About this role
Job summary
As a Community Mental Health Nurse for Adult Community South, you will be expected to...
take a clinical role in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of services for clients. contribute and participate in multi-disciplinary team assessment. be involved in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of person-centred care planning and person centred formulations. provide a first line response to referrals, providing where necessary a health and social care needs assessment or meeting the needs already identified in a health and social care needs assessment. As lead care professional to ensure accurate mental health clustering is carried out on admission, discharge and at reviews.
Main duties of the job
Ensure that nursing practice is person centred and, as far as possible, promoting the direct involvement of patients and carers in the development of the plan of care from admission to discharge. Ensure that clinical practice is consistent with the Care Programme Approach. Identify personal learning and training needs through appraisal and personal development plans linked to service needs. Take responsibility for ensuring that personal nursing practice is informed by relevant local and national developments and is evidenced based. Under the direction of the Community Team Manager, participate in clinical audit and clinical governance activities. Regularly undertake research and development and clinical trials, as necessary to own work. Carrying out Risk Assessment Act as the lead care professional for a case-load of patients with ultimate responsibility for providing an individualized plan of care for each patient. Delegate appropriate tasks to junior staff where appropriate. Act as duty clinician as needed. Cover FACT function when on rota and support team with FACT function as needed. Share information with other members of the multi-disciplinary team, either verbal or written.
About us
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk?The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
NHS pension a comprehensive in house & external training programmes career progression starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays) staff physio service NHS discounts and many more
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Person Specification
Qualification Essential
Degree or Diploma in Occupational Therapy Or, Nursing degree or equivalent RN (MH) Professional Registration
Desirable
ENB998/Mentorship Evidence of successful post registration academic development at degree level in related field
Other Essential
Ability to travel independently
Skills Essential
Ability to work regularly unsupervised Good observation and reporting skills
Knowledge Essential
Knowledge of medication, its management and monitoring of side effects. Knowledge of psychosocial interventions An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines (Government initiative)
Desirable
Developing knowledge of local wider systems and networks Knowledge of health promotion
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship 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).
Employer details Employer name Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address South Norfolk CMHT, Gateway House
wymondham
NR18 0WF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)