Band 7 Community Mental Health Manager - Recovery & Rehab

Jarrodean Healthcare; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job description

Applications are invited from suitably-experienced Senior Community Mental Health Nurses to lead the Recovery & Rehabilitation team as Band 7 Manager, on the beautiful Island of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands.

Reporting to the Mental Health Community Manager as the leader of one of four Community Teams, you will be an experienced and skilled clinician in the field of mental health, working with service users with acute and complex needs and providing clinical leadership and line management to mental health practitioners.
The team comprises Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, Band 6 and Band 5 Mental Health Nurses, and Band 4 Support Workers who support patients suffering from severe mental illness, requiring intensive treatment and interventions.

Working within a multi-disciplinary specialist service providing treatments for people experiencing severe and enduring mental health problems, the team reduces the frequency of hospital admissions and length of stay; reduces/minimizes symptoms of mental illness and increases independence and social inclusion.

Please note; Guernsey has adopted the AfC banding system but has applied their own salary scale, as above.
The current Band 7 salary range is £52,932 to £69,605 plus an annual bonus of £1,605 and higher unsocial hours enhancements; 36% evening/Saturday and 72% Sunday/BH.
Annual leave starts at 36 days up to 42 days with full credit for NHS service for annual leave and sick leave.

The island of Guernsey is in the Channel Islands and has a population of 65,000. It has some of Britain's finest and best-kept beaches, an especially mild and sunny climate, and an offbeat, historic harbor town in St. Peter's Port, the island's capital.

Guernsey provides an excellent Community Mental Health service, reliant on Healthcare professionals recruited to a high standard.

Person Requirements:
- Registered Mental Health Nurse with NMC registration.
- Current or recent senior Band 6 or Band 7 Community Mental Health experience.
- Completion of a mentorship qualification.
- Experience in teaching and professional supervision.
- Experience exercising autonomous responsibility while able to work closely with the extensive MDT as required.
- Current and valid driving licence.

The benefits of working in Guernsey include:
- A higher-than-UK salary.
- A bonus scheme of £1,605 annually and an additional £3,000 at completion of 2 & 4 years (ongoing annual bonus thereafter).
- A flat rate 20% income tax.
- No Council tax or VAT.
- A relocation payment of £5,000*.
- On-site Staff Accommodation or a generous allowance for private rental accommodation*.
- A continental lifestyle, where the people are friendly, and crime is very low.
*Full T&C in relocation directive.