Senior Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Haringey GP Federation; Eastbourne; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A key community healthcare provider is seeking a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner for their Eastbourne Mental Health Team. This full-time role offers an opportunity to lead clinical functions and support vulnerable adults in the community. The ideal candidate will have a degree in nursing or social work, be registered with the NMC, and have substantial community mental health experience. Flexible working arrangements are encouraged to maintain a healthy work-life balance, ensuring staff can focus on patient care effectively.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Registered with the NMC.
• Experience in supervising staff and students.
• Broad experience working with adults with a range of mental health problems.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership within Eastbourne NMHT.
• Support clinical decisions and responsiveness of the adult community.
• Lead on the implementation of the new clinical information system.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Risk management

Community mental health experience

Team collaboration

Adaptability

Education

Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy or Nursing/Social Work

Registration with HPC, NMC or Social Work England

Evidence of post qualification study

Tools

Standardised assessment tools

Job description

Are you a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with a passion for working with adults?

Are you motivated by a role where you can make a huge difference to the lives of some of the most vulnerable individuals in our community?

Would you like to help us improve and further develop our Access and Duty functions within the community mental health teams?

If so, one of these two senior nursing positions at Eastbourne Neighbourhood Mental Health Team in East Sussex is the role for you!

This is an exciting and challenging opportunity for a confident, competent and dynamic Mental Health Nurse or OT or a Senior Social Worker with interest in adult mental health. You will be joining a friendly, supportive and creative multi-disciplinary team, dedicated to providing a high-quality service that addresses the health inequalities experienced by vulnerable adults.

Main duties of the job

Your main duties will involve:

Clinical leadership within Eastbourne NMHT focusing on access (Triage) and response (Duty) clinical functions.

Supporting clinical decisions and responsiveness of Specialist Adult community to include the initial triaging and assessment of mental health, neuro-disability and risks from anywhere in Eastbourne community

Contributing to the creation and review of a multidisciplinary and multiagency formulation with complex difficulties and needs and building strong multi agency partnership and collaborative working.

Providing short-term treatment/interventions with a small caseload

Supporting the day-to-day clinical staff in their clinical decision making and interventions.

Leading on the implementation of our new clinical information system (SystmOne) and providing assurance that the clinical paperwork is completed promptly, accurately and up to date. This would include Risk assessments and MDT care and safety planning, as well as supporting staff with medication information.

Leading on the implementation of the NMHT standard operating procedures and further place-based community development of Integrated Care Team in Eastbourne.

About us

Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for children, young people and adults across Sussex.

Both roles are full time positions, Monday to Friday, 9-5. However, we encourage flexible working and we understand that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, flexible start/finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

We'd love you to join our Trust that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Other key staff survey results include:

• 70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work
• 79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team
• 77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

Job responsibilities

In order to be a successful Mental Health Nurse Practitioner in our team you will be:

• Registered with the NMC
• Experienced in risk management and working with Adults
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced and varied role
• Adaptable, organised, compassionate and a team player
• Experienced working within a community mental health setting

It would also be advantageous if you are:

• Experienced working in multi-agency and multi disciplinary setting, with strong preference for collaborative working.
• A nurse prescriber qualification is desirable - and, if not already, an interest in completing this qualification

Please see attached Job Description for further details of the role.

Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams bring together local NHS mental health services, GPs and community organisations to offer joined-up, personalised support. The goal is to make sure that people receive the right help, focused on what matters to them - without needing to repeat their story or navigate different services. We work with adults aged 18 and over who are going through mental health challenges that are affecting their daily life.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree/Diploma in occupational therapy or Nursing/Social Work
• Evidence of post qualification study
• Registration with the HPC, NMC or Social Work England
• Training in the use of standardised assessment tools

Knowledge/Experience

• Broad experience of working with adults with a range of mental health problems
• Experience of multidisciplinary
• Experience of supervising staff and students
• Experience of multi-agency work
• Experience in applying a range of assessment tools and a comprehensive knowledge of clinical approaches
• Experience of urgent care pathway

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.