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Mental Health Practitioner (Homeless & Rough Sleeper Nursing Service)

Employer
Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Yeovil
Salary
£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum, pro rata
Closing date
27 Jan 2023

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Profession
Nurse, Community mental health nurse
Grade
Band 6
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
The Homeless and Rough Sleeper Nursing Services in Somerset have an exciting opportunity for you to be part of an expanding Team who will now include Mental Health Workers. We are seeking a Mental Health Practitioner (either as a Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker) to join our Community Nursing team.

This is an exciting time to join a thriving and innovative Team that has received significant investment from NHS England. This enables us to offer an excellent service to Homeless people experiencing mental health / substance misuse difficulties. Ensuring that these people can have the right help at the right time, in the right place, operating a no 'wrong door' ethos.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will deliver a high quality, comprehensive mental health service for patients with severe and enduring mental health difficulties within the Homeless and Rough Sleeper Nursing Service. The role involves managing a defined caseload, with a focus on working and referring individuals who experience a complex range of needs and difficulties.

Acting as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, the post holder will provide assessment, psychosocial, evidence-based interventions using a collaborative, recovery approach and will be skilled at positive risk management. The post holder will contribute to leadership of the team, providing supervision for other team members, as agreed with the Clinical Lead, and participate in team and service development and evaluation. Liaison with a wide range of agencies is central to the role.

The post holder must hold a full driving licence and have permanent access to own transport and have appropriate insurance.

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!

Job description Job responsibilities

As a Registered Mental Health Nurse or Social Worker, the post holder will provide assessment and psychosocial, evidence-based interventions to a caseload of people with mental health difficulties. A focus on a collaborative and strengths-based approach is essential to this role

Please see the attached job description for duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification Essential and Desirable Essential
  • Work comfortably with clinical risk/risk management
  • RMN/Social worker qualification
  • If RMN ability to provide supervision
  • Ability to work in a person-centred way
  • Ability to offer focused interventions to meet patients' needs
Desirable
  • Previous keyworker experience/role in Mental Health
  • Additional Post registration qualification in wellbeing/psychological therapy
  • Experience in working with this client group


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