Community Nurse, Mental Health Homeless Team

Sussexcommunity; Brighton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community health organization is seeking a Community Psychiatric Nurse to join their Mental Health Homeless Team in Brighton. This role involves conducting assessments and managing a caseload of homeless individuals with severe mental illness. The position offers a supportive environment with opportunities for professional development and a £2,000 Golden Hello incentive for eligible candidates.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current registration in mental health.
• Significant post qualifying experience in relevant care group.
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments.

Responsibilities

• Conduct complex assessments and manage a complex caseload.
• Provide direct and assertive outreach service to homeless individuals.
• Work in partnership with local homeless agencies.

Skills

Assessment

Risk Management

Partnership Working

Education

Registered Nurse with current registration

Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent

Job description

Community Nurse, Mental Health Homeless Team

An opportunity has arisen for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join the Mental Health Homeless Team (MHHT) in the role of a Community Psychiatric Nurse.

Based in East Brighton Community Mental Health Centre, MHHT is a small multi-disciplinary specialist team providing assessment, treatment and support to homeless or insecurely housed people who have a severe and enduring mental illness and who may have additional substance misuse problems.

This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 5-6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).

Main duties of the job

You will conduct complex assessments and risk assessments in a variety of settings, and manage a complex caseload as a lead practitioner.

We aim to provide a direct and assertive outreach service, working in partnership with other local homeless agencies from both the statutory and voluntary sector. You will require a basic understanding of housing legislation as it relates to Brighton and Hove and be familiar with recent changes in social legislation as it relates to this client group.

About us

MHHT is a professional team who take great pride in their work. It is a supportive environment with good learning and training opportunities. We would like to encourage professionals who enjoy working in partnership with people who have a complex presentation to achieve their recovery goals to apply.

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and person specification document for full details of the role and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
• Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent

Knowledge/Experience

• Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
• Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
• Experience of supervising staff
• Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
• Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
• Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
• Experience of supervising staff

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.