*Internal MPFT* Mental Health Nurse Consultant - Community Teams

Job summary

**MPFT Internal applicants only**

Candidates should be Registered Mental Health Nurses currently working within Mental Health Services, South Staffordshire with the required qualifications to undertake this position.

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 8c Consultant Nurse within the Community Mental Health service based in South Staffordshire. The post will cover the Integrated Mental Health Teams across East Staffordshire.

This post is being advertised as a secondment opportunity for two years. If you are interested in this post as a secondment from your current role, you would need agreement from your line manager, and we would ask that you have a conversation with them before applying to ensure that you can be released.

Youwillpredominately work as part of the IMHTs but will be expected to support and provideinput acrossthe whole community mental health serviceprovision, reflective of needs.

You will act in the role of Responsible Clinician (RC), or working towards RC, as defined in the Mental Health Act 1983 revision 2007, for a specific caseload of patients, working alongside and covering for Consultant Psychiatrist colleagues. If the successful applicant is working towards RC then banding will be agreed at an 8b until qualified.

Please note it is essential that you be able to assist service users in travelling over a large geographical area in a timely manner.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to lead the service in any future expansion in line with local and national policy, by using their experience in managing and working within multi-disciplinary teams and the input of service users to guide future change.

This post will form part of the senior collective leadership group and take an active role in the transformation of community mental health provision across the care group.

This role will require a high level of integrated working and will require the post holder to take a lead in the development and enhancement of relationships with partner providers and service user / carer groups.

The post holder will have experience in teaching and education within the field of practice and will be required to work with the trust's research department in undertaking research within the role and their clinical practice.

As Nurse Consultant you will lead and innovate, whilst incorporating service evaluation and bringing proactive thinking and development within the team and the wider trust workforce.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

• Supporting your career development and progression.
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccination every year
• Attractive relocation package
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

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