Community Mental Health Nurse

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

The closing date is 28 January 2025

Job summary

The Greenfield Centre are looking to recruit to a full time Mental Health Nurse.

The post holder is responsible for the delivery of care and for the supervision of others who are carrying out all aspects of the caring process. The post-holder will assist in setting and maintaining standards of care, will participate in maintaining effective management of the team and will also maintain effective integration with the multi-disciplinary team and assist with the facilitation of a collaborative approach to patient focussed care.

Main duties of the job

To work within the care team, triaging referrals undertaking holistic initial assessments and supporting with duty professional cover.

To act as a Change Agent and actively seek to develop practice

To develop relationships and strengthen links and liaise between the different care providers.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Date posted

14 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

232-CMT-6820792

Job locations

Greenfields Centre

Stoke on Trent

ST6 5UD

Job description

Job responsibilities

To participate in the triage of new referral.

To ensure that appropriate interventions are planned and delivered according to assessed need.

To promote a positive, service user relationship and to engage with carers/relatives as appropriate.

To have responsibility for documenting the plans of care and ensuring that plans remain current and that standards for record-keeping are adhered to

Job description

Job responsibilities

To participate in the triage of new referral.

To ensure that appropriate interventions are planned and delivered according to assessed need.

To promote a positive, service user relationship and to engage with carers/relatives as appropriate.

To have responsibility for documenting the plans of care and ensuring that plans remain current and that standards for record-keeping are adhered to

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Evidence of professional updating and development in the delivery services to people with mental illness
Professional registration - Nursing

Experience

Essential

Experience of working therapeutically in community settings
Experience of working with a range of statutory, non-statutory agencies

Knowledge

Essential

Awareness of harassment, social exclusion issues and the effects of person and institutional discrimination
Skills in assessing, planning and evaluating mental health care/treatment interventions

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Evidence of professional updating and development in the delivery services to people with mental illness
Professional registration - Nursing

Experience

Essential

Experience of working therapeutically in community settings
Experience of working with a range of statutory, non-statutory agencies

Knowledge

Essential

Awareness of harassment, social exclusion issues and the effects of person and institutional discrimination
Skills in assessing, planning and evaluating mental health care/treatment interventions

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.