Community Mental Health Nurse

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a mental health nurse has arisen to join our innovative Community Mental Health Team based in the Stoke on Trent. You will be based at the Greenfield Centre in Tunstall and the working hours are Monday to Friday from 9am to 5pm although part-time hours will be considered.

You will be expected to be highly motivated, enthusiastic with excellent communication skills and capable of working in an independent manner within a small team. If successful, you will be working to a community locality working model with GP's, other mental health services and the wider primary care teams across the area. Flexible working will be considered.

You will need to have a core RMN qualification.

Our community mental health team is made up of a vibrant and supportive multi-disciplinary team. We aim to support our staff development with lots of opportunities to develop your skills and learning. There will be opportunities to lead on projects, support research and quality improvements. This is an exciting time for our team as we continuously develop more effective therapy based pathways, with a focus on recovery for our service users.

The successful applicant will work alongside our current mental health nurses and occupational therapists to develop these group and individual recovery focused pathways.

Main duties of the job

1. To work as a member of the CMHT, providing a service to clients and their families.
2. The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of recovery based care programmes, specifically evidence based care pathways.
3. To act as care co-ordinator.
4. To work alongside a multi-disciplinary Team
5. To work in conjunction with other providers from statuary and none-statuary services.
6. To provide supervision and support to junior staff members assisting in the care giving process.
7. To contribute to the future development of care services.
8. To contribute their core professional knowledge and skills to the multi-disciplinary team and to uphold professional standards and to ensure high standards of quality clinical care.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Employer details

Employer name

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

Greenfield Centre

Stoke-on-Trent

ST6 5UD

Employer's website

https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Address

Greenfield Centre

Stoke-on-Trent

ST6 5UD

Employer's website

https://www.combined.nhs.uk/working-together/join-our-team/ (Opens in a new tab)

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