Community Mental Health Nurse

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is one of the largest healthcare systems in the UK employing around 40,000 staff in a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and job roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health care services to a population of over 1.15 million and a wider population of 2.2 million when our regional and national services are included.

The Shift Pattern For This Post Are
Post 1: 29.6 Hours per week

Post 2: 22.2 hours per week

• NQN's need not apply*

Please note the salary is Pro Rata for part time hours.
We are looking to recruit a Community Mental Health Staff Nurse to work initially in Riverview Resource Centre, Dumbarton Joint Hospital. The post holder will be an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team. The post-holder will work in partnership demonstrating compassionate caring behaviours to fulfil the key functions of the CMHT. In particular the post-holder will be responsible for the assessment of people referred to the service.

The post-holder will be involved in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care using a strength based recovery focused approach to care that proactively involves the person and optimises self-management. The post holder is required to be able to undertake duties without direct supervision working in partnership with patients, carers and other professionals/ agencies in line with legislative frameworks, agreed standards and clinical policies.

This involves working in a variety of home/ near to home community environments.

Participating in regular caseload line management supervision and Clinical Supervision are critical aspects of the role.

Supervising the practice of others, undertaking mentorship/ preceptorship responsibilities and contributing to the learning and development of the staff team are important aspects of this role.

Please note this post can be within one of two bases which include Riverview and Goldenhill CMHTs, initially commencing in Riverview.

Job share applications will be considered.

You need to have a live NMC UK pin in order to be considered for this post.
Informal contact: Karen Bell, NTL, On , or email
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process:

This post may close early to the volume of response. Please submit your application form as soon as possible.

Due to the volume of applications that we receive, we will not be able to provide shortlisting feedback.

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde- NHS Scotland encourages applications from all sections of the community. We promote a culture of inclusion across the organisation and are proud of the diverse workforce we have.
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