Community Psychiatric Nurse/Mental Health Practitioner

NHS; Newark on Trent; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job description

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Mental Health Practitioner to join Newark and Sherwood LMHT as part of the community transformation programme, in line with the longer-term plan for community services. The community transformation includes opportunities to develop skills within SMI pathways (mood affective, complex psychosis, community rehabilitation and non-psychosis including the Cluster 8 and Trauma Pathway).

We are particularly interested in hearing from people with skills and experience, working with adults with a range of mental health difficulties who require complex case management/clinical interventions.

You will have opportunity to access training, and to develop your existing skills in working within all the relevant LMHT Pathways. We are a very supportive and experienced team who work to a recovery and psychologically informed model.

This post is a fixed term contract, for 9 months, ending in March 2026.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to work with patients and their families to support triage of referrals, assessment, personalised care planning and in the provision of specialist interventions. You will promote the recovery of patients and through working with partner agencies and primary care to ensure timely and safe discharge from secondary care.

This is a leadership role, and you will be expected to develop specialist skills in working within all pathways within the team. You will also be expected to support students and more junior staff within the team through clinical supervision and mentorship, and you may be asked to line manage some staff.

We are seeking enthusiastic team players, to work within a dynamic multi-disciplinary health team, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability and experience to manage complex cases in partnership with other agencies.

Job responsibilities

Day to Day Duties:

• Caseload management for patients living in the community, and acting as care coordinator.
• Triage of referrals, provision of initial assessments and one-to-one interventions with service users.
• To undertake and record comprehensive need/risk assessments, devise and implement treatment plans for service users.
• To demonstrate the application of specialist skills and knowledge in order to maintain professional competence and fitness to practice as a nurse practitioner.
• To establish and maintain robust communication networks with clients, carers, team members, other health care and social care workers within urgent care and the community.
• To use interpersonal skills in diffusing potentially emotive situations while undertaking assessments and pathway planning within acute settings.

A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Professional Qualification (Mental Health/Learning Disabilities/General) to degree level or equivalent.
• Maintains current registration with the NMC or equivalent registration.

Desirable

• Demonstrates continued professional development.
• Leadership course.
• Further specialist knowledge/post registration experience in specific service area or other formal training.

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
• Ability to work to meet the needs of the service (including unsocial hours and bank holidays).

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of current legislation.
• Knowledge and understanding of clinical risk assessment and management.
• Knowledge of evidence based approaches to practice.

Desirable

• Awareness of national and local policy impacting on nursing care.
• Knowledge of Management Approaches.
• Demonstrates good knowledge of medication administration.

Skills

Essential

• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Good verbal and written communication.
• Good skills in clinical assessment.
• Able to provide short term therapeutic interventions.
• Ability to manage conflict and de-escalate issues.

Desirable

• High level of emotional intelligence.
• Demonstrable clinical supervision skills.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with adults with mental health problems.
• Specialist and area specific experience.

Desirable

• Experience of working within a community setting.

Values and behaviours

Essential

• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion, Teamwork.
• All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation.

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.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.

Employer details

Employer name: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address: Byron House, Boundary Road, Newark, NG24 4DE

Employer's website: Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust