Senior Community Mental Health Nurse

NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Norwich; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading mental health service provider is seeking a qualified Care Coordinator/Assessor in Norwich. The ideal candidate will support individuals and families in a dynamic Community Mental Health Service. Responsibilities include managing a caseload, conducting assessments, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team. Benefits include NHS pension, comprehensive training programs, and significant annual leave. Join a supportive team dedicated to enhancing mental health services in the community.

Benefits

NHS pension

Comprehensive training programmes

Career progression

27 days annual leave increasing to 33

Staff physio service

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• You must be a qualified professional with community support experience.
• Familiarity with assessing and planning treatment for mental health patients is essential.
• Knowledge of MDT operations and collaboration is required.

Responsibilities

• Manage a caseload of patients requiring mental health services.
• Conduct plan care, risk assessments, and ongoing evaluations.
• Collaborate with MDT and other care providers for patient care.

Skills

Experience in supporting individuals and families

Understanding of mental health complexities

Ability to work collaboratively in a team

Job description

You will be a qualified professional with experience of supporting people and their families, preferably in the community. You will demonstrate a strong understanding of your role as a Care Coordinator/Assessor and join our dedicated multidisciplinary team working closely with a range of partners to provide appropriate community interventions for those individuals referred to the team.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge, and experience.

Every individual makes a valuable contribution in the team. We are proud of our staff, and we are looking for people to join us in continuing to develop what the service of Norwich CMHT looks like.

You will enjoy plenty of opportunities for joint working, training, and a sound supervision structure. The ideal candidate will have an interest in working within a busy and dynamic Community Mental Health Service. The post holder will undertake the planning/delivery of direct patient care with minimal supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a MDT/multi-agency environment.

Within this role you will work with an established and supportive MDT. As with many services we currently use a blended model of virtual and face-to-face working which provides opportunities for flexibility. You will have knowledge, skills and experience of working across the range of complexity and severity in adult mental health. We will expect the post holder to work collaboratively and flexibly with others to undertake assessments, develop and share psychological formulations and develop treatment plans. You will be responsible for managing a caseload, assessing and planning treatment for your patients. Working with the patient to plan care and optimise treatment plans. Feeding back to the MDT and working within the team for the best outcome for the patient.

Responsibilities

• Managing a caseload and the provision of mental health care services to people with mental health care need.
• Provide planned care/risk assessment / screening for patients within their care plan and ongoing evaluation of patients' needs and identify suitability for potential discharge in conjunction with the MDT and via caseload management/supervision.
• Initiate and attend patient centred reviews, case conferences and other meetings as required.
• To advise the Responsible Clinician(s) and/or health and social care professional of any change in the patients' conditions and/or circumstances.
• To work within the MDT and to form working partnerships with other care providers.
• To ensure service users/carer(s) are enabled and empowered to make informed decisions about their care and delivery of that care, working with agencies from within and outside the MDT.
• Participate in the duty worker rota (Monday to Friday 09:00am to 17:00pm).
• Undertake the supervision of students that will be undertaking placements within the Team.
• Undertake Management and Clinical Supervision for junior colleagues.

Benefits

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.