Mental Health Practitioner/Community Mental Health Nurse in Nottingham

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, skilled and enthusiastic Mental Health Practitioner/ Community Mental Health Nurse (Band 6) to join the City Central Local Mental Health Team (LMHT). If you are a confident, experienced clinician looking for a new challenge and would like an opportunity to use your skills working in a busy, rewarding and supportive environment we would like to hear from you.

LMHT is a community-based service which operates Monday-Friday 9am-5pm. The LMHTs provide mental health services for adults across Nottinghamshire. We help patients and their families cope with periods of severe mental illness and assess, plan and implement a personalised path of recovery. Some of our patients may require short term intervention, and sometimes longer-term care plans will be put in place.

We are seeking an enthusiastic team player, working within a dynamic multi-disciplinary team, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability and experience to manage complex cases in partnership with other agencies. In return the successful applicant will receive training and support to develop specific therapeutic skills to enable them to provide a high-quality service to our patients and their families.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Benefits of working at Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust include:

• Up to 33 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Enhanced Maternity and Sick pay
• Comprehensive induction and ongoing training
• Commitment to career development
• Wide range of training and development opportunities
• Working in a supportive environment
• Retail Discounts
• Option to purchase additional Annual Leave
• Clinical Supervision
• Preceptorship Programme
• Staff Health and Wellbeing Services

Day to Day Duties:

• Caseload management under the Care Programme Approach
• Initial assessments and one-to-one interventions with service users.
• To undertake and record comprehensive need/risk assessments, devise and implement treatment plans for service users.
• To demonstrate the application of specialist skills and knowledge in order to maintain professional competence and fitness to practice as a nurse practitioner.
• To establish and maintain robust communication networks with clients, carers, team members, other health care and social care workers within urgent care and the community.
• To use interpersonal skills in diffusing potentially emotive situations while undertaking assessments and pathway planning within acute settings.
• To demonstrate high level communication skills.

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Maintains current registration with the NMC. Practice based educator qualification or equivalent (or prepared to undertake training). Demonstrate continued professional development to maintain professional registration.

Skills:

• Ability to work as part of a MDT
• Ability to be flexible and handle conflict issues
• Good skills in assessment intervention and evaluation of patients nursing care.
• Clinical supervision skills

Experience:

• Demonstrates satisfactory clinical expertise for the banding.
• Specialist and area specific experience.
• The ability to deal with and resolve conflict.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge and understanding of current legislation and understanding of clinical risk assessments.
• Knowledge of the Trusts values and behaviours.
• Awareness of national and local issues impacting on nursing care.

Training:

• Willingness to undertake new clinical practices, education and training that will enhance service delivery.

Contractual Requirements:

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Additional Information:

We reserve the right to close the post early once we have received a sufficient number of applicants. The Trust believes in treating everyone with dignity and respect and encourages applications from all sectors of the community. We guarantee an interview to candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum essential criteria.