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Job summary

Main area
Adult Mental Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
325-6302794-COMM
Employer
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Aldershot Centre for Health
Town
Aldershot
Salary
£37,162 - £44,629 Incl 5% Fringe HCAS, pa, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/07/2024 23:59

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Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Mental Health Nurse / CPN

NHS AfC: Band 6

Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust  to work for.  This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.

Job overview

We currently have an opportunity for an aspiring or established Community Mental Health Nurse based in North East Hampshire  Community Mental Health Recovery Service (CMHRS). This team has been nominated to Team of the Year 2024, Leader of the Year  and has two shortlisted members of staff nominated for Clinician of the year and Support worker of the year. 

We are a multi-disciplinary Recovery based community mental health service and provide evidence based treatment and interventions to all people who use our service with a focus on Recovery and promoting independence.  We are working towards providing treatment within structured Care Pathways that ensure the best outcomes for our clients. Team is fully engaged in an exciting Community Mental Health Transformation Programme are looking to provide innovative approaches to meeting the mental health needs of a diverse community.

You will be a registered Mental Health Nurse, required to demonstrate a high level of commitment, motivation and knowledge of working with people with severe and enduring mental health problems. You will be supported in your role not only through formal supervision and training but also through a strong multidisciplinary and collaborative approach within our team.

Main duties of the job

This post will include assessing new people referred to our service and working with an allocated caseload of existing service users providing low level psychological interventions and liaising with other professionals to coordinate their care under the Care Programme Approach. You will need to be able to  safely administer medication in a community setting, engage in medicines management and physical health monitoring. 

You will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills and be able to provide clear information around health promotion and psychoeducation to people who use our services as well as providing educational input and supervision to nursing students and junior colleagues.  

You will need to be able to work flexibly and collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team and other agencies. You will need to be able to assess risk dynamically and work to safeguard our clients at  al times. You will work in our Team Base and in people's homes. 

The candidate must have a full and valid driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes due to the community element of this role. 

Working for our organisation

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirements and responsibilities of this job.

 

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • 5 years experience working with adults with Mental Health Problems (including training), or additional relevant post registration training.
  • Completed a relevant post registration preceptorship programme.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience working in either in primary or secondary community mental health care.
  • Able to carry out supervision.
  • Able to co-facilitate group work.
  • Able to use IT confidently.

Registration

Essential criteria
  • NMC Registered Nurse - RMN/RN (Mental Health)
Desirable criteria
  • Successful completion of Mentorship course

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Siobhan Fleming
Job title
Clinical Team Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01483 756318
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