Job overview

We are currently seeking an experienced Community Mental Health Nurse/Social Worker, at Band 6 to work within our Early Intervention in Psychosis Services via a Bank Contract, based in Stevenage. You will be joining our Temporary Staffing Team within HPFT - Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

The post holder will work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team providing a high quality of Care Co-ordination to Service Users between the ages of 16 and 65 (and their carers) who are experiencing or recovering from their first episode of psychosis.

The core function of the service is to provide specialist assessment of people thought to be experiencing their first psychotic episode and if appropriate, initiate and complete the 3-year pathway as directed by the National Institute for Health & Care Excellence (NICE) Guidelines. Integrated health and social care approaches will underpin practice as will care planning within a recovery framework.

HPFT provides services for service users with mental health, learning disability and children’s and adolescent mental health problems. Applicants should have some experience of working in a healthcare setting.

HPFT has a range of healthcare settings across the County and therefore access to a car would be beneficial unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving

All applicants need to hold a valid Professional Registration - NMC/Social Worker England  

Main duties of the job

This role requires skills in assessing, planning, organising, reviewing and delivering recovery oriented and evidence-based interventions to support the recovery of service users. This work will be in accordance with clinical governance processes and professional standards. The post holder will utilise their skills and knowledge to undertake assessments, identify desired social care outcomes using the connected Lives assessment framework and carry out treatment both in inpatient areas and community areas as appropriate.

Any other duties commensurate with the grade which may be required to enable effective and efficient running of the service.

Successful candidates will be expected to undertake training in Family Intervention and deliver Family Interventions under supervision of a Psychologist as it forms an essential part of the NICE Guidelines.

Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission

Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.