Community Mental Health Nurse (Memory and Assessment Service) - Band 5

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 5 Mental Health Nurse to join the Memory Assessment and Community Dementia service team based in Coventry .

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate that they can work effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team using evidence-based approaches in the delivery of interventions. This includes key working a caseload of service users under supervision from the senior nursing team.

We are seeking candidates who have experience of working in mental health settings who have a keen interest in working with older adults, are innovative, dynamic and are looking to develop their clinical skills. They will be able to demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills and exhibit behaviours that reflect Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust vision and values.

The successful candidate will receive support, managerial and professional supervision from the line managers in the service. Peer support and CPD opportunities are also available and actively encouraged. The post is a substantive position and would be a developing role for a newly qualified band 5 preceptee.

Main duties of the job

• You will have responsibility for the day-to-day delivery of the service to individual clients and their families and carers via a range of evidence-based interventions.
• You will be required to deliver specific interventions in line with the treatment pathway.
• You will develop your assessment skills by working with experienced clinicians
• Generate options including modification or alternatives to planned intervention to meet clinical need as appropriate.
• Agree course of action with those responsible for performing the interventions including supporting junior staff.
• You may be required to provide supervision for Nursing Associates and support workers in the team.
• You will carry out reviews, assessments and plan care delivery for individual service users.
• Enable service users to choose and take part in activities that are meaningful to them. These may include self care, education, recreational and work activities.

• Participate as part of the multi-disciplinary team implementing, evaluating and reviewing all aspects of the service users' care
• Advise, inform and support on the physical health and wellbeing of individuals (services users, their family, their significant other) in a holistic way.
• please review the Job description for more information on the role

About us

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.