Job overview

Access & Assessment Team

Community Registered Mental Health Nurse.

Are you an experienced nurse looking to join a forward-thinking team? Do you want to support the local community in transformation by being part of the development of a service?

Our Great Yarmouth and Waveney Access and Assessment Team (AAT) are seeking a Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse to join their collaborative team.

AAT is the front door to all our adult mental health services in Great Yarmouth and Waveney. The team provides a community-based service to Great Yarmouth and Waveney market towns for adults over the age of 25. We screen, triage, and assess all referrals into secondary care via a blend of face to face, online and telephone appointments.

It is an exciting time to join as we’re embarking on a new venture with our partners; working towards a truly integrated service model and being led by motivating and supportive leadership.

We’re based at Oaktree, Northgate Hospital Great Yarmouth and work across the Waveney patch, you’ll have a varied workload and will be supported by the wider MDT.

We are looking for professionals who are caring, supportive and reflective in their practice. If this sounds like you – we’d love to hear from you!

Main duties of the job

Main duties of the job:

The role of the Assessment Nurse is to provide clinical interventions to our patients.

If appointed, you will:

·       Deliver clinical interventions / holistic mental health assessments.

·       Complete Risk Assessments / Risk Management

.      Co-produce safety plans

·       Offer support, supervision and informal training to your colleagues.

·       Contribute to multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings.

·       Undertake other clinical tasks within the team.

The ideal candidate will have some experience of working in the community supporting working age adults with mental health difficulties. You will need to have a sound understanding of the Care Programme Approach and be able to demonstrate your abilities in risk management. You will be part of the triage and assessment process managing referrals from our GP surgeries and other local services.

We enjoy excellent close working relationships with all statutory and non-statutory partners in developing Recovery based care plans. You can expect to have plenty of opportunities for joint working, career development and training with a clear appraisal structure.

(The above list is not exhaustive, merely a starting point to show you what we do) 

Working for our organisation

Here 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.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you’ll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We’re an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.