Community Mental Health Nurse - Community Rehab Service
Are you a registered mental health nurse with a passion for working with severe mental illness in a recovery focused way? Are you looking to join a highly supportive service that embraces a team-approach to working?
We have an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated and passionate MH Nurse to join the Community Rehabilitation Service (Bognor Regis Hub). You will specialise in supporting people who have experienced complex psychosis, treatment resistant psychosis, or a related significant mental illness as described in the NICE guidelines for Rehabilitation. You will also contribute to the development of evidence based and recovery focused interventions to maximise people's independence and enable people to lead fulfilling lives.
We are looking for a MH Nurse who is passionate about change and development. This vacancy is an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 practitioner; however we will offer a Band 5 to 6 development post to the right candidate. It is advantageous for you to have experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental health problems, and we also welcome those with some experience of working with older adults, as the service is for adults of all ages.
This post is for 30hrs per week, ideally to include Thursdays and Fridays for weekly team meetings and to ensure nursing cover across the week. We are open to discussing flexible working requirements within the 30hrs, to ensure we best support the recruitment and future retention of our staff.
Main duties of the job
You will hold a small caseload of service users who are cared for within a recovery focused model of care as part of a wider MDT. There will also be excellent opportunities for Mental Health Nurses to undertake training and deliver specific evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Family Intervention work, and to contribute a nursing perspective to multi-disciplinary discussion and care planning. The service operates a Duty system, which you will also share with colleagues as part of your role.
Evidence shows that people who are treated in the community and in the least restrictive way have better outcomes. In this role you will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team, to help us to provide this opportunity for the communities of West Sussex in line with the national agenda of 'Getting It Right First Time' to have access to a whole system approach to recovery from mental ill health, maximising an individual's quality of life and social inclusion.
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).
About us
SPFT Nursing strategy has a focus on patient safety, promoting staff wellbeing, developing career pathways, continuing professional development, and improving quality. As a community nurse in the Coastal area you will have access to nursing networks and peer support. We are a training team and would be looking for you to actively support & develop our learners, nursing associates & student nurses.
Our vision is to provide outstanding care and treatment; the people we employ are at the heart of making this vision a reality. If you've got the passion, the belief, the drive and the talent to help us achieve our vision, and are keen to join a service that embodies team working, then we would like to hear from you.
We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, options for home-working, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.
Job responsibilities
Effective communication, a sound clinical knowledge base, and a commitment to caring for service users in the community must be demonstrated. You must be enthusiastic, self-motivated, flexible and able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
This post will provide the right candidate with the opportunity to develop their career. This is a supportive team where you will be offered mentorship and supervision from senior colleagues, and management support. The community rehabilitation service will also actively support your continuing professional development. We prioritise staff welfare, providing regular professional supervision, reflective practice, team CPD days, and any other support our clinicians need to ensure their wellbeing.
Qualifications Essential
Job description
Job responsibilities
Effective communication, a sound clinical knowledge base, and a commitment to caring for service users in the community must be demonstrated. You must be enthusiastic, self-motivated, flexible and able to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
This post will provide the right candidate with the opportunity to develop their career. This is a supportive team where you will be offered mentorship and supervision from senior colleagues, and management support. The community rehabilitation service will also actively support your continuing professional development. We prioritise staff welfare, providing regular professional supervision, reflective practice, team CPD days, and any other support our clinicians need to ensure their wellbeing.
Qualifications Essential
* Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
* Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
* Evidence of continuous professional development
Knowledge/Experience Essential
* Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
* Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
* Experience of supervising staff
* Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
* Experience of working consultatively with professionals
* Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
* Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies
* Experience of working within the CPA process
* Understanding of clinical governance
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
* Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
* Evidence of continuous professional development
Knowledge/Experience
* Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
* Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
* Experience of supervising staff
* Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
* Experience of working consultatively with professionals
* Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
* Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
* Experience of working within the CPA process
* Understanding of clinical governance
* Previous experience of working in the community
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
£38,682 to £46,580 a yearpro rata for part time
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