Community Mental Health Nurse (North Warks & Rugby) - Band 5

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Community mental health Nurse to join the North Warwickshire and Rugby Recovery Team, IPU 11-17. This team is proactive in embedding and utilizing multidisciplinary roles to provide recovery and outcome focused interventions for individuals within the service.

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate that they can work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team using evidence based approaches in the delivery of interventions. This includes care coordinating a caseload of service users.

We are seeking candidates who have experience of working in mental health settings who are innovative, dynamic and are looking to develop their clinical skills. They will be able to demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills and exhibit behaviours that reflect Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust vision and values.

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Main duties of the job

For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements.

The Main Roles:

To hold a case load

To work within a MDT setting

To attend meetings

To work within our s74 agreement

To work within the recovery model

To monitor mental health and dispense medication if needed

About us

The successful candidate will receive support, managerial and professional supervision from the line managers in the Recovery IPU. Peer support and CPD opportunities are also available and actively encouraged. The post is a substantive position.

We are a MDT setting with varying training opportunities

We help with continued progressive development

The service received an overall rating of Good by the CQC and an Outstanding for care and compassion of which we are rightly proud. We have also been recognised both locally and nationally by receiving awards for the services we provide.

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services, we see on average around 5,000 patients every day.