About this role
Job summary
NHS Band 6 Salary: £39,959 - £48,117 per annum
Hours Per Week: Full time 37.5 hrs
Contract Type: Permanent
Location Base: Queen Alexandra Hospital, Southwick Hill Road, Cosham, Portsmouth, PO6 3LY ORSt Mary's Hospital, The Apex Centre, St Cross Business Park, Newport, Isle of Wight, PO30 5XW
About the Role
Are you an experienced Registered Mental Health Nurse looking for an opportunity to use your skills differently and make a real difference to the wellbeing of NHS staff?
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an experienced Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our Occupational Health and Wellbeing Team. This is an exciting opportunity to use your specialist mental health expertise in a role focused not only on supporting individuals, but also on helping to create a healthier, more resilient and psychologically safe workforce.
Working as part of a multidisciplinary Occupational Health service, you will provide specialist mental health assessment, advice and evidence-based support to staff experiencing psychological, emotional or mental health difficulties that may be affecting their health, wellbeing, attendance or ability to work.
This is a varied role that goes beyond traditional case management. You will have the opportunity to support early intervention, contribute to preventative mental health and wellbeing initiatives, and work collaboratively with colleagues and managers to improve staff experience and wellbeing across the organisation. This role includes staff in both Portsmouth Hospital University NHS Trust and Isle of Wight NHS Trust so travel across both sites is an essential part of the role.
About us
Working as a partnership, both Isle of Wight NHS Trust and Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust have a shared vision for excellence in care for our patients and communities; with a set of strategic aims underpinning how we will achieve this.
The single corporate service is delivered across both organisations. You may be based at either IWT or PHU and individuals may be required to undertake business travel between sites. For leaders managing staff across multi-site locations, you will need to be visible and provide in person leadership. The arrangements and frequency will be agreed locally.
Job description
Job responsibilities
What You'll Be Doing
As a Mental Health Nurse working in Occupational Health and Wellbeing, you will:
- Undertake holistic mental health assessments and develop appropriate, evidence-based support plans.
- Provide specialist advice, brief interventions, psychoeducation and wellbeing support to staff.
- Assess and manage clinical risk, escalating concerns appropriately.
- Work collaboratively with Occupational Health colleagues, managers, Human Resources and external services to support staff wellbeing and retention at work.
- Provide specialist advice around workplace adjustments to OH Advisors, wellbeing interventions and supportive approaches to mental health at work.
- Contribute to proactive wellbeing programmes, workshops, campaigns and preventative initiatives.
- Promote early intervention, psychological safety and positive help-seeking behaviours.
- Use themes and emerging trends to help identify opportunities for service development and preventative interventions.
- Facilitating classroom based workshops on supporting staff to manage symptoms of mental health such as anxiety and stress
- Contribute to service evaluation, quality improvement and the continued development of our mental health and wellbeing offer.
You will bring significant post-registration mental health experience together with excellent assessment, communication and clinical decision-making skills. Most importantly, you will be compassionate, approachable and committed to making a positive difference to the experience and wellbeing of NHS staff.
For full job details and person specification please refer to the enclosed job description.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience within mental health services.
- Experience of undertaking comprehensive mental health assessments and developing person-centred care plans.
- Experience of managing a caseload and prioritising competing demands.
- Experience of working autonomously whilst recognising professional limitations.
- Experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working.
- Experience of providing advice, guidance and support regarding mental health issues.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential
- Excellent mental health assessment and clinical decision-making skills.
- Ability to identify risks and take appropriate action in accordance with professional standards and organisational policies.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build effective therapeutic and professional relationships.
- Knowledge of evidence-based interventions for supporting staff experiencing psychological distress.
- Understanding of safeguarding principles and procedures for adults at risk.
- Knowledge of equality, diversity and inclusion principles within healthcare settings.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with current registration with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
- Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to mental health and wellbeing practice.
- Educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Address
Queen Alexandra Hospital
Southwick Hill Road
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO6 3LY
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)