Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 nurse to join a relatively new team, which aims to help young people at risk of developing psychosis who are experiencing an at-risk mental state. The Therapeutic Interventions for Distressing unusual Experiences Service (TIDES) is a team working therapeutically with young people across Norfolk & Waveney.

Your choice of base could be Norwich, Great Yarmouth, or King's Lynn. However you would be expected to work flexibly between bases in Norwich, Great Yarmouth, Kings Lynn, and home.

We are a supported team currently made up of clinical psychology, systemic family therapy, cognitive behavioural therapists, mental health practitioners, support workers and a vocational worker, all of whom are from a variety of professional backgrounds. Our team will be offering young people evidence-based interventions such as psychoeducational work, individual CBT and family therapeutic work aimed at helping our young people and their families to manage their unusual experiences. TIDES practitioners work with small manageable caseloads and hold an integrated approach to the care we provide.

Main duties of the job

As a lead care professional you'll play a key role in our service users recovery, you'll work with them to create a collaborative recovery care plan and review this regularly . You will work with the service user, carers, external agencies and other services to ensure the service received is streamlined and cohesive.

You'll be working alongside a multi-disciplinary team and part of your role will be to support in assessments and provide treatment, we will provide opportunities for you to learn and develop these skills. You'll regularly be working with external agencies as part of a service users care, so being able to work well in a team and having excellent communication skills is vital. You can expect a thorough induction and training period, as well as opportunities for ongoing development.

You can expect a manageable case load and a supportive management team to ensure you're able to work independently but support is never far away if needed. You will receive regular management and clinical supervision.

You'll be motivated, compassionate, and keen to ensure our service users receive the best possible outcomes.

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.

Recent CQC inspection has shown improvements in the services which we plan to build on. This is an exciting time of Transformation of mental health services in Suffolk, creating opportunities for services to recognise and consolidate what they are doing well and also to drive creativity to radically change service delivery. The changes are locally driven, with the aim of embedding mental health services within the community.

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

County Hall

Martineau Lane

Norwich

NR1 2DH

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

County Hall

Martineau Lane

Norwich

NR1 2DH

Employer's website

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

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