Staff Nurse Mental Health Community Services

Job overview

Are you an enthusiastic, registered Mental Health Nurse /Community Psychiatric Nurse looking to work across teams within a friendly service? The Windsor, Ascot and Maidenhead (WAM) Older Peoples Mental Health Service is looking for a motivated Nurse to join our friendly and innovative team.

You will work in our Older Adults Home Treatment Team providing mental health care and treatment using appropriate pathways including the Dementia Living well Strategy in line with NICE guidelines.

The role is full-time . The service operates 7 days per week, so flexibility regarding unsocial hours/ shift patterns will be required.

You may be required to take a lead in an area of special interest, such as working with carers or Younger People with Dementia. You will be responsible for ensuring clinical governance guidelines are followed and to be involved in delivering training and educational programmes as well as participating in audit and research.

The role is based at Nicholson House, Maidenhead and your time in this role will be spent visiting clients in their homes in the local community so you will need a car to get to appointments. You will be required to come to the office occasionally for team meetings, training or for other service-related reasons as necessary, although currently we conduct most team meetings virtually this may change in future.

The successful postholder would need a valid UK driver’s license and their own car to successfully carry out home visits.

Main duties of the job

• Participating as a member of a multi-disciplinary team managing a caseload of patients
• Undertake assessments of patients, involving their carers and family members in the patient's care and care plans.
• To be responsible for the formulation, execution, and evaluation of care plans for a designated number of patients who may present with significant complexity, in consultation with the patient and the multi-disciplinary team.
• Supervising Support Workers and/or students.
• Providing advice to other members of the service and agencies on the needs of service users.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for this role:

• Registered Mental Health Nurse or equivalent.
• Good understanding of the relevant legislation surrounding the Mental Capacity Act / Mental Health Act.
• Ability to drive, with valid UK driver’s license and have a car for use at work.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification. Your application is your opportunity to demonstrate to us how you meet the requirements of the role. We recognise that AI tools can support accessibility, equity and confidence for applicants. However, it’s important that examples and responses given in your supporting statement genuinely reflect your own experience and abilities, as these will be explored further during the selection process. AI must not be used to provide misleading or false information during any stage of the application journey.

In addition to explaining how you meet the person specification, you must complete your employment history for at least the last five years. Any experience, skills or responsibilities referenced in your supporting statement should be evidenced within your employment history. Applications that do not include sufficient employment history to support the experience claimed may not be shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Stonewall Proud Employer, Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Kelisha Nayagar on 01189047300 or email: Kelisha.nayagar@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

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.