Community Mental Health Nurse

at  Norfolk Suffolk Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people’s and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
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.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require

JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.

JOB OVERVIEW

We currently have a substantive Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse post within Central CMHT open to applications from Registered Mental Health Nurses. The team is based in Stowmarket and covers a large geographical rural area. We are a recovery focussed, multi-disciplinary team providing an effective, supportive, and professional service for our Services users and Carers.
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 developing what the service of Central CMHT looks like.
You will enjoy plenty of opportunities for joint working, training, and a sound supervision structure.

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

The ideal candidate will have an interest in working within a busy and dynamic Community Mental Health Service. The typical job roles and responsibilities will include:
Undertaking urgent / routine initial assessments on behalf of the team.
Attending regular MDT meetings and liaising with colleagues from other services (both internally and externally such as CRHTT, Adult Social Care and third sector organisations).
Supporting and managing a caseload undertaking face to face visits in the community setting including home visits.
Working with service users and their families / carers to care plan holistic goal setting and engage in treatment planning and working in collaboration with internal / external stakeholders.
Working alongside Lead Care Professionals and supporting those currently under the Care Programme Approach.
Participating in the duty worker rota (Monday to Friday 09:00am to 17:00pm).
Medication administration (if qualified to do so) with opportunities to enrol in local university training programmes in medication management.

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.
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