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Are you an experienced Mental Health Nurse looking for a new opportunity? Do you have experience of working in a fast-paced environment within a large organisation? Are you passionate about engaging with others and working as part of a team to achieve shared goals?
Overview
As NHS Scotland's unique provider of a national tele-health and tele-care service, we are responsible for the delivery of health advice and information by telephone and online services to the population of Scotland 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. NHS 24 is a patient-focused service providing the people of Scotland with triage, advice, guidance, referral and information on health and healthcare services.
Our Regional Centres are located at Hillington, Cardonald, Clydebank, South Queensferry, Dundee and Aberdeen. This post will be based in our Dundee Regional Centre.
The Role
Clinical Lead will provide brief clinical risk and mental health assessment, formulation, short-term contingency planning for people presenting in mental health crisis. Using a range of brief solution-focused interventions, Clinical Leads will empower patients, carers and their families in decision making and divert to a range of health and social care resources for support.
Hours available for this post are 37 hours. The post holders would be expected to work a range of all shifts, early, lates and nights. A full time 37-hour sample rota can be found in the digital pack.
Key Responsibilities
* Providing evidence based clinical interventions, making autonomous clinical decisions about own professional practice.
* Promoting a recovery model that empowers patients, carers and relatives to be at the forefront of decision making and ownership of their packages of care and treatment.
* Build and maintain relationships with colleagues to ensure effective communication across NHS 24 sites and externally with Partner Agencies (e.g. Out of Hours Services, Ambulance Services, and A&E Units, GPs, Integration Joint Boards, Health & Social Care Partners).
* Providing clinical support and professional leadership to the mental health multi-disciplinary team, to ensure the ongoing development of the service and the individual practitioner.
* Act as a change agent, developing clinically effective practice through the effective utilisation and integration of evidence; setting, implementing and monitoring evidence-based policies, procedures and protocols.
* Influencing clinical decisions and monitor the quality of patient care using expert clinical knowledge, underpinned by theory and experience.
Successful Applicant Will
* Possess a Mental Health Nurse qualification and valid NMC Registration
* Demonstrate significant post registration experience across a wide area of mental health service provision, particularly relevant would be experience of working within liaison psychiatry, crisis services or intensive home treatment teams.
* Demonstrate experience of teaching, training and/or supervision of clinical staff.
Benefits
* Permanent contract on Band 7, £50,861 - £59,159 Per Annum (pro rata if applicable). Placement on salary scale is dependent on confirmation of previous relevant NHS service.
* 35 days annual leave (rising to 41) pro-rata
* Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
* Enhanced pay for working public holidays
* Enrolment into the Scottish Public Pensions Agency pension scheme
* NHS discounts on goods and services
* Employee support and assistance
We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to promoting inclusion. We welcome applications from groups underrepresented within the workforce. We require the right to work in the UK and inform that NHS 24 is not licensed to issue certificates of sponsorship under current UK Visas and Immigration regulations.
For an informal discussion, please contact Kath Robertson, Mental Health Hub Clinical Services Manager via email. Please download the full Job Pack for details and the Candidate Application Guide to support your application.
Our mission at NHS 24 is to create a workplace where everyone feels welcome, valued and part of the team. We are progressing an Anti-Racism Action Plan and are committed to transparency in equality and diversity efforts.
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Health Care Provider
* Hospitals and Health Care
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