Senior Community Mental Health Nurse — Lead & Co-create Care

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Bristol; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 43,000; Full time

Job summary

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust invites applications for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse in Bristol. The role focuses on delivering effective interventions to people with severe mental health needs in the community, supporting carers and facilitating engagement with mainstream services.

The post holder provides clinical leadership and supervision to the team and participates in multidisciplinary care, with responsibilities around personalised care planning and safety

Qualifications

• Plan, deliver and evaluate Nursing Interventions as a member of a Multi-Disciplinary Team.
• Demonstrate leadership qualities and supervise team members.
• Record risk incidents and collaboratively create/update Safety Assessments and Safety Plans.

Responsibilities

• Plan, deliver and evaluate Nursing Interventions as a member of a Multi-Disciplinary Team.
• Be aware of and demonstrate the Must-do actions for mental health nurses and demonstrate leadership behaviours.
• Demonstrate effective leadership qualities, as reinforced in the NMC Code, that all nurses demonstrate leadership behaviours regardless of whether they occupy formal leadership positions.
• Actively initiate collaborative assessments, goal setting and planning with service users and families.
• Identify service user needs through effective assessment and plan individualized nursing care.
• Influence developments that improve the person’s experience and advocate for service users.
• Coordinate care with social networks and external agencies.
• Record risk incidents and create/update safety plans.

Skills

Communication skills

Assessment skills

Team collaboration

Education

Nursing registration (RMN)

Job description

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust invites applications for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse in Bristol. The role focuses on delivering effective interventions to people with severe mental health needs in the community, supporting carers and facilitating engagement with mainstream services.

The post holder provides clinical leadership and supervision to the team and participates in multidisciplinary care, with responsibilities around personalised care planning and safety