Community Mental Health Nurse

Bradford District Care Trust is an award-winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services that have been recognised as best practice nationally. As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.

As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.

Job overview

We are looking to recruit a highly skilled, motivated and passionate Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse to join our Adult Community Mental Health Team in Shipley, Bradford providing care to service users in a large geographical area, covering urban and rural communities.

The post holder will be expected to work without direct supervision and be able to organise and prioritise their workload. Whilst reporting to the Team Leader, they will be capable of making autonomous clinical decisions affecting the mental health care of clients, based of their own and others’ assessments and observations and requiring analysis of a complex range of information and options.

We offer a supportive work environment as well as opportunities for further progression and learning.

As a clinician you are not only supporting service users through what can often be the most challenging of times, you are also mentoring them to become the best version of themselves.

Interview: TBC

Main duties of the job

To manage a complex caseload of clients in the community and to work towards ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all service users, their families, and carers.

To work in partnership with service users, families, and carers to achieve identified goals and to support recovery and reintegration by adopting a fully holistic approach to needs.

To administer medications safely and monitor their efficacy.

To accurately record clinical information into our systems including risk assessments, care plans, care act assessments, crisis and contingency plans.

To work as part of our duty service triaging calls and signposting to address identified needs.

To work within a fully integrated and jointly managed Community Mental Health Team alongside Local Authority social care staff and managers and to liaise and feedback on all aspects of service user care.

To assess any social care needs of your caseload and look to source and arrange these in line with the operational policies.

You will also be mentoring and supervising both preceptee nurses and student nurses, enhancing their placement experience and supporting their learning and development.

Working for our organisation

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including : Increase mileage rates for > 3500

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and person specification for more details about this role.

Right to Work in the UK

Prior to your appointment you will be asked to provide confirmation of your right to work and reside in the UK. During your continued employment with the Trust, you have a personal responsibility to notify your manager as soon as possible should there be any changes to your right to work status.

Regrettably, if the role is not eligible for sponsorship under the Trust’s eligibility criteria, the Trust are unable to extend your employment beyond the expiration of your current visa. The Trust is not responsible or liable for ensuring that your employment continues after this period.

We appreciate your attention to this matter and your commitment to fulfilling this requirement promptly

Person specification

Qualifications

• Previous experience of working in a community mental health setting.
• Current professional registration with NMC.

• Supporting Learning in Practice qualification.
• Previous experience of managing caseloads.
• Any evidence of professional development.

Experience

• One year appropriate post qualification experience working with the field of mental health
• Experience of multi agency and multi disciplinary working
• Liaising with partner organisations including criminal justice, local authority, health and third sector providers
• Ability to demonstrate understanding of safeguarding principles

• Previous experience of working with care pathways and knowledge of mental health act.
• Experience of accessing health and social care support packages for vulnerable people

Please note that the Trust reserves the right to close the vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received. It is in the candidates best interest to apply as soon as possible.

In view of Home Office Immigration Regulations all applicants must state their current immigration status, including expiry dates.

Bradford District Care Trust is an award-winning Trust that provides a range of innovative services that have been recognised as best practice nationally. As a provider of care for people of all ages who have mental and/or community health needs we are dedicated to providing a high-quality service, close to where people live and as much as possible tailored to an individual’s needs.

The Trust’s purpose is to create connected communities and help people to feel as healthy as they can be at every point in their lives and our vision is to connect people to the best quality care, when and where they need it and be a national role model as an employer and provide our staff with the best place to work.

Its themes will be rooted in the unique heritage and character of Bradford and will reveal the magic of the district that is held in its people, its ambition, and above all, its potential.

We would welcome applicants with lived experience of providing unpaid care and/or support to a family member or friend with a disability, health condition, frailty, mental health problem, addiction or other health and care needs.

We welcome people from all backgrounds and in particular Bradford District Care Trust is keen to reflect the population we serve, we are currently underrepresented in terms of black and minority ethnic staff. Applications are encouraged from these groups, but it must be stressed that selection will be solely on merit and in accordance with the Trust recruitment policy.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.