Living Well Community Mental Health Nurse (Adult Community)

Job summary

Do you want to start your nursing career in a person centred, holistic, multi-agency model? Then come and join our Derby Wellbeing teams!

This is a new and exciting mental health offer for the people of Derby City in line with the Community Mental Health Framework.

You'll be learnbing from and working alongside experienced Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Peer Workers and Wellbeing Coaches, in a multi-agency team, who offer short term interventions which are psychologically informed.

We'll support you to learn all aspects of Community Mental Health Nursing, within a structured framework of support and training, to help you develope into a Lead Community Nurse.

You bring: compassion, initiative, innovation, fun, a caring attitude, a desire to help people be their best selves and a strong sense to collaborate with people.

We offer: the chance to work with amazing people from all organisations and walks of life, gain experience in community mental health, be part of a holistic mental health offer, ongoing regular supervision, innovative training and join a community network of highly motivated people.

We would welcome informal visits with prior arrangement to meet our team.

Main duties of the job

If you want an amazing and exciting challenge then come and join us and;

Demonstrate initiative and motivation to work through objectives to achieve the comnpetencies set within the developement framework

Provide a caring and compassionate service with clear boundaries and expectations

Complete initial conversations to help people plan what they need

Hold a case load of people with deteriorating/fluctuating mental health problems and work alongside them to help achieve their goals

Learn skills in psychologically informed interventions to support people 1:1 or through groups to achiveve their recovery goals

"Do" safeguarding - it's everybody's business.

Consider capacity and choice in every contact

Attend Living Well Team meeting structure

Be a role model, offering mentoring and supervision to other staff and students.

You will need to have the ability to transport yourself and service users across a wide geographical area without compromising service needs.

About us

Join 'Team Derbyshire Healthcare' and become part of a talented, compassionate and enthusiastic workforce committed to a vision of 'making a positive difference in people's lives'.

CQC rated us as 'GOOD' overall, commenting on how our colleagues "treated patients with compassion and kindness" and "felt positive and proud about working for the trust."

Benefits include:

• Commitment to flexible working where this is possible
• 27 days annual leave/year plus bank holidays, increasing to 29 days after 5 years & 33 days after 10 years' service
• Yearly appraisal and commitment to ongoing training
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Good maternity, paternity and adoption benefits
• Health service discounts and online benefits
• Incremental pay progression
• Free confidential employee assistance programme 24/7
• Access to our LGBT+ network, BAME Network and Christian Network
• Health and wellbeing opportunities
• Structured learning and development opportunities