Community Psychiatric Nurse/Mental Health Practitioner

Job summary

This post is eligible for a Golden Hello payment of £2,750 for new starters who are external to the Trust. This is payable in 3 instalments over a 2 year period. This payment is only eligible to new starters who do not already hold a contract of employment with the Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity for experienced Mental Health Nurses to join our County LMHT teams. We have vacancies within the Gedling LMHT.

We will provide the successful candidates the opportunity to develop skills needed to work within a community setting, providing care to an adult population across the Nottingham city area, open to secondary care services, within SMI pathways (mood affective, complex psychosis, community rehabilitation and non psychosis).

You will have opportunity to access training, and to develop skills in working within a specific pathway. We offer a very supportive team environment, with access to regular clinical, managerial and peer supervision

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to hold a caseload and work with patients and their families to support personalised care plans and provide specialist interventions. You will promote the recovery of patients and through working with partner agencies and primary care to ensure timely and safe discharge from secondary care.

You will complete both triage assessments and more detailed initial assessments of new referrals. You will also be expected to provide support via the teams duty system, either from telephone support or face to face.

This is a leadership role and you will be expected to develop specialist skills in working with patients in at least one pathway within the team. You will also be expected to support students and more junior staff within the team through clinical supervision and mentorship, and you may be asked to line manage some staff.

We are seeking enthusiastic team players, to work within a dynamic multi-disciplinary health team, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability and experience to manage complex cases in partnership with other agencies.

About us

#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.

We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.

We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.

The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.

The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment

Job description

Job responsibilities

Day to Day Duties:

Caseload management for patients living in the community, and acting as care of referrals, provision of initial assessments and one-to-one interventions with service undertake and record comprehensive need/risk assessments, devise and implement treatment plans for service demonstrate the application of specialist skills and knowledge in order to maintain professional competence and fitness to practice as a nurse establish and maintain robust communication networks with clients, carers, team members, other health care and social care workers within urgent care and the communityTo use interpersonal skills in diffusing potentially emotive situations while undertaking assessments and pathway planning within acute settings.

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Professional Qualification (Mental Health) to degree level or equivalent

Maintains current registration with the NMC

Further specialist knowledge/post registration experience in specific service area or other formal training

Desirable

Demonstrates continued professional development

Knowledge

Essential

Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments

Knowledge of the nursing 6 c's

Desirable

Awareness of national and local issues impacting on nursing care

Knowledge of Management theories

Skills

Essential

Ability to work as part of a team

Good written/oral communication skills

Diplomatic, caring & sympathetic

Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues

Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care

Clinical supervision skills

IT skills

Desirable

High level of emotional intelligence

Experience

Essential

Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding

Specialist and area specific experience

Desirable

The ability to deal with and resolve conflict

Contractual

Essential

Ability to work to meet the needs of the service

A full driving licence and vehicle for business use

Values and Behaviours

Essential

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork

All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation

Training

Essential

Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery