Community Mental Health Nurse - MHSOP

Job overview

We are in an exciting position to be able to advertise for a community mental health nurse. We are seeking a mental health nurses who is looking to be at the forefront of future healthcare and integrated working for the older adult population, working within the Specialist Mental Health Services for Older People. As a multi-disciplinary team we provide holistic assessment and treatment pathways for older adults, and people with mental health and frailty needs. Our service provides seamless pathways between primary care and secondary care services for people with functional mental illness, and also dementia care.

As a team, we can offer multi-disciplinary support from Clinical Psychologists, Consultant Psychiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, as well as Mental Health Nurses. We also provide regular CPD sessions, reflective practice, staff support sessions, individual and group supervisions, and academic training, as well as access to external training resources.

Newly registered Band 5 community nurses are supported in their transition from student to nurse through a 12 month preceptorship programme.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a dynamic and motivated Registered Mental Health Nurse who is passionate about delivering high-quality care to older adults experiencing mental health difficulties. This is an exciting opportunity to join a supportive and experienced multidisciplinary team committed to providing compassionate, person-centred care and achieving positive outcomes for service users and their families.

Based in Welwyn Garden City, the team provides services across the East Hertfordshire locality, working collaboratively with health, social care and voluntary sector partners to support older adults with complex mental health needs.

If you are enthusiastic about working with older people, committed to recovery-focused practice and keen to develop your skills within a supportive environment, we would love to hear from you. For an informal discussion about the role, please contact a member of the team, who will be happy to discuss the opportunity further.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder is required to take responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care and management of a defined caseload, including liaison with other agencies and, where appropriate, the supervision, development and teaching of staff and/or students. The post holder will act as care coordinator to a case load of service users, ensuring the care plan is met at all times. To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.

As a staff member you are representatives of Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) and play a vital role in fostering positive relationships and communication between the Mental Health Trust and not only the service users and their carers and relatives, but also other agencies, charities and providers.

All staff should comply with the Trust’s Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.

For a more in-depth Job and Person Specification please see the document attached,

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.