Community Mental Health Nurse
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Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 registered Mental Health Nurse to join the Older Persons Community Mental Health Team based at Newtown House in Eastleigh. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Band 5 Practitioner who has an interest in working with older people with mental health problems. The team aspires to deliver high quality care to our patients as well as being a supportive environment, giving all staff the opportunity for learning and development.
The supportive leadership team promote the development of our services to provide the best outcomes for our patients and we know that to achieve this we need to invest in our staff through creating a good working environment and providing extensive training opportunities. We are also open to flexible ways of working with hybrid working available.
Ability to drive and use of a car for work purpose is essential in this role.
This post is open to newly qualified Nurses.
If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to further discuss this role please contact the hiring manager.
Main duties of the job
Key aspects of the role include:
- Carrying a Clinical Caseload
- Contributing to the process of service user's ongoing assessment
- Delivering community interventions
- Formulating care plans in line with assessed need
- Working in a manner which is helpful to the service user and the referrer, based on principles of recovery, personalisation and choice.
- Working with individuals in the least restrictive manner possible.
About us
Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?We want to meet you!
Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.
Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.
Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:
- Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
- We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
- We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.
Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.
Details
Date posted
07 December 2023
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£28,407 to £34,581 a year
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
348-SW-3265
Job locations
Newtown House
2a and 2b Newtown Road
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO50 9DB
Employer details
Employer name
Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Newtown House
2a and 2b Newtown Road
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO50 9DB
Employer's website
https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
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