Applications are invited from suitably-experienced Senior Community Mental Health Nurses to lead the Recovery & Rehabilitation team as Band 7 Manager, on the beautifulIsland of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands.
Reporting to the Mental Health Community Manager, you will be an experienced and skilled Mental Health clinician, working with service users with acute and complex needs and providing clinical leadership and line management to mental health practitioners.
The team comprises; Psychiatrist, Psychologist, Social Worker, 2 x Occupational Therapists, 6 x Band 6 Mental Health Nurses and 12 x Band 4 Support Workers who support patients suffering with a severe mental illness, who require intensive treatment and interventions. Some service users have daily or twice daily visits with the aim of reducing risk and avoiding Hospital admission.
Working within a multi-disciplinary specialist service providing treatments for people experiencing severe and enduring mental health problems, the team reduces the frequency of hospital admissions and length of stay; reduce/minimise symptoms of mental illness and increase independence and social inclusion.
Please note; Guernsey has adopted the AfC banding system, but have applied their own salary scale, as above.
The current Band 7salary range is £55,578 to £73,085 pl...