Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse role in the Bordon and Petersfield Community Mental Health Team, covering Bordon, Petersfield and the Strawberry Primary Care Network in Havant, with Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. The work involves assessing, planning and evaluating nursing care for a caseload, co-ordinating that care, and supervising, mentoring and teaching staff and students. The multidisciplinary team is open to experienced and newly qualified nurses, with in-house training available. Applicants need a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle.
What the job involves
- Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate nursing care for a defined group of service users
- Supervise, mentor and teach qualified and unqualified staff, including students
- Co-ordinate care for a specified group of service users
What’s required
Qualifications
- Successful completion of preceptorship
Registration & licences
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Working knowledge of the NMC Code of Conduct
Experience
- Recognising and responding to behaviour that challenges
- Understanding of service user involvement in their own care and care plan
Skills & knowledge
- Computer skills
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills, including active listening and empathy, with people who have difficulty understanding
- Good facilitation skills
- Organising self and others to achieve tasks
- Motivating service users
Checks & eligibility
- Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle
Other
- Evidence of team working and ability to take direction and instruction
- Honest and trustworthy
- Awareness of personal and professional boundaries
- Respect for service users and belief that they can achieve
- Attendance at a five-day full-time induction programme
Nice to have
- 6 to 12 months post-qualifying experience with a mentorship course
- Clinical supervision training and ability to supervise staff
- Ability to travel
- Knowledge of another language
- Ability to co-facilitate group work
- Physical stamina
- Phlebotomy trained
- Well presented, confident, respectful, self-reliant, imaginative and adaptable
What’s offered
- Access to in-house training programmes
- Professional development and career progression opportunities
- Supportive and experienced team environment
- Flexible working requests discussed as part of the interview process
- Opportunity to make a real difference to people experiencing mental health difficulties
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
