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23 Apr 2024,
Elysium Healthcare
New Rd, Rougham, Bury St Edmunds, Bury Saint Edmunds IP30
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Are you an experienced nurse looking to join a forward-thinking team? Do you want to support the local community in transformation by being part of the development of a service?
Our Great Yarmouth and Waveney Access and Assessment Team (AAT) are seeking a Band 6 Community Registered Mental Health Nurse to join their collaborative team.
AAT is the front door to all our adult mental health services in Great Yarmouth and Waveney. The team provides a community-based service to Great Yarmouth and Waveney market towns for adults over the age of 25. We screen, triage, and assess all referrals into secondary care via a blend of face to face, online and telephone appointments.
It is an exciting time to join as we’re embarking on a new venture with our partners; working towards a truly integrated service model and being led by motivating and supportive leadership.
We’re based at Oaktree, Northgate Hospital Great Yarmouth and work across the Waveney patch, you’ll have a varied workload and will be supported by the wider MDT. We are looking for professionals who are caring, supportive and reflective in their practice. If this sounds like you – we’d love to hear from you!
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidate will have some experience of working in the community supporting working age adults with mental health difficulties. You will need to have a sound understanding of the Care Programme Approach and be able to demonstrate your abilities in risk management. You will be part of the triage and assessment process managing referrals from our GP surgeries and other local services.
We enjoy excellent close working relationships with all statutory and non-statutory partners in developing Recovery based care plans. You can expect to have plenty of opportunities for joint working, career development and training with a clear appraisal structure.
Your role will be to:
- Undertake the assessment, planning and delivery of direct patient care with minimal supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
- Communicate decisions about mental health care services, referrals and future support arrangements to people with a mental health care need.
- Be responsible for accurate recording of all patients support, including assessments, reviews, day to day contact and discharges.
Working for our organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more.
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
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**This post attracts a recruitment premium of £3,000 (pro-rata for part time roles). This is a one off payment with half paid on appointment and half paid after the completion of a satisfactory probation period (6 months). The premium is taxable. Please note that should you leave employment, or choose to move to an alternative post within the Trust that does not attract this recruitment premium, you will be required to reimburse all or some it, as follows: 100% of the value of the premium in the first 12 months; 50% of the value of the premium in the period 12 months to 2 years following appointment. Please note this recruitment premium is for external applicants only. Not applicable to newly qualified nurses**