Mental Health Nurse

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading regional healthcare provider is seeking a Senior Mental Health Nurse to join their Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team. This role involves assessing and managing mental health needs, supervising junior staff, and acting as the duty lead. The position requires expertise in the field and a commitment to patient recovery within an innovative work environment. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved in improving mental health services within the community.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Wellness opportunities

Commitment to sustainability programs

Qualifications

• Experience as a clinical practitioner in mental health services.
• Ability to manage and assess mental health needs.
• Proficient in creating care plans and safety plans.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage mental health needs and create care plans.
• Act as duty lead and allocate work to team members.
• Manage and prioritize allocated tasks and document accordingly.

Skills

Mental health assessment

Risk management

Leadership

Supervision of junior staff

Education

Registered Nurse (Mental Health)

Job description

Are you looking for a career move to a Trust that has been rated as Outstanding by the CQC? Would you like to do a job that makes a difference every day? Are you looking for something completely new, different, exhilarating and challenging? Do you want great job satisfaction working within a motivated team? If you are an experienced & resilient clinical practitioner within mental health services, then look no further. This is a great opportunity to join our Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team (CRHTT) as a Senior Mental Health Nurse. Our CRHTT is part of the Crisis Care Centre, at Harplands Hospital, Stoke‑on‑Trent which has been designed to the highest level of specification. This modern purpose designed unit is the central point for all those in need of a Crisis Assessment/Intervention. To carry out mental health assessments including risk to service users that are having first contact with Mental Health services that are at the point of crisis / or suffering a deterioration and decline in their mental illness. As a band 6 nurse you will be expected to take the lead in decisions and supervision and guide more junior staff. The role will include you acting as a duty lead and organising work and prioritising work to other team members. As a band 6 nurse you will be seeing services users that are referred to services either in the unit or at home to assess for mental health needs. You will work closely with the service user to provide them with the right pathway for them to follow.

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care. We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working. We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first "carbon net zero" national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme. The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

1. To assess and manage mental health needs, including risk, to create care plans with the individual that will lead to recovery whilst supporting them with a safety plan.
2. To act as the duty lead on shift and allocate work to other team members as appropriate, to run the shift in a safe and effective way.
3. To manage and prioritise work that is allocated to you, to complete the assessment of mental health and risk and record on electronic systems as needed.
4. To be able to supervise and caseload manage more junior staff.
5. To take referrals over the phone, via fax or by post.
6. To work in conjunction with other professionals E.g. GP's, Police, Ambulance, Housing.
7. To work in partnership with the individual to develop a plan of care that the service user agrees with.
8. To review the effectiveness of the care plan where appropriate.
9. To make a speedy and appropriate response to all work referred.
10. To maintain client records in accordance with Departmental requirements and to ensure that they are properly stored and available to the Line Manager at all times, including the appropriate use of Information Technology.
11. To undertake regular supervision or consultation with the Line Manager and to ensure that the Team Manager is made aware of any issues of major importance or concern.
12. To carry out such other duties as may be required from time to time and which are commensurate with the grade of the post.
13. To develop good working relationships with other agencies and other colleagues.
14. To promote anti‑discriminatory and non‑oppressive practice and service delivery.

In the event of exceptionally high levels of response, we reserve the right to close the post before the date stated above in order to prevent the number of applications received being unmanageable. You are advised to submit your completed application form as soon as possible to have the best chance of being considered.

• Priority will be given to NHS staff across the region who are at risk of redundancy, where the vacancy is at the same band or one below their current band and candidates meet the essential criteria for this post.
• All employees new to the Trust will be subject to a 6 month probationary period.
• All clinical staff bands 2-4 that are new to the Trust will be required to complete a Care Certificate.

Canvassing of members of the Trust or of any Committee of the Trust directly or indirectly for any appointment under the Trust shall disqualify the candidate for such appointment. The Trust does not pay travel expenses for candidates attending interviews. ALL POSTS INVOLVING ACCESS TO PERSONS IN RECEIPT OF HEALTH SERVICES WILL BE SUBJECT TO A DISCLOSURE & BARRING SERVICE DISCLOSURE. Please provide full contact details for all referees, especially their email addresses where possible. Failure to do may result in significant delays in your application. There may also be a requirement to provide additional referee details.