Band 6 Urgent Care Nurse - Oleaster | Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 16 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 16 May 2024 |
| Location: | Birmingham, B15 2SY |
| Company: | Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6193450/436-6193450 |
Summary
Exciting opportunities have arisen within our Trust to join the Urgent Care Team at the Oleaster Centre. We are a 24/7 service covering all aspects of mental health. We are looking to appoint dynamic, experienced, committed and enthusiastic mental health nurses looking for a challenging job to develop your assessment skills within the Urgent Care Department to cover the Psychiatric Decision Unit, Place of Safety, Street Triage team and Call before to Convey . You can expect to achieve and build upon skills of working in a pressured environment, fast pace and richly cultural diversity team like Urgent Care Team.
The Urgent Care is an innovative and fast expanding team delivering mental health assessment, intervention, care planning, signposting and onward referrals for patients within the Community. We work to address the mental health needs of people from ages 18 years and upwards. Common presentations include DSH (Deliberate Self Harm Behaviours), depression, anxiety, dementia, and psychosis. We assess people in the community, on the street, at the Place of Safety and in the Psychiatric Decision Unit. Depending on the outcome of the assessment, we ensure that we offer the appropriate support and sign posted to the appropriate pathways.
We are offering you an opportunity to become a specialist mental health nurse within the Urgent Care pathways, develop your assessment skills and be part of this innovative team. You must be a qualified mental health nurse with experience of leading a team within clinical settings and be prepared to work across a 24 hour rota. It is important that you have an understanding of multidisciplinary services and the challenges that face people with mental health problems. You will be expected to under take front-line assessments, signposting, liaise with other colleagues, and develop safe clinical management discharge plans.
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
We highly recommend you submit your application as soon as possible, this post may close earlier than the indicated closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.
This advert closes on Tuesday 23 Apr 2024