Community Mental Health Nurse - Named Worker Role
About us
At Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust we provide a range of mental health, learning disability, substance misuse, primary care and other specialist services designed around the needs of people in our city.
We have a dedicated and skilful team of people caring in Sheffield, which you could become a part of.
Our values are at the heart of everything we do. These are: working together for our service users, respect and kindness, everyone counts, commitment to quality, improving lives.
Job overview
The North Community Mental Health Service is undergoing an exciting transformation with additional resource allocation to provide ongoing intensive support to the population of the Sheffield, this includes working towards a joint approach with Primary Care and the Voluntary Sector, reviewing the CMHT Service Criteria and working in discreet small teams into local communities leading to a high quality care standard.
We are looking to recruit Band 6 Nurse to the North CMHT. A number of our service users require a man as their named worker due to the nature of the service provided including trauma and risk history. We intend to therefore appoint a man to this post as a occupational requirement for this particular post because we do not have any men in nursing roles in this service.
- The successful candidate will be supported with their professional and leadership development through dedicated supervision with highly experienced and motivated team managers, where learning opportunities will be supported and encouraged. From the multi-disciplinary team, we offer regular CPD sessions and candidates are encouraged to bring their own interests to the team to share and develop their specific interests in mental health. Please note this is a qualified Nursing Vacancy.
Main duties of the job
You will need to possess excellent communication skills and be able to work independently and as part of the wider team in order to assess, plan and evaluate care. You should have a positive approach to meeting the needs of our service users and be motivated, empowered and enthusiastic to both learn and share.
You will also be expected to work as part of the duty system which operates within the general working hours of 09:00 to 17:00 Monday to Friday on a rotational basis. This 'mini team' is supported by other clinical professional and management.
Working for our organisation
We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.
What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share which we are keen to listen to and learn from.
We are all very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to hear from you.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary service and core responsibilities will include:
- Acting as a Named Worker
- Comprehensive assessment of new referrals
- Carrying a varied caseload defined by need
- Contributing to a duty system on a rota basis
- Delivering supervision to more junior members of staff
- Contribute to Multidisciplinary service development
- Triage and determine urgency of new referrals to the service
- Carry out comprehensive assessments of an individual’s health and social care needs in a variety of settings and agree the most appropriate course of action. This includes first presentation to service.
- To assess, evaluate and manage clinical risk
- To formulate a plan of care based on identified need
- Deliver evidence based interventions as appropriate
- Review effectiveness of care plan at regular intervals
- To work within safeguarding processes, including where required to act as safeguarding investigator / manager.
- To work collaboratively with service users, carers and partner agencies
- To maintain computer held care records in an accurate and timely fashion
- Undertake all work in a culturally sensitive manner
- Act in accordance with Care Management System, Acute and Schedule Care Pathways as appropriate.
- Develop effective working relationships with Primary Care colleagues
- The North Adult Community Team is proud to be:-
- A fantastic team to work in with supportive, innovative and experienced staff
- A great environment which encourage and inspire staff to get involved in local initiatives
- Working alongside like minded innovative, forward thinking professionals who genuine care about the people we work with and each other’s wellbeing
Person specification
knoweledge and skills
Essential criteria- • Working knowledge and understanding of Care Programme Approach & Care Management
- • Knowledge and understanding of appropriate therapeutic approaches and engagement strategies
- • Knowledge and understanding of PDR and supervision processes as a supervisee
- • Demonstrable risk assessment and risk management skills with evidence of positive risk taking
- Additional skills /training in psychosocial interventions for people with SMI, CBTp and family interventions
- • Relevant Health or Social Care professional qualification – Nursing or Social Work
Training and qualifications
Essential criteria- • Relevant Health or Social Care professional qualification – Nursing or Social Work
- • Current registration with NMC, HCPC
- • Evidence of continued professional development
- • Mentorship qualification
- • Supervision training
Experience
Essential criteria- • Experience of multi-disciplinary team working
- • Extensive experience in mental health in both inpatient and community settings
- • Experience of managing/supervising others
- • Experience of working in a recovery focussed way
- • Experience of working with adults in acute/crisis/relapse presentation
- • Experience in a Community Mental Health Team/Assertive Outreach team
Please think about your personal values and how these align with our values when you are applying. Find out more about our organisation through our website.
We are a Disability Confident employer level 2 and hope to achieve level 3 this year. We offer a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for a role. When you apply you will have the opportunity to let us know if you require adjustments to be made, please contact us if you are not sure or if you require adjustments to the application process itself.
Our six staff network groups welcome new members, these are:
- The Ethnically Diverse Staff Network Group
- The Disability Staff Network Group
- The Lived Experience Staff Network Group
- The Rainbow Staff Network Group
- The Staff Carers Staff Network Group
- The Women’s Staff Network Group
We know how important flexible working can be to applicants and therefore we encourage you to discuss any working arrangements as part of this process. We will always aim to accommodate requests, wherever possible.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children and as part of our safe recruitment practice the successful applicant(s) will be subject to a check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) if it is deemed appropriate for the role.The cost of the DBS check (currently up to £48.23) must be met by the successful applicant(s).
When applying for this post you will redirected to complete your application in our preferred applicant management system, Trac. If you are successfully offered a role, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.In addition, in submitting an application, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.
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