Community Mental Health Nurse

Job summary

The Norwich City Community Mental Health Team's provides patient centred and compassionate care to people in with moderate to severe mental illness.

Based at the Julian Hospital in Norwich we are looking for 2 caring and motivated Band 5 Registered Mental Health Nurses We are a team that prides itself on its team working and we value working together to meet the needs of service users.

We work closely with psychology, psychiatry and staff from occupational health and Social Work and work hard to provide the opportunity to learn from each other.

As a band 5 qualified mental health nurse within the team, you would work with a defined and planned number of service users with moderate to severe mental illness who require care coordination. You would have opportunities to develop assessment skills, the direct provision of interventions and medicines management.

We also have an opportunity for a defined depot and physical health nursing role overseeing the day to day running of our community teams depot clinic. If you are looking for a highly functioning CMHT with caring colleagues and the opportunity to develop your career further, we'd love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job When you join us, you can expect to be supported in developing your skills and confidence in the band 5 role, there will be a minimum of two-week local induction We fully support staff to particulate in the Trusts preceptorship program for newly registered nurses You would have a development plan, personalised to your experience, strengths and identified development needs We host regular reflective practice sessions, training days, clinical and management supervision.

We work Monday to Friday excluding bank Holidays

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive. Why work for us?

We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too.

Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops, and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

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Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

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Person Specification

Qualifications Essential Nursing degree or equivalent RN(MH) Membership qualification or willingness to undertake training Experience Desirable Previous experience of working with mental health needs Skills Essential Ability to work regularly unsupervised Good Observation and reporting Skills Ability to display calm, mature response to difficult situations Desirable Ability to supervise others Knowledge Essential Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality Desirable Awareness of security and its impact and willingness to expand knowledge on it Working knowledge/application of the Mental Health Act 1993 Other Essential Ability to travel independently Awareness and understanding equity and diversity issues Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.

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