Community Mental Health Nurse

When you join us, you can expect to be supported in developing your skills and confidence in the band 5 role, there will be a minimum of two-week local induction

We fully support staff to particulate in the Trusts preceptorship program for newly registered nurses

You would have a development plan, personalised to your experience, strengths and identified development needs

We host regular reflective practice sessions, training days, clinical and management supervision.

We work Monday to Friday excluding bank Holidays

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

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Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly, and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops, and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Qualifications

Essential: - Nursing degree or equivalent RN(MH); - Membership qualification or willingness to undertake training

Experience

Desirable: - Previous experience of working with mental health needs

Skills

Essential: - Ability to work regularly unsupervised; - Good Observation and reporting Skills; - Ability to display calm, mature response to difficult situations

Desirable: - Ability to supervise others

Knowledge

Essential: - Understanding of issues surrounding confidentiality

Desirable: - Awareness of security and its impact and willingness to expand knowledge on it; - Working knowledge/application of the Mental Health Act 1993

Other

Essential: - Ability to travel independently; - Awareness and understanding equity and diversity issues