Trosolwg o'r swydd

We are excited to announce Band 6 Senior Community Mental Health  Nurse/Occupational Therapist/Social Worker posts within our Adult Community Mental Health Team covering West Norfolk.

This is a fantastic opportunity for practitioners that are motivated to move forward with their career path. If you are currently in a Band 5/6 position and have at least 12 months post registration experience this may be the post for you. As a service we pride ourselves on supporting our clinicians to develop in a range of areas. If there is an area which you are passionate about which can further the service, we will endeavour to support you on this journey. We welcome applications from nurses, social workers and occupational therapists. 

We value the unique skills that all of the different professions bring to the team, and you will be supported within this role to utilise your specialist skills. You will be supported to attend any profession specific training and learning events to support your ongoing CPD. We are looking for someone who is keen to contribute to innovative thinking and service development.

We are looking for individuals who bring enthusiasm, creativity and energy to work in this vital area. We are looking for clinicians who can work autonomously as well as within a team, someone who is approachable, flexible, and dedicated to improving the lives of our service users and carers. 

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

The post holder will undertake the planning/delivery of direct patient care with minimal supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a MDT/multi-agency environment.

• Managing a caseload and the provision of mental health care services to people with mental health care need.
• Provide planned care/risk assessment / screening for patients within their care plan and ongoing evaluation of patients’ needs and identify suitability for potential discharge in conjunction with the CTL, via caseload management/supervision.
• Initiate and attend patient centred reviews, case conferences and other meetings as required.
• To advise the Responsible Medical Officer(s) and/or health and social care professional of any change in the patients’ conditions and / or circumstances.
• To work within the MDT and to form working partnerships with other care providers.
• To ensure service users/carer(s) are enabled and empowered to make informed decisions about their care and delivery of that care, working with agencies from within and outside the MDT.
• To provide caseload management supervision to junior staff under direction and supervision of the CTL.
• Assist with the supervision of peers if requested.
• To enable patients to gain and maintain independence.
• Identifying personal learning and training needs through KSF, appraisal and personal development plans on an annual basis.
• Undertake the supervision of students that will be undertaking placements within the Team.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

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.

Benefits

Benefits included with this role are:-

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more