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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref
354-AN-20718
Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Community Mental Health Team, New Park House
Town
Horsham
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/11/2024 23:59

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Community Psychiatric Nurse - SOAMHS. Incentives Apply

NHS AfC: Band 6

Welcome from our Chief Executive

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job overview

We are recruiting a band 6 mental health nurse for the Specialist Older Adults' Mental Health Service (SOAMHS), based at Horsham  Mental Health Team, New Park House in Horsham.  The Specialist Older Adults Mental Health Service is integrated between health and social care, and works with older people with both functional and complex organic conditions who need secondary service support. Experience of working with this client group in a community setting is advantageous but not essential, as we would offer a robust induction and supervision package for the right candidate. 

This post offers the Trust's £4,000 Incentive for band 5-7 Nurses & Practitioners, as well as a relocation package up to a maximum of £8,000 (subject to terms and conditions).

The ability to travel is essential for this role and must be willing to travel across Horsham and Crawley and surrounding areas as required. 

Main duties of the job

We will be looking for someone with a passion for working with older people. You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and provide specialist assessment, treatment and care to a caseload of people with a range of mental health needs.  You must be enthusiastic, self-motivated, flexible and resourceful and be able to forge close links with clients and carers. We also work closely with partner healthcare organisations and the voluntary sector.  

The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work within a service which prides itself on its commitment and provision of high-quality care.  This will be a challenging and very busy role, but one which will be very rewarding. 

The service operates Monday to Friday, from 9am to 5pm.

Working for our organisation

The Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex.

Living & Working in West Sussex:

 

Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns on your doorstep

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We’d love you to join our Trust, rated ‘good’ overall and ‘outstanding’ for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, recent staff survey results told us that 82% recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Key staff survey results include:

·       70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work

·       79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team

·       77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The role of Community Nurse is to work in partnership with service users in the designated care group with complex health presentations, developing their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives.

Please see the attached Job Description document for full details of the role and responsibilities. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
  • Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
  • Evidence of continuous professional development

Knowledge/Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
  • Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
  • Experience of supervising staff
  • Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
  • Experience of working consultatively with professionals
  • Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
  • Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
  • Experience of working within the CPA process
  • Previous experience of working in the community

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Stella Sepenoo
Job title
Team Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 304 0025
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