At MPFT we pride ourselves on staff wellbeing and development and can we offer you:

• Our SOOTHE resources - supporting staff across the trust with their physical, mental and financial health. In addition to the support offered from our occupational health provider Team Prevent.
• Counselling support and lifestyle information with advice on a variety of personal matters
• In our Gift providing a platform for your voice to be heard to inform change
• The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
• Opportunities for flexible working (depending on the role)
• Career development opportunities and coaching plus access to in house training programs
• Innovative research training program entitled STARS (Supporting the advancement of Research Skills)
• Child Care Vouchers Scheme
• Recognition and engagement through our staff LOVE awards, LOVE long service awards and Staff Engagement Surveys
• NHS discounts available via the Blue Card and Red Guava schemes

Main duties of the job

Are you a Mental Health Nurse (RMN) looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, you're in luck.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has an opportunity to join our Memory and Dementia team in Cannock, South Staffordshire. We are an award-winning team and when you come to work with us, we will help you reach your full potential. Not only that, but we will also actively seek opportunities to share the great things you are doing, with others locally, regionally, and nationally.

About us

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is an award winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.

We pride ourselves on the services provided to support with the well-being of all of our employees both physically and mentally and offer counselling support and lifestyle information. Opportunities for flexible working are also available depending on the role.

We encourage career development provided by in house training programs and coaching support.

As part of our strong commitment to equality, diversity, and inclusion, we welcome applications from candidates who meet the specific criteria, regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, physical and/or mental disability or offending background.

We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.

Job description Job responsibilities

As an experienced Mental Health Nurse from the NHS or private sector, you'll join a team that works in close partnership with Staffordshire Police and Mental Health Services, and youll join a Trust that puts people at the heart of what we do.

Your career with us will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

It's a career that you can take pride in and enjoy, and together we can make life better for our communities.

What you will be doing:

• Working in the Memory and Dementia Team delivering high-quality clinical service to service users and their families.
• Managing a complex caseload and being responsible for clinical and caseload supervision of other team members where identified.
• Operating as a care coordinator for a defined caseload of service users
• Delivering therapeutic interventions, following an agreed care plan, to an identified group of people experiencing mental health-related difficulties.

What you will get:

• An annual salary of up to £40,588 (37.5 hours per week) depending on experience
• 35 - 41 days annual leave including bank holidays (depending on length of service)
• Ongoing career development and training
• NHS Pension Scheme one of the most comprehensive and generous schemes in the UK
• Wellbeing support, such as access to the MPFT Staff Psychology Service, and additional wellbeing days, along with activities throughout the year
• Annual recognition event recognising our employees who live and breathe our values
• Flexible working opportunities
• Generous relocation package available

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, a cycle to work scheme, an annual leave purchase scheme, and much more!

Things that you will have:

• A relevant nursing qualification and registration RMN
• Patient-facing nursing experience within the past 3 years
• Strong team-working skills
• A high level of self-motivation and a flexible approach
• A positive attitude and be naturally caring and compassionate
• A commitment to high-quality care and values and evidence-based practice
• Excellent teamwork skills, and professionalism

For more information on the role please don't hesitate to contact Pathway Manager Jody Blencowe - Jody.Blencowe@mpft.nhs.uk

Person Specification Nursing Experience Essential

• A qualified/registered mental health nurse
• Evidence of professional updating and development within mental health services for older people and dementia care

Desirable

• Evidence of study at degree level within the sphere of professional practice
• Experience of working therapeutically in community settings

Skills Essential

• Experience of delivering therapeutic interventions to clients with dementia and their carers

Desirable

• Experience of working therapeutically in community settings

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