Community Mental Health Nurse

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.

Nearly 3,200 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 900+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.

We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us

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JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

YOUR APPLICATION

**Job overview**:
Our friendly and supportive team, based at Haymills House in Stowmarket and covering the Central area, are looking for a Band 5 Mental Health Practitioner to join us in providing an excellent service to Older People in our area.

We provide a community-based service to people of any age with a dementia diagnosis, and to Older People with a functional diagnosis and complex needs.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about working in Older People’s services, understands assessment, the referral process, case handling and working collaboratively with the wider MDT.

You can expect a thorough induction. Preceptorship is available if required in addition to opportunities for ongoing development.

The team works in a Recovery focused way with service users, carers and other partners towards positive outcomes.

This post is 9-5, Monday
- Friday and gives a good work life balance.

**Main duties of the job**:
**Main duties of the job**

As a Community Mental Health Practitioner, you will be responsible for:

- Under supervision of senior colleague, you will hold a caseload of service users with organic and functional presentations under CPA and NCPA.
- Assessing and managing risk.
- Using Dialog+ where possible and Recovery Care Planning with service users and carers.
- Managing your own diary and planning your day.
- Attending MDT meetings, ward reviews, meetings with other partners as required e.g., Home Treatment Team, Social Care
- Being part of the duty worker rota for the team.
- Communicate effectively through notes on Lorenzo and letters to GPs and other involved parties.
- Administering depot medication.
- Driving is essential for this role.

**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 their experiences and learning from each other.

**Benefits**

Benefits included with this role are:

- 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.

**Detailed job description and main responsibilities**:
**Person specification**:
**Qualifications**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Nursing Degree or equivalent
- Valid registration with NMC

**Experience**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Partnership working

**Skills**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Able to demonstrate the ability to organize, plan and implement work

**Knowledge**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Working knowledge of Care Programme Approach

**Other**:
**Essential criteria**:

- Ability to travel independently
- EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES_
- Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief. _
- Additionally, people with disabilities that fall under the Two Ticks - Guaranteed Interview Scheme will be offered an interview providing they meet the minimum criteria for the post (outlined in the Person Specification). _
- DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB) _
- Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so._
- The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Pleas