The Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse is a key member of the West Norfolk Community Mental Health Team (CMHT), providing specialist assessment, care planning, treatment, and care coordination for adults experiencing severe and enduring mental health difficulties. Working within a multidisciplinary team, the post holder will deliver high-quality, person-centred care that promotes recovery, supports independence, and enables individuals to achieve the best possible outcomes within their local community.
This position is open to band 6’s or band 5’s who have completed their preceptorship.
- Deliver high-quality, recovery-focused mental health care in line with NSFT values, Trust policies and the NMC Code.
- Undertake assessments under appropriate supervision, contribute to care planning, deliver interventions and evaluate outcomes for service users.
- Monitor mental and physical health needs, including medication management, escalating concerns where appropriate.
- Develop and manage a caseload under supervision, working collaboratively with service users, carers and partner agencies.
- Undertake risk assessments and contribute to risk management and safeguarding processes.
- Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to effective multidisciplinary team working.
- Participate in supervision, appraisal, mandatory training and continuous professional development activities.
- Contribute to quality improvement, audit and service development initiatives.
At NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Benefits Included With This Role Are
- NHS pension
- A comprehensive in-house and external training programme
- Career progression
- Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum (increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service, plus bank holidays)
- Staff physio service
- NHS discounts and many more
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mutari Yusif Job title: Community Team Manager Email address: mutari.yusif@nsft.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01553 609933
Dan Manning can also be contacted – dan.manning@nsft.nhs.uk
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