Job summary
Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse looking for a rewarding opportunity within crisis and urgent care services?
Our friendly and dynamic Home Treatment Team in Taunton is seeking skilled and compassionate Registered Mental Health Nurses for a 12-month fixed term contract to cover maternity leave. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a supportive, multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality, person-centred care in the community.
You'll work across both the Home Treatment and First Response Services, responding to individuals in acute mental health crisis and providing care and support that helps people remain at home and avoid unnecessary hospital admission.
We recognise that staff wellbeing is essential in delivering compassionate care. You'll be supported by a close-knit and understanding team that values collaboration, respect and professional growth.
This role will involve flexible working across a 24-hour shift rota (days and night shifts) in a 7 day a week service
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Community Mental Health Nurse, you will play a key role within our Urgent Care Pathway, offering rapid response assessments and home treatment as an alternative to hospital admission.
You will be responsible for:
- Holistic Assessments: Conduct thorough psychosocial and risk assessments in a range of settings including clients' homes, acute hospitals and community venues.
- Care Planning: Develop and implement safe, creative and evidence-based care plans tailored to the individual's recovery needs.
- Crisis Intervention: Deliver short-term therapeutic interventions such as emotional skills work, behavioural activation and psychoeducation.
- Medication Management: Administer medication safely within the community and monitor for side effects.
- Collaborative Working: Work closely with families, carers and professionals across health and social care to ensure continuity of care.
- Supervision and Support: Provide leadership and supervision to Band 5 staff, students and support workers.
- Service Development: Contribute to quality improvement initiatives and the ongoing development of urgent care services in Somerset.
You will need excellent interpersonal and clinical skills, a flexible approach to shift work, and a commitment to providing compassionate, person-centred care.
About us
As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.
The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.
There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone!
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Undertake urgent, holistic community-based assessments of individuals in acute mental health crisis.
- Deliver brief, recovery-focused interventions and coordinate care as a named keyworker.
- Act as a gatekeeper for inpatient beds and support early discharge planning from inpatient units.
- Participate in the First Response Service, offering timely triage and telephone support for those experiencing crisis.
- Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver psychological, medical and social interventions.
- Manage risk effectively, including formulation, planning and escalation as needed.
- Promote and uphold the Trust's values of Kindness, Respect, Teamwork and Everyone Every Day in all aspects of care delivery.
For a full list of duties and responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Undertake urgent, holistic community-based assessments of individuals in acute mental health crisis.
- Deliver brief, recovery-focused interventions and coordinate care as a named keyworker.
- Act as a gatekeeper for inpatient beds and support early discharge planning from inpatient units.
- Participate in the First Response Service, offering timely triage and telephone support for those experiencing crisis.
- Work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver psychological, medical and social interventions.
- Manage risk effectively, including formulation, planning and escalation as needed.
- Promote and uphold the Trust's values of Kindness, Respect, Teamwork and Everyone Every Day in all aspects of care delivery.
For a full list of duties and responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN
- Current registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Evidence of Post qualifying professional development in an acute setting
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience in multi-disciplinary community mental health services
- Experience of managing risk of clients in crisis
- Experience of assessment, care-planning, development and evaluation in conjunction with clients and carers
Desirable
- Evidence of post qualifying professional development in an acute setting
- Good knowledge of resources and working practices across health and social care
- Ability to be innovative in practice
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Able to carry out evidence based interventions
- Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively and empathically with patients, carers and relatives about complex and sensitive issues
- Excellent organisational skills, ability to manage own time and plan timed activities for staff and patients
- Ability to recognise and manage challenging situations in a calm and professional manner
- Ability to lead a team and work effectively as part of a team
- Experience of carrying out supervision to junior staff, coordinating the care of clients and delegating tasks
- Ability to inspire hope, support recovery and make a difference
- Act in a ways that support equality and diversity
- The ability to attend the necessary training with regard to personal safety
- Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative
- Flexibility and commitment to high standards of service for adults with mental health difficulties
- Ability to speak to distressed patients and their relatives in person and on the telephone
- Required to spend a considerable period of a working day in front of a VDU with expected high standards of written communication skills
- Ability to travel round Trust area to fulfil the requirements of the role.
Desirable
- Ability to work in partnership with other agencies
- Willingness to lead groups
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN
- Current registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council
- Evidence of Post qualifying professional development in an acute setting
Experience
Essential
- Significant post registration experience in multi-disciplinary community mental health services
- Experience of managing risk of clients in crisis
- Experience of assessment, care-planning, development and evaluation in conjunction with clients and carers
Desirable
- Evidence of post qualifying professional development in an acute setting
- Good knowledge of resources and working practices across health and social care
- Ability to be innovative in practice
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Able to carry out evidence based interventions
- Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively and empathically with patients, carers and relatives about complex and sensitive issues
- Excellent organisational skills, ability to manage own time and plan timed activities for staff and patients
- Ability to recognise and manage challenging situations in a calm and professional manner
- Ability to lead a team and work effectively as part of a team
- Experience of carrying out supervision to junior staff, coordinating the care of clients and delegating tasks
- Ability to inspire hope, support recovery and make a difference
- Act in a ways that support equality and diversity
- The ability to attend the necessary training with regard to personal safety
- Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative
- Flexibility and commitment to high standards of service for adults with mental health difficulties
- Ability to speak to distressed patients and their relatives in person and on the telephone
- Required to spend a considerable period of a working day in front of a VDU with expected high standards of written communication skills
- Ability to travel round Trust area to fulfil the requirements of the role.
Desirable
- Ability to work in partnership with other agencies
- Willingness to lead groups
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
