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Job summary

Main area
Section 136 Nurse
Grade
Band 5 - Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
201-25-072
Employer
Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Bodmin Hospital
Town
Bodmin
Salary
£29,970 - £44,962 Per Annum/Pro Rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
30/01/2025 23:59

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Section 136 Nurse - Developmental (Band 5-6)

Band 5 - Band 6

Thank you for your interest in joining us at Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

We pride ourselves in striving to be an employer of choice.

Strategic Themes

Great Care

  • Care based on what matters to people.
  • Care provided at home or close to home.
  • Improvement through learning, research and innovation.
  • Prevention and alternatives to hospital.

Great Organisation

  • Buildings that support health and wellbeing.
  • Technology enabled care.
  • Care teams are supported by responsive corporate services.
  • Safe, efficient, effective and productive.

Great People

  • A place people love to work and feel valued.
  • Living our values with staff (all voices count).
  • Attract, grow and develop talent.
  • Leaders with compassion, who continuously learn and listen.

Great Partner

  • Encourage and enable effective partnerships.
  • Joined-up community services.
  • Work with others to maximise workforce opportunities.
  • Reduce our impact on the environment.

 At the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. In addition, although the role advertised may have a ‘home’ office base indicated, we remain committed to supporting flexibility around workplace locations. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The successful applicant will be an NHS employee and may therefore have contact with vulnerable service users. During the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been necessary to take significant steps to protect the health and safety of our staff, service users and those attending our sites. Unless exempt, we encourage and support staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

 

Job overview

Exciting opportunity for an experienced Band 6 Mental Health Nurse or a Band 5 Mental Health Nurse looking to develop, to join our 136 Suite team.  

Within our mental health services we have wards caring for anyone requiring inpatient care, providing wonderful opportunities and facilities for patients as well as having  Section 136 suites in two site across the county to provide a place of safety which the police can bring people to.

You will carry out all duties required from a registered mental health nurse on an acute inpatient area alongside being a named nurse for the section 136 suite, working alongside a multi-disciplinary team to carry out a diverse range of duties, ensuring the section 136 suite is least restrictive option.

Main duties of the job

  • To participate in the delivery of psychiatric care services, with a priority area being the section 136 suite, for the local population within the contract specification between Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and its' purchasers, within budgetary limits and service specifications under the direction of the Clinical Supervisor and the Ward Manager
  • Ensure all obligations of the Mental Health Act and the Code of Practice are fulfilled and other mental health legislation is complied with in accordance with the Care Programme Approach and Care Management Systems
  • To implement progressive, innovative and socially inclusive care plans with emphasis on user involvement

Working for our organisation

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.  We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health.  We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us.  As part of the team, you’ll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust.  This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people’s homes, in community clinics and bases.  Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals.  Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here.  A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon.  As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon.  In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area.  This increase the numbers of people who use out services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Current professional registration – NMC
  • Professional qualification – RMN

Experience and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Current experience of working in an inpatient environment post qualification
  • Experience of working with patients with complex and challenging needs
Desirable criteria
  • Experience in managing a team/service

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Veteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveInvestors in People: GoldImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerNHS Rainbow badgeArmed Forces Covenant

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Melissa Pearce
Job title
Ward Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01208 251 450
Additional information

Please note we are not accepting any communication from Recruitment Agencies at the current time.  Please refrain from Sending the Trust CV’s as this does not count as an introduction.

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