We are very excited to be able to offer a fixed term Community Mental Health Nurse post within the Cheltenham Recovery Team to cover maternity leave. The post is part time and flexible working can be discussed You will be based at Leckhampton Lodge in Cheltenham. The post would mainly involve working in and around Cheltenham and the North Cotswolds.

The Cheltenham Recovery Team is a friendly, welcoming and dynamic team providing secondary mental health care services to adults of working age, their families and significant others, to provide the best possible outcomes for people experiencing severe mental illness, with complex mental health needs. The aim of the team is to work in line with the principles of Recovery and Social Inclusion. We strive to ensure that locality services represent excellent quality, (safe and a positive experience) and good value, (efficient and effective).

The team provides a planned needs led 9am-5pm five days a week service.

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for a community mental health nurse who has some experience of working with adults of Working Age and caring for individuals with Enduring Mental Health problems. The post will include care coordinating a designated caseload, working within the Assessment and Care Management Policy and associated countywide risk procedures, undertaking duty and initial assessments, travelling independently, use of IT skills and a working knowledge of legislation regarding safeguarding vulnerable adults, the MHA and MCA.

The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

About us

We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

• 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users
• 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work
• 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority
• 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will be a senior member of the team working with service users across the Strategic Service Units who have a common and severe mental health. The purpose of thisrole is to:

• Provide assessment and implementation of evidence-based interventions for service users who are experiencing common, acute mental health and longer-term recovery needs.
• Optimise the service users ability to remain in the community and / or be cared for in the least restrictive environment in line with the principles or recovering and social inclusion and the 10 essential capabilities.
• Support clinical governance initiatives at ward / hospital level e.g. Essence of Care Clinical Audit

Person Specification

EXPERIENCE

Essential

• EXPERIENCE IN MENTAL HEALTH
• REGISTERED NURSE MENTAL HEALTH (RNMH)

Desirable

• EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH
• EXPERIENCE IN RECOVERY INTERVENTIONS

KNOWLEDGE/ SKILLS

Essential

• UNDERSTANDING OF SMI

Desirable

• UNDERSTANDING OF RECOVERY

Employer details

Employer name

Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Leckhampton Lodge

Charlton Lane

Cheltenham

GL53 9DZ

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