Community Mental Health Nurse

Job summary

The Primary Care Network Mental Health Team has an exciting opportunity for an experienced mental health nurse to join our team.

Do you have a passion for working within adult mental health? Then come and join the team and meet likeminded people.

The aim of the team is to bridge the gap between primary and secondary mental health care: providing accessible primary care level mental health interventions to the population of North Lincolnshire.

The pathways within Primary Care Network Mental Health are: Routine Pathway, Dementia Pathway, Medication Management Pathway, Mental Health and Wellbeing Pathway, and Severe Mental Illness Physical Health Check pathway. These vacancy is within the routine pathway, but we are an integrated team, so awareness of all pathways is required.

The routine pathway accept all routine referrals into mental health services. The role involves triage, assessment, signposting and offering brief interventions in line with the primary care model. The post holder will be expected to assess risk and ensure any urgent referrals are actioned by the relevant team.

The North Lincolnshire Primary Care Network Mental Health are committed to establishing our service within the wider Primary Care Networks and have colleagues embedded in GP surgeries. Expanding this is the focus of our service. We welcome applicants who feel they have the drive, skills and expertise to continue this further development.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be an enthusiastic, highly organised and motivated mental health professional who can provide high quality nursing expertise and support within the routine pathway.

It is essential that the applicant can demonstrate post registration experience as an RMN, which may include inpatient and community settings.

The following tasks and duties will also form part of the role, however this list is not exhaustive:

• Triage of incoming referrals to establish urgency / risk

Holistic mental health assessment

Development of appropriate treatment plans / signposting to relevant third sector organisations

Recruitment, supervision, and deployment of staff.

Advice, training and induction and mentorship of learners.

Audit, research and service monitoring.

Liaison within the multi-disciplinary care team, including carers, voluntary agencies etc.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 3700 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values.

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q