Specialist Community Mental Health Nurse - Beverley CMHT

Job summary

Are you passionate about supporting people with severe and enduring mental illness in the community?

Are you a recovery focused and creative mental health nurse who is able to work in a fast-paced multi-disciplinary team?

As an employer Humber are dedicated to being a best practice example of inter-professional working in mental health. As part of this we encourage and provide opportunities for continued professional development such as facilitating group work (e.g. mentalisation based therapy, family interventions and cognitive based therapy).

Main duties of the job

Your role will centre on the delivery of specialist mental health support to people with severe and enduring mental illness who are requiring treatment and care in the community.

This will be in the form of direct work and care coordination with people on caseload, providing duty support to those in the team and contributing to multi-disciplinary team meetings both in house and with colleagues externally.

Empowering and supporting service users to make effective personal decisions which promote their psychological well being and recovery.

Undertakes supported person led assessments, risk assessments, support planning and outcome focused reviews of service users and carers who have eligible needs and complex and/or long term conditions in accordance with legislative requirements, policy and professional frameworks.

In addition to undertaking person led assessments and operational responsibilities will manage a caseload with complex needs and provide case load guidance, support and specialist advice to junior members of staff and ensure care in completed within the practice and performance framework.

Key relationships are with: Clinical and Team lead within the CMHT for immediate day to day support and management.

Due to working in the Beverley area and surrounding villages, it's required that applicants can commute effectively across these geographical areas.

About us

We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website

We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.

We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.

We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.

Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.

We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.

From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.

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