Community Mental Health Nurse - Band 6
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
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Job summary
We are very excited to be able to offer a secondment or fixed term contract for 6 months Community Mental Health Nurse post within the Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Recovery Team. The post is full time and would be based at Avon House with site working from Leckhampton Lodge, a community base for the recovery and other community teams to enable lots of helpful information/ skills/ knowledge sharing and positive interface working. The post would mainly involve working in and around Cheltenham and Tewkesbury. This would be a perfect opportunity for development from band 5 or a stepping stone from an inpatient service.
The Cheltenham and Tewkesbury Recovery Team is a friendly, welcoming and dynamic team providing secondary mental health care services to adults of working age, their families and significant others, to provide the best possible outcomes for people experiencing severe mental illness, with complex mental health needs. The aim of the team is to work in line with the principles of Recovery and Social Inclusion. We strive to ensure that locality services represent excellent quality, (safe and a positive experience) and good value, (efficient and effective).
The team provides a planned needs led 9am-5pm five days a week service.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting opportunity for a community mental health nurse who has some experience of working with adults of Working Age and caring for individuals with Enduring Mental Health problems. The post will include care coordinating a designated caseload, working within CPA Policy and associated countywide risk procedures, travelling independently, use of IT skills and a working knowledge of legislation regarding safeguarding vulnerable adults, the MHA and MCA.
About us
At Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, we are supportive of the people we care for in the community and aim to provide a fully responsive service to everyone who needs it. This is the same approach we take for our employees. We look to value the skills and experiences of those we work with, whether they are service users, carers, families or those looking to work with us.
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust is part of the NHS. We treat NHS patients according to NHS principles and standards. The difference is the Trust is accountable to local people, rather than to Government, and so we are able to work closely with our community to develop services in the way that best suits the needs of local people.
Date posted
16 March 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum
Contract
Secondment
Working pattern
Full-time, Flexible working, Home or remote working
Reference number
327-23-255
Job locations
Avon House
Green Lane Industrial Estate
Tewkesbury
GL20 8SL
Employer details
Employer name
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Avon House
Green Lane Industrial Estate
Tewkesbury
GL20 8SL
Employer's website
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