Community Mental Health Nurse | Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust

apartmentGreater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust placeManchester calendar_month03/01/2025

Mental health services in Manchester are commencing their journey around Community Transformation. Working towards a new community mental health framework vision for a place-based community mental health model.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Nurse post within our North Manchester Specialist Community Mental Health Teams based in our exciting new and modern base at the Central Park Hub.

We are looking for a dynamic individual with strong clinical skills who is enthusiastic and motivated to support our Specialist CMHTs with the aim of delivering safe, effective and high-quality services to our service users.

The successful candidate will be an experienced Registered Mental Health Nurse who will relish working within the vibrant and challenging environment of Manchester. They will be an autonomous practitioner who is able to work within an established MDT.

They will have a level of expertise in this area and have a key role in the assessment and treatment for patient accessing a service within the SCMHT.

If you are, compassionate, hardworking and motivated this is the role for you.

The core hours are Monday to Friday 9-5, although some flexibility will be considered.

To support individual referred to secondary mental health services for assessment or ongoing care. To demonstrate the Trust values ofinspiring hope, working together, to be caring and compassionate, to value and respect others/ourselvesand to beopen and honest.

As a qualified Nurse you will demonstrate and live the NMC values as identified in the Code of Practice.

Your post will include working with individuals using research based interventions to promote their independence and recovery whilst maintaining high quality clinical documentation.

This includes respecting individuality, values, cultures and religious diversity of clients and colleagues and thus contributing to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.

We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

To promote Positive Mental and Physical Health to individuals under the care of the service in all situations.
To ensure and support individuals to collaborate in the development of their recovery plans and structured care plans and treatment.
To assess, plan and review in line with requirements of the Care Act (2014) and s117 of the Mental Health Act (1983).
To provide clinical supervision to members of the multi disciplinary team based on your clinical and professional knowledge.
To supervision junior members of staff in their clinical risk assessment and formulation of crisis and risk planning.
To promote recovery focused care and interventions for individuals.
To ensure that all interactions and documentation is person centred following the NHS guidance ‘No decision about me, without me’.
To co-produce individualised recovery plans with the individuals, carer or others identified by the Service User.
To promote and maintain a learning culture within the team which supports the professional and effectiveness of clinical care.
To contribute to the delivery of multidisciplinary training including the induction of new staff, students and trainees.

To always promote awareness of and respect for equality, diversity and dignity in care and work in line with Trust, NMC and professional standards.

To demonstrate a high level of active communication skills with individuals and also in a variety of forums and situations.
To utilise your highly developed interpersonal skills to facilitate effective communication. This includes identification and overcoming communication barriers such as sensory or cognitive impairment, hostile or highly emotive situations.
To provide specialist Mental Health Nursing interventions in the assessment, support and recovery of individuals with severe mental health difficulties. These include but are not limited to Mental State Assessments, Social Care Assessments, Physical health care monitoring, Side effect profile monitoring, etc.
To ensure that all individuals have clear and accurate information regarding their care or the care of their loved ones.
Where required to act up in the absence of the senior practitioner.
To seek out and participate in line management and clinical supervision.
Ensure, as far as practicable, the full involvement of individuals and their carers in the assessment, formulation and review of their care plans.
To maintain high standards of clinical recording ensuring that information is always:- Accurate, appropriate and up to date.
To comply with Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trusts policies and procedures with specific focus on confidentiality, Information Governance and professional practice.
To maintain your personal well being by the use of all available resources available to you via the Trust or professionally.

To comply with all health and safety legislation and the welfare of yourself and the wider Trust.

To identify any unmet needs to support service improvement or planning to enhance individuals experiences of health services within the Trust or in the wider health economy.
To comply with the NMC code of professional conduct, local and national professional standards, policies and procedures.
To adhere to the principles of Safeguarding children and vulnerable adults inline with Trust policy and local and national reporting procedures.
With support from line managers, make safeguarding enquiries in line with Section 42 of the Care Act (2014) ensuring that safeguarding is person centred, proportionate specific and that outcome measures are achieved and risk is mitigated.
To ensure that colleagues and junior staff are competent and compliant with Safeguarding legislation and guidance.
To act inline with the Trusts Infection Prevention Control policies, procedures and best practice guidance to maintain high standards of Infection Prevention and Control (IPCC)
To comply with all service security requirements with regarding to your own and others safety. These include lone working procedures, H&S at work and risk management procedures.
To ensure the management of risk in accordance with the Trust Policies and procedures including the investigation process in regard to Root Cause Analysis, complaints accidents and near miss situations via the Inphase system.
To uphold the Trust values and work in an environment free from the fear of harassment, discrimination, abuse, and violence.
To promote the Trusts Anti Racism agenda in all professional and personal interactions.
To maintain your personal and professional duty of candour where an incident or accident has occurred.
To develop and maintain good working relationships with all partners involved with individuals care or the wider health economy including General Practitioners, commissioners and third sector agencies.
To promote awareness of mental health and the role of the CMHT within local services, primary care services and also within the wider community.
To advocate on behalf of individuals under your care with regard to ensure that they are fully involved with their care and treatment.
To exercise excellent time management, punctually, consistency and reliability within your role.
To demonstrate empathy and compassion to individuals or their family/carers who may want to make a complaint about their care.
To take responsibility for your own learning and professional development, making use of opportunities to expand your clinical, professional or governance skills.
To act as an effective and empowered role model for others sharing your knowledge base and clinical skills.
To act as a Practice Educator for students on clinical placements.
To act with dignity and respect at all times in keeping with the NMC code of practice and Trust guidance.
To maintain your professional registration and to inform the Trust if there are any changes or restrictions on practice active on your registration.
To only use access to clinical information where required in the completion of your duties.

To maintain clinically sensitive information under the duty of confidentially and ensure that this is not communicated to anyone inside or outside without due cause (Principle of Need to know) and with the appropriate permission.

To undertake any other reasonable duty, when requested to do so by an appropriate Trust manager.
To understand and comply with all Trust policies, procedures, protocols and guidelines.
To understand the Trusts Strategic Goals and how you can support them.
To understand the need to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and adhere to all principles in effective safeguarding.
To carry out all duties and responsibilities of the post in accordance with Equal Opportunities, Equality and Diversity and dignity in care/work policies and principles
To avoid unlawful discriminatory behaviour and actions when dealing with the colleagues, services users, members of the public and all stakeholders.

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

Pay Enhancements:

Band

Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any week day after 8pm and before 6am

All time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight)

Time plus 47%

Time plus 94%

Time plus 41%

Time plus 83%

Time plus 35%

Time plus 69%

4 – 9

Time plus 30%

Time plus 60%

27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
Excellent pension
Cycle to work scheme
Salary sacrifice car scheme
Wellbeing programme
Blue Light Card Discounts
fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

This advert closes on Thursday 16 Jan 2025

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