Band 5 Nurse
Job overview
We are seeking to recruit an energetic, flexible and enthusiastic practitioner in the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team based at Hall Court in Telford. The successful candidate will join the team in providing 24 hour rapid response and assessment of mental health crisis in the community, with the possibility of offering acute psychiatric care at service user’s homes or other community facilities, until the crisis is resolved. The team covers the geographical area of Telford & Wrekin.
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Main duties of the job
- Working in an identified adult community mental health pathway, with the flexibility of working across pathways, dependent on skill and service need.
- Delivering a high quality clinical service to patients and their families.
- Care coordination of an identified caseload with access to regular and robust
- Delivering occupational therapy interventions, in accordance with an agreed care
plan, to an identified group of people experiencing mental health related difficulties. - Communication skills are an integral part of the role. Written and verbal skills will be vital in ensuring that information is documented, shared and recorded in an accurate and prompt manner.
- It is essential that you possess the skills to work as part of a team and have the confidence to work autonomously. You should possess the skills and enthusiasm to take on the challenge of a changing, modern day community mental health service.
- Having proficient IT skills and being a car driver are essential.
Working for your organisation
As well as all the usual excellent benefits the NHS offer, including generous pension and holiday entitlement we can also offer:
- MPFT will offer a welcome bonus of 10% of first year salary- at 50% on commencement of employment and 50% following 12 months employment
- Supporting your career development and progression.
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car – fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccination every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Before applying for this exciting and challenging role, we encourage applicants to view and read the job and person specification.
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name Ceri Hughes
Job title Operational Lead
Email address ceri.hughes@mpft.nhs.uk
Telephone number 01952 741880
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
Maximum score 5
- Be a Registered Mental-health Nurse as defined by the Nursing and Midwifery Council and be active on their register.
Desirable criteria
Maximum score 5
- Hold a driving licence and have access to a vehicle
Experience
Essential criteria
Maximum score 5
- Have previous experience of working in the community
Desirable criteria
Maximum score 5
- Have knowledge of a range of mental health problems