Community Mental Health Nurse

NHS National Services Scotland; Townhill; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Fife is recruiting registered Mental Health Nurses to join dynamic community mental health teams in West Fife, based at Queen Margaret Hospital Dunfermline. The post involves working within multi-disciplinary teams, with pathways for complex trauma, personality disorders and physical health monitoring.

Travel across the sector is required, with opportunities for clinical supervision and development. Applicants should be RMNs with post-registration experience and the ability to work in both

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with post-registration experience.
• Sound understanding of adults with a range of mental health problems.
• Strong communication and team-working skills.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, evaluate and deliver care to patients with mental health problems in both virtual and face-to-face settings.
• Day-to-day workload management within a multi-disciplinary team.
• Engage in care planning and ongoing professional development and supervision.

Skills

RMN

Communication

Teamwork

Flexible working

Education

NMC registered

Job description

We are looking to recruit registered Mental Health Nurses to work as part of our dynamic and supportive multi-disciplinary community mental health teams in West Fife based at Queen Margaret Hospital Dunfermline

Fife’s CMHT’s are undergoing innovative changes to the care and treatment for community-based secondary care patients. We have developed a comprehensive complex-trauma and personality disorder pathway in which we can deliver a skills-based approach through; Safe and Able to Cope, Decider Skills, Emotional Resources Group and Structured Clinical Management completes the pathway. Another significant development is the creation of Physical Healthcare Clinics offering: Clozapine, Lithium, and High Dose Monitoring as well as ADHD and Eating Disorder health checks. The CMHT’s continue to provide quality evidence-based interventions for those experiencing major mental illness and disorder. West CMHT also support delivery of NHS Fife MH Electroconvulsive Therapy Treatment (ECT) and there may be opportunity to develop / support this service delivery as part of this post.

Applications for this post are invited from RMN’s who can demonstrate post registration experience and knowledge of working with adults presenting with a range of mental health problems as well as a sound understanding of their physical health needs that can include prescribed treatment. As an enthusiastic mental health nurse you will join this service and will work within a multi-disciplinary team committed to partnership working with strong links to other secondary care and community services.

The successful applicants will have experience of team working, problem solving, flexibility, high-level communication skills, continuing personal development and change management. The post holder will have day to day responsibility for managing their workload; assessment, care planning, evaluation and delivery of care to patients presenting with a variety of mental health problems in both virtual and face to face settings.

NHS Fife offers a comprehensive induction package and excellent mentoring, training opportunities and staff support programmes including proactive access to clinical supervision and a well defined career structure.

The core service hours are Monday – Friday 9-5
This post requires travel in sector area

For informal enquiries please contact Lead Nurse Gillian Walters [e-mail] or Nicola Smith Team Lead [e-mail] Tel [phone] ext 25754

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A requirement of this post is to become a member of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme Prior to appointment.

To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.

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We offer flexible working and family-friendly policies and fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.