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Job summary

Main area
Mental Health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 22.5 hours per week
Job ref
444-7024549-CG
Employer
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Stratford Healthcare Centre
Town
Stratford-upon-Avon
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/03/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust logo

Community Mental Health Nurse Band 6 (South Warwickshire)

NHS AfC: Band 6

Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust provides a full range of expanding physical, mental health and learning disability services to children, young adults, adults and older adults over many sites across Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull.

Services are provided to a population of over one million people living in Coventry and Warwickshire and also a wider geographical area in some of our specialist services

We recognise the benefits of flexible working and support applications wherever possible. If you would like to work flexibly please ask the recruiting manager for more information.’

Armed Forces Community welcome to apply.

PLEASE NOTE that this vacancy can be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. Staff at risk within the Trust will be given priority.

Please check your emails, including junk and spam folders, regularly throughout the process of your application for any notifications from the Recruitment Team.   If you have any queries regarding your application please phone the Partnership Trust Recruitment Department.

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Job overview

Do you want the opportunity to work in our newly transformed adult Community Mental Health Team? We have an opportunity for an experience mental health nurse to join our team working 22.5 hours per week.

We are a caring compassionate team spread across two bases in Stratford Upon Avon and Leamington Spa. 

The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary Team providing mental health services to people with a variety of mental health diagnoses such as psychosis, personality disorder, depression etc. 

You will be provided with training and supervision to support your role as well as opportunities to attend our nurses forum to support your CPD.

The post holder will have responsibility for the day to day delivery of the service to individual clients and their families and carers via a range of evidence based interventions. The nursing role also includes medication management, new patient assessments and duty.  The team is looking at specialist roles to ensure that we utilise our staffs skills and interests to the fullest.

There is an opportunity to supervise junior staff, develop leadership skills and clinical skills depending on your chosen career path.

 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will 

Provide the nursing voice and participate as part of the multi-disciplinary team implementing, evaluating and reviewing all aspects of the service users care. 

Advise, inform and support on the physical health and wellbeing of  inform service providers to enable them to support services users to access and use services in a way which respects their values and supports their rights.

Evaluate the effectiveness of interventions in relation to supporting the recovery and wellbeing of service users.

The successful applicant will manage a caseload of service users and deliver intervention's to meet each individual's needs. 

Working for our organisation

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

These include:

·       generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us

·       excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more

·       salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more

·       discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes

·       wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more

·       staff networks and support groups

We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more information on this role please see the attached supporting information. This will give you a better overview of the job role and requirements. 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Current unrestricted registration with NMC
  • Professional knowledge acquired through degree/ diploma
  • Specialist knowledge across a range of procedures and theory

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of policies and procedures
  • Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of Equal Opportunities
  • Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding of confidentiality
  • Ability to demonstrate and apply understanding safety issues
  • Ability to demonstrate and apply problem solving skills to a variety of situations

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Substantial experience in a Community Mental health care setting
  • Developed specialist knowledge gained within a similar environment over a considerable period of time
  • Proven experience of people management

Employer certification / accreditation badges

National Interim Quality MarkNHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Gold

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Kyle Hodges
Job title
Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03003034017
Additional information

Lucy Saul - Team manager - 01926339261

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