Job summary
Community Mental Health Nurse (Band 5 Nurse)
Are you ready to step into a pivotal clinical role in secondary mental health services?
The posts will be based either at Millwood Unit in Uckfield or Hill Rise in Newhaven. Both sites are set in the beautiful rural area of East Sussex in the South Downs National Park. The Assessment and Treatment Service offers a wide range of evidence-based treatments for people with severe and enduring mental health problems.
As a Community Mental Health Nurse in our service you will be focussed on improving outcomes for service users, working creatively with them and their carers to co-create care and risk plans that will help them achieve their goals and live as independently as possible. The key to success in this role is often about building effective partnerships with GPs, Crisis services, housing and other third sector providers, as well as making decisions to refer patients onto one of our more specialist services, such as our Early intervention in Psychosis or Eating disorders.
To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID.
Main duties of the job
To be successful as a nurse at Hill Rise ATS you will be:
- A Registered Nurse
- Excellent at forming relationships with our partners
- A service-user focussed practitioner
It would also be advantageous if you have:
- Experience working with adults with severe mental illness
- Experience working in a county-wide community team
About us
- This a Band 5 to Band 6 development opportunity.
- We offer an excellent Preceptorship programme and lots of training opportunities and possibilities in terms of career progression whether that be towards clinical specialist roles or Leadership.
As a mental health trust, Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.
As a nurse in our team we can offer you:
- Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes, run by our internal wellbeing team
- Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
- Flexible working patterns
- Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
- A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC
- Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
If you are looking for the opportunity to work within a busy but rewarding Assessment and Treatment service in the heart of Sussex, then we would love to hear from you.
This post offers an incentive or relocation package up to the maximum of £4000 (pro rata applies and subject to terms and conditions).
Please apply using the link in this advert, or for more information contact:
Simon Hellyer - Service Manager 07471 034300 / Simon.Hellyer@sussexpartnership.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To be an active participant in the multi-disciplinary team, formulating care plans and utilising appropriate assessments.
2. To take part in all quality initiatives actively supporting and participating in both policies and service developments in the specific care group.
3. Carry a caseload, actively working with parents and carers.
4. To participate in regular clinical, professional and managerial supervision.
5. To maintain and contribute to standards of professional care, ethics, policies and procedures.
6. To contribute, to improve access for patients to local generic health care services, primary, secondary and specialist services.
7. To maintain record keeping within Trust guidelines, national standards and NICE
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. To be an active participant in the multi-disciplinary team, formulating care plans and utilising appropriate assessments.
2. To take part in all quality initiatives actively supporting and participating in both policies and service developments in the specific care group.
3. Carry a caseload, actively working with parents and carers.
4. To participate in regular clinical, professional and managerial supervision.
5. To maintain and contribute to standards of professional care, ethics, policies and procedures.
6. To contribute, to improve access for patients to local generic health care services, primary, secondary and specialist services.
7. To maintain record keeping within Trust guidelines, national standards and NICE
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of MHA (1983/2007).
- Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005), to include practical knowledge of FACE documentation, DOLS and Best Interest decisions.
- Child and Adult safe guarding procedures.
- Change management at organising and prioritising their workload.
- Demonstrate ability to enhance care through evidence based knowledge.
- Demonstrate professional development relevant to the specific care group.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role.
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of MHA (1983/2007).
- Knowledge of Mental Capacity Act (2005), to include practical knowledge of FACE documentation, DOLS and Best Interest decisions.
- Child and Adult safe guarding procedures.
- Change management at organising and prioritising their workload.
- Demonstrate ability to enhance care through evidence based knowledge.
- Demonstrate professional development relevant to the specific care group.
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.
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
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.
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).
