Senior Community Mental Health Nurse

Job summary

The North East Community mental health team are looking to recruit a mental health nurse who is looking to develop their skills in working with service users who have complex mental health needs in a community setting. We have an opportunity to work within a lively and supportive Team, if you can demonstrate being forward thinking, inclusivity and a caring nature then this is the role for you.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a Team which is in the process of transitioning into a new model of working, if you want to be a part of transforming and developing services to meet the diverse needs of our service users and the wider community, now is the time to apply.

Based at the Peddars Centre in Hellesdon Hospital, we are a Team who focuses on staffs' Continuing Professional Development, with a drive for further developing the teams' clinical knowledge and skills. The Team also has established links with the Primary Care Network and other agencies, which enhances our work, to ensure we are able to help and support service users and carers.

* For internal applicants we can offer fixed term roles as secondments with your current managers approval. Please advise your recruitment officer if you would like to be considered for this role on a secondment basis. *

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.

If you are able to complete high-quality clinical work safely and engage well with a complex client group with varying needs according to age, in a confident and positive way, then this is great opportunity for you to join us to enhance your skills and develop increased autonomy and clinical responsibility.

About us

We are currently working in a more flexible manner with increased use of virtual mediums to conduct patient care, and therefore this will provide opportunity to discuss flexible ways of working and potential distance working. We work collaboratively and in a supportive manner which is of particular importance in these unusual times.This is a fantastic opportunity to join an energetic, friendly and progressive service.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Peddars Centre, Hellesdon Hospital

Drayton High Rd

Norwich

NR6 5BE

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Peddars Centre, Hellesdon Hospital

Drayton High Rd

Norwich

NR6 5BE

Employer's website

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

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