Specialist Community Mental Health Nurse - band 6 Haltemprice CMHT

Job summary

Are you passionate about supporting people with severe and enduring mental illness in the community?

Are you a recovery focused and creative mental health nurse who is able to work in a fast-paced multi-disciplinary team?

As an employer Humber are dedicated to being a best practice example of inter-professional working in mental health. As part of this we encourage and provide opportunities for continued professional development such as facilitating group work (e.g. mentalisation based therapy, family interventions and cognitive based therapy).

Main duties of the job

Your role will centre on the delivery of specialist mental health support to people with severe and enduring mental illness who are requiring treatment and care in the community.

This will be in the form of direct work and care coordination with people on caseload, providing duty support to those in the team and contributing to multi-disciplinary team meetings both in house and with colleagues externally.

Empowering and supporting service users to make effective personal decisions which promote their psychological well being and recovery.

Undertakes supported person led assessments, risk assessments, support planning and outcome focused reviews of service users and carers who have eligible needs and complex and/or long term conditions in accordance with legislative requirements, policy and professional frameworks.

In addition to undertaking person led assessments and operational responsibilities will manage a caseload with complex needs and provide case load guidance, support and specialist advice to junior members of staff and ensure care in completed within the practice and performance framework.

Key relationships are with: Clinical and Team lead within the CMHT for immediate day to day support and management.

Due to working in the Haltemprice area and surrounding villages, it's required that applicants can commute effectively across these geographical areas.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good, health and social care Trust that delivers care to communities in Hull, East Yorkshire, Scarborough and Ryedale and Whitby. We deliver safe, effective and integrated health services that improve the physical, mental and social health and wellbeing of our patients and service users.

To find out more about our wide range of services including mental health, learning disabilities, children and young people service, Forensic, Community and Primary Care visit our website humber.nhs.uk/Services

You will join our team of over 3,600 colleagues that work together across our wide geography and specialties to change lives every day. We're extremely proud of our Trust community and we know you can expect to receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need from your new team to get you started.

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development to ensure the delivery of high quality, person-centred and compassionate care to patients. We value our staff and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills and competencies to deliver outstanding care.

The Trust recognises the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.