Job overview
An exciting 6 months secondment opportunity has arisen in the Pennine Care Community Rehabilitation Team for a motivated and enthusiastic Registered Mental Health Nurse.
The successful candidate will have significant experience and knowledge of working with people with chronic relapsing and remitting mental ill health, including experience of working across a number of services including secondary care and mental health inpatient services.
The team supports service users to transition from inpatient mental health rehabilitation facilities to living in the community, supporting people to improve their quality of life and work towards achieving the goals and outcomes identified by those who we support.
The team has a strong emphasis on the Recovery Model, working with service users using a strengths based and trauma informed approach to maximise their independence and autonomy to improve their quality of life.
You will work with a team of experienced practitioners with a strong biopsychosocial, evidence based interventions.
You will receive regular supervision and your personal development priorities will be shared and supported through our appraisal process.
The team is a trust wide service covering all five boroughs of Pennine Care and it is therefore essential that you drive and have access to a car. We are currently based at Trust HQ in Ashton Under Lyne. Our core hours are Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.
Main duties of the job
The practitioner will provide interventions to service users within the Community Rehabilitation Team who experience complex psychosis, often with other complexities such as substance misuse or physical health needs.
To work with the multidisciplinary team to offer a team approach to supporting service users either in the community or for those on the discharge pathway from inpatient settings.
To work collaboratively across a range of disciplines to engage service users in psychologically informed treatment plans.
To contribute to case formulation and treatment plans.
To contribute to service development in collaboration with the wider team.
To participate in the education programmes of nursing students and other disciplines.
Working for our organisation
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We’re really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we’re a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
If you come and work for us we will offer a range of benefits and opportunities, including:
* Generous annual leave entitlement for Agenda for Change and Medical and Dental staff.
* Flexible working opportunities to support your work/life balance
* Access to Continued Professional Development
* Involvement in improvement and research activities
* Health and Wellbeing activities and access to an excellent staff wellbeing service
* Access to staff discounts across retail, leisure and travel
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Essential Criteria
* Registered Mental Health Nurse registration
* Experience of working in rehabilitation services
* Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental illness
* Experience of working with people with behaviours that challenge and/or substance misuse problems
* Experience of providing support to vulnerable / socially excluded individuals/ groups
* Experience of providing supervision
* Extensive knowledge the recovery model and strength based principles
* Knowledge of mental health and social care national policy and legislation
* Effective risk assessment and risk management skills
* Ability to case manage a caseload of service users using rehabilitation principles
* Ability to develop trusting relationships with both service users and carers
* Ability to supervise junior members of staff to support service users in meeting goal orientated care plans
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Ability to demonstrate effective time management and disciplined self-organisation
* Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
Desirable Criteria
* Psychosocial interventions qualification
* Mentor qualification
* Non-medical prescribing qualification
* Leadership experience
* Working in low secure or forensic services
* Working in drug and alcohol services
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification to give you the best chance of being shortlisted.
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
* Professional qualification Mental Health Nursing
* Registration with NMC
* Evidence of qualification and experience to post graduate diploma level
* Experience of working in rehabilitation services
* Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental illness
* Experience of working with people with behaviours that challenge and/or substance misuse problems
* Experience of providing support to vulnerable / socially excluded individuals/ groups
* Experience of providing supervision
* Extensive knowledge the recovery model and strength based principles
* Knowledge of mental health and social care national policy and legislation
* Knowledge of least restrictive practice
* Effective risk assessment and risk management skills
* Ability to case manage a caseload of service users using rehabilitation principles
* Ability to develop trusting relationships with both service users and carers
* Ability to supervise junior members of staff to support service users in meeting goal orientated care plans
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills
* Ability to prepare, record and complete relevant documents and reports to a professional standard.
* Ability to demonstrate effective time management and disciplined self-organisation
* Use of a car or access to a means of mobility to travel across the Trust footprint in line with service needs
Desirable criteria
* Psychosocial interventions qualification
* Mentor qualification
* Non-medical prescribing qualification
* Leadership experience
* Working in low secure or forensic services
* Working in drug and alcohol services
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Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the
What happens after your application has been received?
You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.
What happens if I am offered the position after interview?
The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.
What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?
By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to. The checks are:
* Identity verification
* Right to work check
* Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
* Professional registration and/or qualification check
* Occupational health assessment
* Employment history and reference validation
All applicants external to the NHS will be required to provide their to cover the most recent three years employment. This information will used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.
If you are offered a position with us and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with. If the role you have been offered is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence own your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.
What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?
Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.
Other important information
* We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
* If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
* If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on 0161 716 3181 at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
* Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
* We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure you application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.
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