Mental Health Practitioner

NHS; Taunton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking compassionate Registered Mental Health Nurses for Community Staff Nurse positions within the Intensive Dementia Service in Taunton. This role offers flexible shifts and opportunities for both experienced and newly qualified candidates. Join a supportive team to provide vital care to patients in their homes, with emphasis on personal and professional growth through training and a strong emphasis on work-life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working options

NHS pension scheme

Generous annual leave allowance

Career development opportunities

Blue Light Card discounts

Qualifications

• Qualified RMN with NMC registration.
• Experience in mental health and dementia care.
• Ability to draft reports and work effectively in a community setting.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive care to patients with complex needs in community settings.
• Develop holistic care plans and collaborate with other health services.
• Shift leader responsible for managing the nursing caseload.

Skills

Team working

Leadership

Flexibility

Education

Degree/Diploma in Mental Health Nursing

State Registration with NMC

Job description

Are you a compassionate Registered mental health Nurse (RMN) seeking a new opportunity? We have Community Staff Nurse positions available within the Intensive dementia service, based at Wellsprings site

Our service covers the urban and rural areas of West Somerset, from the Quantock Hills to Exmoor. These positions are dayshifts and are usually 8am-4pm, 12pm-8pm or 8am-9pm. We offer flexible working solutions where possible to ensure a work-life balance and part-time hours will be considered.You'll need to be a car driver with your own vehicle to visit patients. We offer a generous mileage allowance to cover the use of your car for NHS business, which includes both mileage and depreciation.If you're a qualified RMN looking for a rewarding challenge to advance your nursing career, join our friendly, and highly skilled team of nurses and support staff. We also welcome applications fromnewly qualified nurses,where we can offer you preceptorship to support and guide you in your new role.

Main duties of the job

As a community RMN, you'll provide care to patients in their homes, managing a range of complex health issues and collaborating with various other disciplines. Triage referrals, completing initial assessment to understand what is needed and plan what the involvement from IDS will be. Referrals on to other services as appropriateYou'll also work closely with the OPCMHT, D2A and other services, focused on preventing acute admission. You'll develop a broad range of nursing skills, in support the management of behaviours that cause concerns.You'll need to make autonomous clinical decisions and create holistic care plans, with the support of your colleagues and Team manager

About us

At Somerset NHS Foundation Trust, we're committed to supporting our employees with a range of benefits designed to enhance your professional and personal life. We offer:

• Flexible working options to help you balance work and life
• NHS pension scheme for long-term financial security
• Generous annual leave allowance to recharge and relax
• A strong focus on career development to help you grow and achieve your potential

Additionally, you'll gain access to our Blue Light Card, unlocking exclusive discounts on shopping, dining, and leisure activities, as well as NHS-specific perks to support you both inside and outside of work.

We are proud to foster a diverse, skilled, and inclusive workforce, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

Why Somerset? Somerset offers the perfect blend of idyllic countryside, outstanding areas of natural beauty, and breathtaking coastlines, with vibrant cities like Bristol, Bath, and Exeter just a short drive away - and only two hours to London.

The region is home to excellent educational facilities, and with affordable housing compared to other parts of the country, it's a great place to build both your career and your future.

Somerset truly has it all - the peaceful countryside and cosmopolitan city life, with something for everyone to enjoy.

Job responsibilities

The post holder may be required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.To work as a member of the Intensive Dementia Support Service, providing an alternative to hospital admission for people with dementia.You will take charge of a shift to be personally responsible and professionally accountable for a caseload within the community working with people with severe organic mental illness who have multiple and complex needs.To provide a high standard of care and treatment for patients and work with other members of the team and other agencies to best meet the patients health and social needs.To work with a team caseload with shared responsibilities for patients whilst under the care and treatment of IDS

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma Occupation Therapy, Mental Health Nursing or Social workState Registration of HCPC or NMC registrationMembership of professional body plus short specialist course, experience to post-graduate equivalent diploma level.

Experience

• Development and proven experience in Mental Health, dementiaCompetent in drafting correspondence and reportsDocumented evidence of continuous professional developmentEffective team working skillsDocumented evidence of CPDPrevious experience of working in the communityAbility to manage demanding workload to agreed deadlines and timescalesExperience of management supervisions and appraisals
• Leadership and management experienceExperience of working with patients with complex needsLeadership and management experienceExperience in teaching on in house training sessions to own profession and othersEvidence of how to motivate a team or evidence of self-motivation

Additional Criteria

• Demonstrate experience of effective team workingTo respect the individual, values, cultural and religious diversities of client and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needsEmpathic and flexible approach to demanding, sometimes physical and/or verbal abuse from service user/patientsAble to clarify therapist role in the teamWillingness to explore new ways of working with services and deliveryAn understanding of and commitment to equal opportunity and the issues relating to disabled peopleWillingness to work flexiblyEvidence of how to motivate a team or evidence of self-motivation
• Supervisory skills
• Ability to manage time and conflicting demands and prioritise workload accordingly
• Ability to work autonomously
• Ability to delegate
• Able to motivate and develop staff
• Ability to initiate, monitor and implement change

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.