Job summary
Employer heading
Senior Community Psychiatric Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.
Across the whole of the region we provide:
- Adult and older adult mental health services
- Specialist learning disability services
- Mental health services for children and young people
- Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley
Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, with the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.
We currently employ over 3,500 people and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Whatever your role, working in a NHS Foundation Trust, like ours, is a demanding and extremely rewarding experience. Knowing that every day you can help to make a positive difference to someone’s life is a very powerful feeling. We know that our Trust runs on this desire to help and support people, and our Trust vision expresses this. Our vision is to improve health and wellbeing for everyone, especially our colleagues to achieve the best possible work/life balance.
We proudly offer supportive, inclusive and family friendly employment and flexible working policies. We have a wide range of professional services and employee networks to help our colleagues be at their best - and find support if they need it. To find more about our staff benefits, please visit our website: blackcountryhealthcare.nhs.uk.
Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and ethnic minority candidates are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Black Country Healthcare we recognise and value all forms of knowledge and expertise, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification or criteria in the job description/person specification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
For further supporting information to help you apply for this role please see documents attached under ‘Additional documents’.
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen for a permanent, full time, band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse to join the Community mental health team, a mental health community service in Wolverhampton.
Band 6 Salary -£35,392 - £42,618 per annum
The Community mental health team is based at Steps to Health in Wolverhampton. We are a community based service and offer treatment and support for individuals with severe and enduring mental health difficulties. These are typically care clusters 8, 11-17.These individuals are likely experiencing mental health difficulties such as psychosis, Bipolar, depression and personality disorder
Main duties of the job
We are looking for highly motivated RMN who is looking to join a supportive and recovery focussed service, working with Patients experiencing severe and enduring mental ill health.
We would welcome a newly registered nurse to join our developing Community Preceptorship programme within our Community Mental Health Team, for which they will receive a robust and comprehensive support package
The successful candidate will be familiar with the clustering framework and will have a working knowledge of the CPA process. You will have proven assessment and risk assessment skills and possess a genuine interest in working with this client group.
Candidate will be committed to a Recovery focused way of working, inherent within the team culture, empowering and instilling hope to our service users.
In return, you will be joining an established, experienced, skilled and supportive team where training, Supervision and peer support are readily available.
Working for our organisation
At Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, we’re building a high-calibre, diverse and inclusive mental health workforce. One that will give talented professionals like you the opportunity to shape an outstanding service that will transform community mental healthcare and deliver happier and healthier lives all across our communities.
The Trust is rated ‘Good’ from CQC (Care Quality Commission) and will become the lead provider for mental health services across The Black Country . We have recently invested in newly created clinical divisions and are currently developing new models of integrated primary and secondary care for adults and older adults, as well launching a far-reaching inpatient strategy, working to eradicate dormitories and building new facilities.
This ambitious model is multi-agency and multi-disciplinary, opening the door for you to work in a collaborative and flexible way with partners, service users, carers and their families.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.
Knowledge:
Essential:
Risk assessment /management.
Mental Health Legislation and policy including the Care Programme Approach.
Awareness of D o H guidance on issues relating to mental health
Desirable:
Understanding the organisational framework in which the service operates
Awareness of Care clustering Process
Understanding of Recovery concept
Skills/Experience:
Essential:
Working in a multi-disciplinary team
Experience of working with a multi-racial client group in a multi-racial setting
Knowledge of treatment and support options for this client group
Ability to prioritise workload
Ability to manage and deal effectively with crisis
Competent with I.T
Enthusiasm for working with people in their own homes
Interest/Motivation to the job:
Essential:
Recovery focused
Service user involvement
Team working
Commitment / Genuine interest of client group within area of specialty
Car driver
Desirable:
Ability to work autonomously
Knowledge of relevant research
Person specification
Qualified Registered Nurse
Essential criteria
- Qualified Registered nurse
Desirable criteria
- Car driver
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Darren Weaver
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01902443640
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