Living Well Assertive Outreach/ Recovery Mental Health Nurse -Adult

Derbyshirehealthcareft; Derby; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Mental Health Nurse to join the Derby City Living Well team, engaging with individuals facing severe mental health challenges. The role calls for expertise in clinical risk assessment in a community setting. Derbyshire Healthcare offers a supportive environment with a commitment to making a positive difference in people’s lives, alongside benefits for work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays

Yearly appraisal and training commitment

Good maternity, paternity, and adoption benefits

Health service discounts

Incremental pay progression

24/7 confidential employee assistance programme

Access to support networks

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Structured learning opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in community settings working with complex needs.
• Experience with dual diagnoses and substance misuse.
• Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Supporting service users with complex mental health issues.
• Conducting risk assessments and safety planning.
• Operating within a multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Communication

Community experience

Engagement with clients with complex needs

Education

NMC registered Mental Health Nurse

ENB998/Mentoring in Practice or equivalent

Job description

Living Well Assertive Outreach/ Recovery Mental Health Nurse -Adult

An amazing opportunity for someone who likes a fast-paced and challenging role!

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit an experienced, Mental Health Nurse, to work in our friendly Derby City Living Well team.

The caseload itself will have complex people for you to support through their journey to recovery, as part of the long term offer of the newly established Living Well service.

This includes using a range of appropriate interventions to work with service users who have long term/ severe mental health problems and are often difficult to engage with services and treatment.

Please do ring if you have any questions and/or queries.

Main duties of the job

You will need a thorough knowledge of the Care Programme Approach and be able to demonstrate expertise in clinical risk assessment and management working in a community setting.

Experience of working with individuals with a forensic history and substance misuse issues would be an advantage.

We are looking for experience and commitment together with a desire to make our service the best we can.

It is essential that you have excellent communication skills and that you operate as a well-integrated member of the multi-disciplinary team maintaining a person-centred focus.You will need to have the ability to transport yourself and service users across a wide geographical area without compromising service needs.

Derbyshire Healthcare is unable to sponsor international applicants in this role. You can find out more about how you can work in the UK by visiting Work in the UK - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification. To apply, please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB - this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account

Person Specification

Skills and Experience

• Community experience
• Experience in dealing with dual diagnoses/substance misuse

Skills

• Evidence of excellent verbal and non verbal communication skills
• Evidence of working/ engaging with clients with complex needs

Knowledge

• Full working knowledge of CPA and its implications
• Knowledge/ awareness of Living Well
• Evidence of risk assessment and safety planning
• Working knowledge of CTO conditions, recalling patients, Mental Health Tribunals

Qualifications

• NMC registered Mental Health Nurse
• ENB998/Mentoring in Practice or equivalent

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.

Full-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working