Community Mental health Nurse in Rugby

The North CMHT covers the locality of North Warwickshire & Rugby. We have two bases, one in Nuneaton and the other in Rugby and although you would be based in a particular location for expenses purposes, you are part of one large team, and you will get the opportunity to work across both localities with different colleagues. This would be an ideal opportunity for a clinician who would be interested in developing their skills of managing a caseload and providing clinical interventions in an established and forward-thinking team.

Main duties of the job

• Working within the team, you will be managing a caseload with complex mental health presentations and identifying a range of deliverable, evidence-based interventions and treatments across the whole patient group.
• You will be working as part of a multi-disciplinary team and will be communicating with a wide variety of patients, professionals, and external agencies.
• An interest in working with people with complex and significant mental health problems is vital.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work on your own initiative as well as collaboratively with colleagues are essential.
• A willingness and enthusiasm to learn new skills and develop your practice is vital.
• There are tight deadlines, and you will often be under pressure but you will be supported throughout your time with the team.
• You will have to make difficult decisions but having a supportive and experienced team and management alongside you helps with that process.

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond. We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities:

• Generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us.
• Excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more.
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more.
• Discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes.
• Wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more.
• Staff networks and support groups.

We are always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job responsibilities

Working for our Team is demanding and hard work but incredibly rewarding. It offers the opportunity to develop some excellent specialist skills and take part in imaginative and effective interventions. The nature of the team means that you bring your knowledge, experience, enthusiasm, and empathy and are exposed to the knowledge and skills of other colleagues within the team, which promotes growth and development within your own practice at an accelerated rate. We are a team that recognises the work we do can be difficult at times and we have a strong supportive approach—both in professional matters and passing on good practice, learning and sharing risk but also when it impacts on us personally. We recognise the value in Supervision, and this is why we ensure we offer a range, including CBT supervision, Peer Supervision, Caseload Supervision & Development Supervision. They are well spaced, and this is something the team feel adds to the varying levels of support and shared responsibility.

Person Specification

• Relevant Professional Qualification ie. RMN, DipCOT.
• Current unrestricted registration with HCPC/NMC.
• Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures and theory.
• Professional knowledge acquired through degree/diploma.
• Relevant training and experience specialist short courses.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Substantial experience in a Community Mental health care setting.
• Must have full driving licence and access to a motor vehicle for business use.

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.