are looking for resilient and proactive team players who are skilled and motivated mental health professionals, to join us in meeting the needs of those we serve in the vibrant and diverse locality of Luton.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for:

Ensuring that the values outlined in the NHS Constitution are adhered to daily and any matters of concern are raised with the relevant Line Manager or through the necessary processes within the Trust. Responsible for delivering a compassionate, dignified and respectful service to patients at all times.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached files for detailed job description and person specification however the key areas would be:

Person Specification

Education/ Qualification/ Training

• Registered Professional in either Nursing (Mental Health) or Social Work, with current registration with NMC or HCPC.
• Evidence of post registration continued professional development, qualifications or equivalent experience
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience

Experience

• Previous experience of Management and Clinical Supervision , including annual appraisal
• Previous experience of organisational change
• Previous experience of service development, quality improvement and of bringing innovation and new ideas to practice
• The ability to assertively engage with service users who maybe distressed and presenting with complex clinical needs & associated risks

Knowledge and Skills

• Excellent knowledge and understanding of CPA.
• Good knowledge of current and relevant local and national agendas that impact upon Primary Care Mental Health teams and the wider health and social care system and the ability to understand and disseminate this knowledge to others.
• Sound knowledge and understanding of the Mental Health Act (1983/ 2007/ 2014/5), Care Act (2014), relevant national standards and other relevant national policies.
• Excellent knowledge & understanding of recovery principles and NICE guidance in relation to common mental disorders and the ability to ensure that evidence based practice with clear clinical outcomes is embedded into practice.
• Demonstrate a knowledge base for substance misuse and associated risks
• Demonstrate a competency in using electronic clinical systems and associated Microsoft Office products or equivalent software

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.