We are looking for a motivated mental health nurse to join our busy depot/ clozapine clinic at Brighton General Hospital. The successful candidate will have experience of working with people diagnosed with a severe and enduring mental illness in the community and can demonstrate competency at running busy treatment clinics. You will need to be reliable, confident, honest, flexible, and dedicated to maintaining high quality treatment delivery standards.
This post offers the Trust's £2,000 Golden Hello or Relocation Incentive for Band 6 Nurses & Practitioners, (pro rata and subject to terms and conditions; please see attached Protocol Document for full details).
The role includes the responsibility of having a caseload as Lead Practitioner for appropriately identified clients and will work as part of the East Assessment and Treatment Service multi-disciplinary team in the clinic context. Regular liaison with Primary Care colleagues is also required. We also have junior staff HCAs and an STR within the clinic team who will require guidance/ supervision on a regular basis to maximise the potential of service delivery from the clinic.
The Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
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We'd love you to join our Trust, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, recent staff survey results told us that 82% recognise that care for patients is our top priority.
Key staff survey results include:
70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team
77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles
Please see the attached Job Description document for full details about the role and responsibilities.