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Job overview

We are very excited to be able to offer a new post to a final year mental health nursing student or newly qualified registered mental health nurse to commence their journey within Gloucester Recovery Team and will be offering a preceptorship to support development of key competencies and confidence post qualification.  The post would be based at Pullman Place, Gloucester.

The Gloucester Recovery Team is a friendly, welcoming and dynamic team providing secondary mental health care services to adults of working age, their families and significant others, to provide the best possible outcomes for people experiencing severe mental illness, with complex mental health needs.

The post will include care coordinating a designated caseload, working within CPA Policy and associated countywide risk procedures, travelling independently, use of IT skills and recent registration as a mental health nurse or expectation of completion of academic study and registration in 2024. 

The successful candidate will be provided with support under the trust Preceptorship scheme, thereby accessing peer support and individualised clinical and managerial supervision and mentorship to aid development and progression as a new nurse consolidating skills post-qualification. 

Community Mental Health Services are undergoing significant transformation in the way we work together, which the successful candidate will have the opportunity to be a part of.

Main duties of the job

• Work according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines as a named nurse or key worker taking responsibility for the assessment of care and health education needs.
• Develop, implement and evaluate care plans in conjunction with service users, carers and other professionals ensuring individual needs are met.
• Ensure that everyone involved in the care plan receives a copy and to ensure that all relevant details are recorded on Trust IT systems.
• Utilising the Care Programme Approach (CPA) and in line with Trust policy, provide specialist care, education and advice to service users (including carers) who are suffering from common, severe and enduring mental health problem to promote recovery and social inclusion.
• Liaise with and offer specialist assessment and advice to other agencies and professions, including participating in Multi-Agency meetings to offer advice and opinions to facilitate the ongoing treatment and care of service users and to ensure adherence to National Service Framework (NSF) guidelines.
• Actively support service users in the management of their medication within a ‘concordance framework’ and relevant policies. Administer medication, including Intra-muscular injections depot medication as appropriate and monitor side effects. Delegate the checking and delivery of medication when appropriate

Working for our organisation

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust. 

The annual NHS Staff Survey  gives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust.  For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%).   It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users; 
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work; 
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative     

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.