Community Mental Health Nurse Band 5

Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust; Altrincham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in mental health is seeking a motivated Band 5 Registered Mental Health Nurse to support users prescribed antipsychotic medication. This role involves managing a caseload, completing reviews, and contributing to a multidisciplinary team. Candidates will benefit from a supportive environment focused on staff wellbeing and work/life balance.

Benefits

Supportive clinical supervision

Regular line management supervision

Promotion of work/life balance

Qualifications

• Experience with dementia and antipsychotic medication required.
• Understanding of physical health and mental health integration.
• Ability to manage non-complex service user caseload.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of 25-30 service users on the antipsychotic pathway.
• Complete antipsychotic reviews and ensure medication suitability.
• Support the mental and physical health agenda within the team.

Skills

Motivated nurse

Older adults experience

Knowledge of CPA process

Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team

Job description

We have a very exciting new opportunity to recruit a Band 5 Registered Mental Health Nurse. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic mental health nurse to join our fantastic physical health hub within the Trafford division to support people living with dementia who are prescribed antipsychotic medication.

This role would suit a nurse with older adults experience and an interest in physical health who may be looking to retire and return or reduce their working hours.

We are committed to promoting staff wellbeing and you will be offered supportive clinical supervision. We actively promote work/life balance. All employees will have regular line management supervision.

As a Band 5 you will have the following duties

• Duties will include having a defined caseload of non-complex service users on the antipsychotic pathway and completing the antipsychotic reviews.
• You will hold a caseload of approximately 25-30 people who require frequent reviews of their mental and physical health to ensure their prescribed medication is still suitable.
• As a Band 5 nurse you will have a key role in supporting the mental and physical health agenda within the team and you will be required to have knowledge and understanding of the CPA process.
• You will be expected to work proactively and flexibly within a multidisciplinary team model across both the physical health hub and the adults CMHT.

About Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust - GMMH employs over 6,400 staff and delivers services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the City of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is a dynamic region with opportunities to learn and develop, and a welcoming working environment.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Laurie Simmonds
Job title: Team Manager
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 0161 357 1340