Adult Mental Health Specialist Nurse
West Suffolk NHS Foundation TrustAlready thinking ahead to interview?
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Job overview
Do you want to make a difference to support the care of patients with mental health needs at the West Suffolk Hospital? If so this is an exciting opportunity to join us!
We are pleased to be able to extend the service we provide through two new adult mental health specialist posts.
The successful applicant will have the necessary qualifications and experience to provide specialist mental health advice, guidance and intervention for patients receiving care in West Suffolk Hospital.
The role will include facilitation of training and development of pathways and protocols to support effective collaborative working with partners to ensure a safe and high quality experience of care by patients.
This post will be fixed term until the end of March 2027.
Main duties of the job
- To be responsible for developing care packages and programs of care for adults, including older people who self-harm or have an eating disorder, including the involvement of multi-agency input around the patient and their carer or family’s needs.
- To support and enable ED and inpatient teams to undertake safe approaches to caring for individuals with mental health needs
- Deliver and support evaluation of workforce development in adult Mental Health to improve staff knowledge and skills across the organisation including active involvement of patients and mental health service users, ensuring the voice of these people is at the core of service development and delivery.
- To provide clinical leadership and training on the delivery of care for adults (over the age of 18) who have mental health needs. To provide training and support that will improve the experience of these patients and those who are involved in their care.
- To communicate complex and sensitive information and advice to patients and, as appropriate, their families, carers and professionals, including information about diagnosis and prognosis, to find ways of enabling the information to be understood, providing empathy and reassurance
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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