Senior Community Mental Health Nurse

2 weeks ago


Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust Full time

Job summary

Want to make a real difference and have a truly rewarding career? Join Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation Trust (NSFT) Older People Service and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to providing top quality services to older people in the Yarmouth area.

NSFT Older Peoples services have consistently been rated 'good' by the CQC. The CQC commented at our most recent inspection on how our colleagues ...

We are passionate about making equality, diversity and inclusion part of our culture. We value the richness that comes from having colleagues that are fully representative of the local community. We welcome people who identify as Black, Asian or from a Minority Ethnic background, protected characteristics, and with all backgrounds and experiences.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced nurse who can work independently and as part of a team; is forward thinking; innovative and highly motivated, and keen to work with this client group. We value the contribution of others and recognise the benefit of a variety of clinical experience.

You will be well supported and supervised by Senior Nurse Specialists and a Consultant Psychiatrist. You will learn and develop through supervised practice, regular multi-disciplinary team meetings, and you will be able to attend training and development days.

The successful candidate will have good interpersonal, organisational and communication skills in order to engage with people with suspected cognitive difficulties, their family members and carers.

We anticipate that the post holder will have had previous experience in the administration and scoring the ACE III dementia screen and be able to write appropriately worded reports and letters to service users/carers and referrers. The post will require the successful applicant to have at least 2 years experience in working at band 6 with older adults who have complex mental health issues in the community. The role will involve completing risk assessments and recovery planning according to service user needs and presentation.

There are two vacancies available, one based at Carlton Court in Lowestoft and the other based at The Willow Centre Northgate Hospital.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY

Some of the benefits you can expect:

NHS pension

a comprehensive in house & external training programmes

career progression

starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)

staff physio service

NHS discounts and many more.

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent Higher degree or post-graduate certificate in areas of clinical/therapeutic practice

Skills

Essential

Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience Good working knowledge of medication management.

Desirable

Experience in delivering group based interventions

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