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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
354-AE-20975-B
Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Millwood
Town
Uckfield
Salary
£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
15/07/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust logo

Community Mental Health Nurse - Incentives Apply

NHS AfC: Band 6

Welcome from our Chief Executive

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job overview

We have a great community nursing opportunity within our Intensive Support Team (IST), at High Weald, Lewes and Havens Specialist Older Adults Mental Health service based at Hill Rise, Newhaven; and Millwood in Uckfield; in East Sussex. This post will suit a Registered Mental Health Nurse but we will consider Learning Difficulties nurses who has sufficient experience of working with Dementia or Severe Mental illness.

You will be a key part of our multi-disciplinary service for older adults with mental health problems, including Dementia. This is challenging work but we receive very positive feedback from our service users and carers.

This post will involve working with older people with complex mental health needs as well as physical health care needs. You will be expected to support both the client and their carers. You will also need to be able to work cohesively with other services both within our Trust, and with other partner agencies.

You will need to be caring, compassionate and a good communicator, with a commitment to improving the lives of our service users through creative, evidence based practice. As a band 6 nurse you will be responsible for working collaboratively with service users and their carers on the IST caseload to create care plans that meet their needs and maximise their independence. 

The post holder will be required to work a shifts, Monday to Sunday, including Bank Holidays.  The shifts are a mix of 7.5 hours and 10 hours.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner who will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload of service users by undertaking the following duties:

To undertake assessments of individuals and their families in the designated care group with complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk. To develop alongside the service user their care plan.

To offer specialist nursing assessment and advice where required.

To assess and manage on going risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the service user and carers. To regularly review risk factors and make changes to the management of them as necessary.

To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate.

Working for our organisation

The Trust offers a supportive working environment and access to training opportunities to assist you to realise your potential and achieve a greater degree of job satisfaction.  As a Trust employee you will enjoy the following:

• Excellent starting salary

• NHS Pension contributions

• 27 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays

• Flexible Working patterns

• Child care vouchers

• Excellent training and development opportunities

• NHS Discounts

• Employee Assistance Programme

This post offers the Trust's £4,000 Incentive for band 5-7 Nurses & Practitioners, as well as a relocation package up to a maximum of £8,000 (subject to terms and conditions).

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Additional information regarding the role including the main responsibilities are included in the job and person description attached to this advert. 

 

 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • 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 criteria
  • 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 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

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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
Sara Hawkins
Job title
Team Lead, HWLH SOAMHS
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07471031862
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