Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Community Psychiatric Nurse, Adult Rehabilitation Team

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Job summary

The Community Rehabilitation Team provides a specialist and intensive rehabilitation service to support the recovery of adults with psychosis and other mental health conditions.

The team is made up of a team leader, team secretary, Community Mental Health Nurses, Occupational Therapists, a Psychologist senior Recovery workers and Support, Time and Recovery workers and Consultant Psychiatrist.

The service will deliver personalised programmes of rehabilitation focussed on addressing and minimising the symptoms and functional impairment that people may have, whilst empowering and re-enabling them to lead as independent and meaningful lives as possible. Delivering expert multidisciplinary comprehensive assessments of an individual's physical, psychological and social needs and risk factors and develop personalised rehabilitation treatment plans.

The service will ensure effective care planning clinical and risk management arrangements and will adopt a positive approach to risk-taking for service users as a way of embedding recovery values into everyday practice. The service will endeavour to ensure service users are involved in day to day decisions about their care.

This post offers a Golden Hello, or a Relocation package up to a maximum of £2000. (pro rata applies and subject to terms and conditions. Please see attached Protocol document).

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic, creative, flexible and resourceful mental health nurse. You will have experience of working with individuals with complex needs, including severe & enduring mental health needs, substance misuse, forensic issues and housing difficulties. A passion for working with people to support individual recovery goals and to work collaboratively with patients, carers, and a range of services across the statutory, independent and voluntary sectors to deliver rehabilitation care is essential.

The team will have a key role in the management of the wider mental health rehabilitation pathway in Brighton & Hove around improving patient flow through the rehabilitation pathway to ensure care is provided in the most appropriate and as independent setting possible, and that there is continuity of rehabilitation care and smooth transitions between providers and different settings across the pathway.

About us

The Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Living & Working in Brighton:

Be spoilt for choice with Brighton's iconic seafront, vibrant lanes and array of shops and attractions
Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns on your doorstep
Embrace the outstanding natural beauty spots including the renowned Devils Dyke and South Downs National Park

We'd love you to join our Trust, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, recent staff survey results told us that 82% recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Key staff survey results include:

70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team
77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

Date posted

08 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

354-AB-20665-A

Job locations

Mill View Hospital

Nevill Avenue

Hove

BN3 7HY

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description document for full details about the role and responsibilities. For further information please phone Katie Barton, Team Leader on 0300 304 0029 or email Katie.Barton@spft.nhs.uk

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
Evidence of continuous professional development

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
Experience of supervising staff
Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
Experience of working consultatively with professionals
Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
Experience of working within the CPA process
Understanding of clinical governance
Previous experience of working in the community

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
Evidence of continuous professional development

Knowledge/Experience

Essential

Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
Experience of supervising staff
Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
Experience of working consultatively with professionals
Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
Experience of working within the CPA process
Understanding of clinical governance
Previous experience of working in the community

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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).