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Community Psychiatric Nurse/Mental Health Practitioner
Grade: Band 6 - £38,682 - £46,580 per annum (pro-rata for part time)
Location: Gedling LMHT, Nottingham
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week (Weekdays only, No unsocial hours)
Closing: 02/11/2025 23:59
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for experienced Mental Health Nurses to join our Gedling Local Mental Health Team.
We will provide the successful candidates the opportunity to develop skills needed to work within a community setting, providing care to an adult population, open to secondary care services, within SMI pathways (mood affective, complex psychosis, community rehabilitation and non psychosis).
You will have opportunity to access training, and to develop skills in working within a specific pathway. We offer a very supportive team environment, with access to regular clinical, managerial and peer supervision.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to hold a caseload and work with patients and their families to support personalised care plans and provide specialist interventions. You will promote the recovery of patients and through working with partner agencies and primary care to ensure timely and safe discharge from secondary care.
You will complete both triage assessments and more detailed initial assessments of new referrals. You will also be expected to provide support via the teams duty system, either from telephone support or face to face.
This is a leadership role and you will be expected to develop specialist skills in working with patients in at least one pathway within the team. You will also be expected to support students and more junior staff within the team through clinical supervision and mentorship, and you may be asked to line manage some staff.
We are seeking enthusiastic team players, to work within a dynamic multi-disciplinary health team, with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability and experience to manage complex cases in partnership with other agencies.
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