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Job overview

A dynamic new role has been created for a Community Mental Health nurse to work in the FACT service (Flexible Assertive Community Treatment)!

We are seeking to recruit an experienced mental health nurse who is keen to work with service users who require immediate support to prevent escalation and admission to hospital.

If you enjoy the flexibility of community work managing short term casework and want to make a real difference to the service user, come and join us!

Our friendly and supportive team is based in Watford and if you would like an informal chat/visit, please contact Joel Lagnado on 07415 381704.

You must hold a full valid driving license and have access to a car to use regularly for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

This role attracts a recruitment incentive of £6,000: £1,500 on commencement, £1,500 after six months and £3,000 every six months thereafter

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will: 

• be responsible for the clinical and operational day to day service delivery of care to service users who are receiving support from FACT
• undertake assessments of needs with recommendations around care planning and risk management
• undertake Connected Lives assessments including physical health assessments and assessments of medication side-effects
• participate in Multi Disciplinary Team working
• supervise Band 5 Nurses, Nursing Associates, Health Care Support Workers and Support Time and Recovery Workers and students.

In return, we can offer you:

• leadership and management training opportunities
• £6,000 recruitment incentive
• 5% on top of basic salary high cost allowance supplement (subject to a minimum and a maximum payment pro rata)
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service) plus bank holidays (pro rata where applicable)
• One of the UK's best pension schemes
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing services
• Special leave for family and personal reasons
• NHS Car Lease Scheme 
• Employee Assistance Programme

Our staff survey results tell a story of highly engaged, motivated, passionate people working at HPFT. The survey has shown that staff overwhelmingly believe that their role makes a difference to service users, to the extent that HPFT had the best score nationally for this question.

Working for our organisation

We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission
 
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
 
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.