Senior Community Mental Health Nurse Great Yarmouth

Job summary

Join Our Dynamic Team as a Community Mental Health Nurse!

Are you passionate about making a real difference in people's lives? Do you thrive in a collaborative, multi-disciplinary, and multi-agency environment? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Caseload Management: Take charge of managing a caseload, delivering high-quality mental health care services, and offering valuable support and advice to other healthcare professionals.
• Service Development: Contribute to the growth and enhancement of our mental health services, ensuring we remain at the forefront of best practices and innovation.
• Education and Mentorship: Create an enriching learning environment for University of East Anglia (UEA) students, guiding the next generation of mental health professionals.
• Documentation & Quality Assurance: Be responsible for the precise clinical documents of patients during admission, discharge, and review, ensuring seamless communication and information transfer across Trust teams and services when appropriate and necessary.

Main duties of the job

About the Role:

As a Community Mental Health Nurse, you will play a pivotal role in the planning and delivery of direct patient care. You will work closely with a supportive team to ensure continuity of practice, providing essential mental health care services to individuals in need.

If you're ready to take the next step in your career and be part of a dynamic team that truly makes a difference, we want to hear from you!

The post holder will undertake the planning and delivery of direct patient care with appropriate supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary and multiagency environment.

• Managing a caseload and the provision of Mental Health Care services to people with mental health care needs. Support and advising to other health care professionals. To support aspects of service development.
• Provide an appropriate learning environment for relevant University students.
• To be responsible for accurate mental health documents of all patients on admission, discharge and at review.
• Have an excellent knowledge of mental health conditions, relevant medications and treatment.
• Have experience or an understanding of working with people who have dementia.
• demonstrate ability to produce excellent highly detailed, assessments and risk management plans

This is an exciting opportunity to relocate and work 9-5 hrs between Monday to Friday.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Benefits included with this role are:-

• 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.

Working in Norfolk:

Working in Norfolk, UK, offers a unique blend of professional and lifestyle benefits. Enjoy a high quality of life with stunning countryside, picturesque coastlines, and charming historic towns. Norfolk boasts a lower cost of living compared to many UK regions, making it an affordable place to settle. The area is known for its friendly communities and excellent schools, ideal for families. Professionally, Norfolk offers diverse job opportunities, especially in healthcare. With a slower pace of life, beautiful natural surroundings, and vibrant cultural scene, Norfolk provides a perfect balance between work and leisure.

Job responsibilities

Why Join Us?

• Exciting Relocation Opportunity: Embrace a fresh start and relocate to a vibrant community.
• Work-Life Balance: Enjoy a balanced schedule with 9-5 hours, Monday to Friday, giving you the flexibility to maintain a fulfilling personal life.
• Professional Growth: Be part of a forward-thinking organization that values continuous learning and professional development.
• Supportive Environment: Work within a dedicated team committed to providing exceptional care and support to both patients and colleagues

Qualifications

Essential

• Nursing degree or equivalent
• Mentoring / Mentorship (ENB988 or equivalent)

Desirable

• Evidence at social care / health related study

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Familiar with risk assessment and its management

Desirable

• Previous community experience

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.

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).

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).