Community Mental Health Nurse

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Sheet; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization providing community mental health services is seeking a Mental Health Nurse to join the Petersfield and Bordon Community Mental Health Team. This post is open to both qualified and newly qualified nurses. The role involves supporting individuals with severe mental health needs, and you will benefit from comprehensive training and a strong team environment. Flexibility, solid experience in the CPA process, and a full driving license are required. Regular supervision and opportunities for professional development are provided.

Benefits

Comprehensive training programs

Opportunities for professional development

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience in assessing and treating mental illnesses.
• Ability to work flexibly and prioritize work.
• Full driving license and access to a car.

Responsibilities

• Act as care co-ordinator for service users with severe mental illness.
• Conduct ongoing assessments and evaluations for clients.

Skills

Customer focused approach

Solid experience in CPA process

Risk assessment skills

Team working

Flexibility

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Mental Health Nurse to join the Petersfield and Bordon Community Mental Health Team. This post is open to both Qualified and Newly Qualified Nurses. If you are newly qualified, you will be supported to complete the Trust Preceptorship Programme. You will have the opportunity to be part of a forward‑thinking team and provide support to people with severe and enduring mental health needs who require community support. The work is varied and interesting and there is a strong team approach ensuring good support for the successful applicant. The role requires lone working, use of initiative and a commitment to team working and service user empowerment. You will need to be able to work flexibly and to demonstrate solid experience of the CPA process, risk assessment, and the recovery model. Regular supervision will be provided by appropriate staff member in the team. As a team player, you’ll be able to prioritise your work in order to meet deadlines and have a customer focused approach. We are committed to ensuring the personal and professional development of our staff. We have a varied and comprehensive list of learning beyond registration courses alongside in‑house trust training and will support staff to engage in relevant identified courses, including the established preceptorship programme. Please note that a full driving licence and access to a car is essential for this role.

• Act as care co‑ordinator to an agreed caseload of service users with severe and enduring mental illness including organic and functional illnesses
• Undertake ongoing assessment, treatment and evaluation for service users known to the service

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined‑up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives. Our mental health services include community‑based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person’s care. We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute‑level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step‑down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support. Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence.