Community Mental Health Nurse - Recovery Gloucester

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in mental health care is seeking compassionate professionals to provide assessment and support for individuals with mental health challenges. In this role, you will implement evidence-based interventions, facilitate assessments, and collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to optimize care for service users. Your expertise will help empower individuals to achieve personal recovery and remain in the community. This position offers a dynamic environment where your skills can make a significant impact on the lives of those in need.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health assessment and treatment planning.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based interventions for mental health service users.
• Maintain a caseload of 25-30 service users with severe mental illness.

Skills

Mental Health Assessment

Patient Support

Collaborative Treatment Planning

Organizational Skills

Education

Degree in Nursing or Social Work

Job description

• Provide assessment and implementation of evidence-based interventions for service users who are experiencing common, acute mental health and longer-term recovery needs
• Optimise service users' ability to remain in the community and / or be cared for in the least restrictive environment in line with the principles or recovery, social inclusion and the 10 essential capabilities
• To facilitate face to face assessments, participate in the provision of a comprehensive triage service,
• Plan interventions, support and educate service users referred to the service with a range of psychiatric illnesses.
• To maintain responsibility for a caseload of approximately 25-30service users with severe and enduring mental illness dependant on role within their treatment.

The post holder will:

• Understand mental health difficulties, how to assess and support patients in implementing collaborative treatment plans towards achieving personal recovery
• Show compassion and care for others - both who we offer a service to and their carers/supporters and also colleagues, other agencies and
• Have the ability to work autonomously and at times under pressure and also closely with other professions as part of multidisciplinary working, utilising skills attached to professional discipline (nursing or social work)
• Demonstrate good organisational skills and ability to prioritise clinical tasks in order to meet competing demands