NHS Community Mental Health Nurse (CPN)
| Posting date: | 02 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £24.58 to £25.58 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 May 2024 |
| Location: | IP14 |
| Company: | Sanctuary Personnel |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 209587-430331 |
Summary
Sanctuary Personnel is currently looking for an experienced Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse (CPN) to take on a new ongoing contract role.
Location: Stowmarket
Pay Rate: £24.58 - £25.58 per hour (assignment rate)
Contract Type: Locum, 3-month contract
Duties:
• Be accountable for own professional actions
• Participate in mental health promotion
• Provide the appropriate interventions to patients with mental illness (incorporating NICE Guidelines)
• Effective personal planning and organisation of daily work load
• Flexible working and manage own working time effectively and accordingly to service demands
• Practice autonomously in making clinical judgements, identifying alternative courses of action, managing and providing a high quality of care
• Maintain respectful, effective professional interpersonal relationships with others
• Attend all mandatory training as required and to undertake further training and updating as required to carry out the role
• Initiate, create and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers, ensuring that practice is patient centred
• Promote the involvement of service users and carers in the development of the care pathway
• Ensuring that all patients are given full explanation of their care pathway/treatment options and no decision is taken forward without their consent
Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:
• Effortless Registration: Say goodbye to paperwork! Our fully online and paperless registration service streamlines the process, making it convenient and hassle-free for you.
• Compliance Made Easy: Enjoy peace of mind with our free DBS and compliance service, which includes paid-for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules tailored to your needs.
• Exclusive Opportunities: Unlock access to prestigious nursing roles that you won't find elsewhere. From collaborating with NHSBT to supporting vital projects at The Home Office and Vaccination Centres or relocating candidates to Australia, The Falkland Islands and many other destinations, our network opens doors to diverse and impactful assignments in the UK and globally.
• Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
• Rewarding Referral Program: Spread the word and reap the rewards! Refer a Nurse and receive a generous £250 bonus once they've completed just 100 hours of work. The best part? There's no limit to how many Nurses you can refer.
• Professional Development: Working as a locum Nurse provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.
Requirements of the Community Mental Health Nurse:
Nursing degree or equivalent, Dip OT, Clinical Psychology or equivalent Mentorship qualification or ENB 998
Relevant registration
Ongoing professional development working towards degree level Higher degree or post graduate certificate in area of clinical / therapeutic practice
Able to demonstrate an appropriate level of knowledge of mental health practice from previous experience
Demonstrate effective risk assessment and risk management experience
Experience in the delivery of clinical interventions
Experience in working in team delivering person centred treatment packages
Excellent communication skills
Competent assessment skills
Effective analytical and decision-making skills
Care planning skills
Risk assessment knowledge and skills
Competent and effective treatment skills
Able to effectively prioritise own work load
Basic computer skills including use of email/internet
Satisfactory verbal and written language skills
Knowledge of medication and the monitoring of its effects
Knowledge of psychosocial interventions
An understanding of the policies and guidelines both local and national e.g. National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines (Government initiative)
Ability to travel independently
Contact:
This Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse job is advertised by Andrew Cleeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from: PIP Assessors, Ward Managers, Deputy Ward Managers, CAMHS Practitioners, Community Mental Health Nurses, Mental Health Nurses, Nurses, Psychiatric Nurses & Community Nurses as we have vacancies that match with these job titles. Online remote nurse jobs are available from time to time so please get in touch.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Registered Mental Health Nurse role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements.
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Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into you work placement.
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