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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health - Community
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri 9-5)
Job ref
301-JC-24-6181066
Employer
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Codsall Council Offices, Wolverhampton Rd
Town
Codsall
Salary
£28,407 - £34,581 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/05/2024 23:59

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Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Mental Health Nurse - IMHT Seisdon & Codsall

NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a part time Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse to join our dynamic and friendly Integrated Mental Health Team Seisdon, this role will be based in Codsall providing care for the local community and surrounding areas. The team is multidisciplinary and provides high quality care for service users that experience mental health conditions. 

We are an award-winning Trust and have recently been ranked by HSJ awards as top in the Midlands for Mental Health, Learning and Development and Community Trusts as Best Place to work recommended by employees. When you come to work with us, we will help you reach your full potential. Not only that, we will actively seek opportunities to share the great things you are doing, with others locally, regionally, and nationally.  

Main duties of the job

  • Working in an identified adult community mental health pathway, with the flexibility of working across pathways, dependent on skill and service need.
  • Delivering a high quality clinical service to patients and their families.
  • Delivering nursing interventions, in accordance with an agreed care plan, to an identified group of people experiencing mental health related difficulties.
  • You will be responsible for the assessment of care needs and contributing to; the formulation of the person’s needs and the development of a relevant plan based upon the person’s negotiated goals and relevant evidence based interventions.
  • You will, in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team, provide nursing interventions to support the person to meet their agreed goals and coordinate and/ or participate in the review of progress towards those goals, utilising recommended outcome measures, involving the service user and any identified carer throughout the clinical

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

  • Supporting your career development and progression.
  • Excellent NHS Pension scheme
  • Generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave
  • Options for flexible working
  • Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
  • Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
  • If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
  • Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
  • Salary sacrifice car – fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
  • Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
  • Free car parking at all trust sites
  • Free flu vaccination every year
  • Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grow your career here with us at MPFT:

Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

What is it like to be a Mental Health Nurse in a community setting at MPFT? - YouTube

The Integrated Mental Health teams work as part of a 'neighbourhood' offering place based provision of mental health services in partnership with other local organisations. Clinicians within the IMHT will offer interventions and treatments which are concordant with NICE guidelines, and allocation within the team will be based on the needs of the service user, matching clinician skills to service user needs. 

Things that you will have:

  • A relevant nursing qualification and registration – RMN
  • Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex mental health needs 
  • Strong team-working skills
  • A high level of self-motivation and a flexible approach
  • A positive attitude and be naturally caring and compassionate
  • A commitment to high-quality care and values and evidence-based practice
  • Excellent teamwork skills, and professionalism

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early depending on the volume of applications we receive. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered mental health Nurse, active on NMC Register.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working with people experiencing mental health related difficulties.
  • Experience of assessing, planning, coordinating and managing people with mental health problems in a community setting.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working a community setting

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Keira Fieldhouse
Job title
Neighbourhood Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 303 3428
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