Community Mental Health Nurse/Occupational Therapist/Social Worker

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

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Job summary

We are recruiting a practitioner to join our Community Team in Wymondham. You may be a Mental Health Nurse, a Social Worker or an Occupational Therapist with experience in Mental Health.

We want to recruit practitioners who can join our trust and bring with them fresh ideas and fresh ambition.

Our Trust values of Positively, Respectfully and Together sum up perfectly what this role encompasses.

You will need to be enthusiastic and conscientious and do everything you can to provide the best care to our service users.We are looking for someone who displays compassion, empathy and sensitivity in your approach to people who may be distressed or have a challenging manner.

In return we offer a supportive multi-disciplinary team environment where you will be encouraged to develop your own knowledge of psychosocial interventions and positive health promotion, with first-hand experience of engaging service users.

Main duties of the job

Our primary focus is on collaborative working; placing great emphasis on the assessment/recovery model. Many aspects relating to service user recovery is reflected within the assessment tools the patients and staff use and the philosophy that underpins patient centered care.

Main duties of this role include:

Holding a caseload of non-complex service Users

Offering holistic support and monitoring for service users and carers

Administraion of depot medication (if you are a Registered Nurse)

Attending weekly team meetings, regular reflective practice sessions and case formulations

Supporting the Team with their Duty and Flexible Assertive Community Treatement functions

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other and are looking forward to welcoming you!

Benefits

Benefits included with this role are:-

  • 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.

We are working hard to maintain usual recruitment process however please be aware that we may ask you to be interviewed via MS Teams rather than in person. Please also bear with us as we endeavour to recruit as many people as we can in unprecedented times.

Date posted

14 June 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£25,655 to £31,534 a year gross per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

246-WSN3894560-C

Job locations

Gateway House

Farrier Close

Wymondham

NR18 0WF


Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information about this role, please see the attached job description and person specification

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more information about this role, please see the attached job description and person specification

Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • Good interpersonal communication skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Risk Assessment

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs
  • CPA implementation

Desirable

  • Previous Community Experience
  • Group work interest / Experience Experience in appropriate area

Qualifications

Essential

  • Valid registration with NMC
  • Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake mentorship training.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Appropriate Sections of the Mental Health Act (1983)

Desirable

  • A clear understanding of mental health presentations.
  • Experience in utilising nursing models.

Other

Essential

  • Ability to travel independently

Desirable

  • Ability to motivate others
  • Enthusiasm for the job
Person Specification

Skills

Essential

  • Good interpersonal communication skills
  • Ability to work as part of a team
  • Risk Assessment

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience of working with people with mental health needs
  • CPA implementation

Desirable

  • Previous Community Experience
  • Group work interest / Experience Experience in appropriate area

Qualifications

Essential

  • Valid registration with NMC
  • Mentorship qualification or willingness to undertake mentorship training.

Knowledge

Essential

  • Appropriate Sections of the Mental Health Act (1983)

Desirable

  • A clear understanding of mental health presentations.
  • Experience in utilising nursing models.

Other

Essential

  • Ability to travel independently

Desirable

  • Ability to motivate others
  • Enthusiasm for the job

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Additional information

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Gateway House

Farrier Close

Wymondham

NR18 0WF


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Gateway House

Farrier Close

Wymondham

NR18 0WF


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Community Team Manager

Sam Renshaw

sam.renshaw@nsft.nhs.uk

01953611000

Date posted

14 June 2022

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£25,655 to £31,534 a year gross per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

246-WSN3894560-C

Job locations

Gateway House

Farrier Close

Wymondham

NR18 0WF


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