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Job summary

Main area
Adult Mental Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon-Fri 9-5)
Job ref
301-JC-24-6239296
Employer
Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Horninglow Clinic
Town
Burton on Trent
Salary
£28,407 - £42,618 pa pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
31/07/2024 23:59

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Mental Health Nurse - Integrated Mental Health Team, Burton on Trent

NHS AfC: Band 5

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen within our Integrated Mental Health Team in Burton on Trent. We are looking for an Mental Health Nurse to join our dynamic and friendly East Staffordshire Integrated Mental health Team. 

Integrated Mental Health Teams offer multidisciplinary community based interventions for people experiencing a range of mental health conditions.  The teams have been developed in line with MPFT’s Community Mental Health Transformation Framework to offer integrated, place based community mental health services. 

Main duties of the job

  • You will be responsible for the assessment of care needs and contributing to; the formulation of the person’s needs and the development of a relevant plan based upon the person’s negotiated goals and relevant evidence based interventions.
  • You will, in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team, provide nursing interventions to support the person to meet their agreed goals and coordinate and/ or participate in the review of progress towards those goals, utilising recommended outcome measures, involving the service user and any identified carer throughout the clinical pathway
  • Deliver a high quality clinical service to patients and their families.

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

  • 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

Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grow your career here with us at MPFT:

Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

What is it like to be a Mental Health Nurse in a community setting at MPFT? - YouTube

The Integrated Mental Health Team is an innovative secondary care community team that is guided by multidisciplinary collective leadership, providing evidence-based psychological, occupational and medical interventions to patients with a wide range of complex mental health needs.  

The patient’s journey is guided by psychological formulation of his or her presenting needs and difficulties, which subsequently inform the development of a plan of care for the patient. We draw from evidence-based interventions to provide high quality and effective individual and workshop treatments.

We are looking for someone who has a keen interest in working in a multi-disciplinary setting with patients experiencing mental health difficulties using a range approaches. The successful applicant will be motivated to provide high quality care to our patients.  You will need to have drive and determination in regards to your own personal development, whilst using your own creative and innovative ideas to support the continuous development of this exciting team.

The usual hours of work are Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm. This role will require you to travel over a large geographical area, so you will need suitable access to transport to meet this requirement. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Mental Health Nurse on NMC Register.
  • Conforms to NMC requirements
Desirable criteria
  • Phlebotomy training

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working with people experiencing mental health related difficulties.
  • Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex mental health needs.
  • Experience of assessing, planning, coordinating and managing people with mental health problems in a community setting.
  • Ability to access any local resources and to use networking where possible.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in community setting and making decisions autonomously

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Yasmine Girling
Job title
Neighbourhood Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0300 303 3427
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