Senior Community Mental Health Nurse

NHS; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse to join their Early Intervention in Psychosis service. This role involves delivering assessments and evidence-based interventions to individuals experiencing psychosis. The successful candidate will need a nursing qualification and experience working with young people. The role offers opportunities for professional development, flexible working, and extensive support.

Benefits

Excellent NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Up to 27 days annual leave

Flexible working options

Health and Wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Sufficient experience working at Band 6 level or equivalent.
• Knowledge of Early Intervention in Psychosis philosophy.
• Experience within a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist assessments and interventions for psychosis.
• Support team in delivering NICE concordant services.
• Conduct clinical risk assessments for service users.

Skills

Experience working with psychosis patients

Effective interpersonal skills

Enthusiasm for service user engagement

Education

Appropriate Nursing qualification (RNMH)

Job description

Job summary

Our Early Intervention in Psychosis service is looking for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse to add to its lively and caring team. We offer support to individuals aged 14-65 experiencing a First Episode of Psychosis, using a wide range of biopsychosocial interventions.

This is a four day per week post, offering an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic practitioner to develop their skills and positively contribute to the already strong complement of nurses within the team. Training, good support and professional supervision is offered. Close relationships also exist with multi‑agency partners and other specialist services.

You will be responsible for the delivery of a variety of specialist assessments and evidence based mental health interventions associated to the Early Intervention in Psychosis Service. The overall purpose of the role is to ensure that individuals who are referred into the service have their needs and the needs of their families and carers assessed, and interventions/recommendations are identified to meet these needs.

We are a county‑wide based team and our operational working hours are Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm, with some flexibility when required to engage with our service users. We are committed to Agile working in accordance with MPFT trust policy and guidance. Successful applicants can base themselves at either our Shrewsbury or Telford office, with access to the county‑wide hubs.

Main duties of the job

• Sufficient experience at working at Band 6 or equivalent
• Experience of having worked with young people who are experiencing or have been suspected of experiencing a First Episode of Psychosis
• Knowledge of the philosophy around Early Intervention in Psychosis
• The ability to demonstrate enthusiasm/commitment to our service user group
• Effective interpersonal skills
• A willingness to work assertively to engage our service users

About us

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car – fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like‑minded people.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Job description

To work as a senior member of the Early Intervention in Psychosis Service and support the organisation in effectively delivering NICE Concordant Early Intervention in Psychosis Service to all appropriate referrals.

• Providing specialist Early Intervention consultation/liaison and advice to colleagues.
• Contributing and undertaking specialist Early Intervention assessments for those referred to the service with suspected psychosis and/or At Risk Mental State.
• Planning, implementing and evaluating the evidence based interventions required, including health promotion for a named service user/group under the guidance of the team leader/senior practitioners.
• Conducting appropriate clinical risk assessment of Early Intervention service users, contacting the Out of Hours services where required, providing effective advice, guidance, and decision making process culminating in the coordination of any reviewed plan of care under the supervision of the team leader/senior practitioners.
• Organising admissions, case conference/reviews and discharge planning in collaboration with members of the multi‑disciplinary team under the supervision of the pathway lead/senior practitioners.
• Coordinating the care and assessment under the Community Mental Health Framework of a designated caseload under the supervision of the pathway lead/senior practitioners.
• Clinically managing and supporting a caseload with complex needs.
• Safely maintaining custody and administration of medicines where applicable to the profession.
• Ensuring that the agreed Early Intervention in Psychosis philosophy approach is adopted and followed, whilst respecting and valuing the different therapeutic approaches available within the multi‑disciplinary team.
• Ensuring confidentiality is maintained at all times in accordance with the Data Protection Act, trust policy and good practice.
• Making autonomous decisions with recourse to supervision in relation to complex social care needs and risk in relation to individuals.
• Making judgements that require significant levels of expertise and reflection that will have significant impact on the lives of service users and their families.

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training (Essential)

• Appropriate Nursing qualification (RNMH)
• Additional qualifications or training appropriate to profession

Experience (Essential)

• Sufficient experience at working at Band 6 or equivalent.
• Experience of having worked with young people who are experiencing or have been suspected of experiencing a first episode of psychosis.
• Experience of having worked within a multi‑disciplinary team.

Experience (Desirable)

• Experience of having worked within a young person focused service.
• Experience of providing family interventions/supporting carers.

Skills, Knowledge & Abilities (Essential)

• Knowledge of the philosophy around Early Intervention in psychosis.
• Working knowledge of the Community Mental Health Framework.
• A willingness to work assertively to engage our service users.
• Knowledge of NICE clinical guidance relating to Early Intervention Service.

Personal Attributes (Essential)

• Demonstrate enthusiasm/commitment to service user group.
• Effective interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work as a team member within team boundaries.

Personal Attributes (Desirable)

• Ability to work under pressure and proactively manage stress.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Severn Fields Health Village or Fuller House, Hall Court
Shrewsbury or Telford
TF3 4NF

Employer’s website: https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)