Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity in Telford Community Mental Service for a caring and compassionate Mental Health Nurse.

We care for people who experience a wide range of mental health issues in Telford, offering assessments, treatment, and interventions. Our multi-disciplinary team approach is essential in formulating and providing high quality, safe and effective care, whilst ensuring our service users and families have a positive experience whilst under our care.

We are seeking a Community Mental Health Nurse to care for an identified group of service users, whilst also being able to gain experience in all functions of the team. We would like to appoint someone who has a real passion for working with service users in the community.

The community mental health service works as part of a 'neighbourhood' offering place based provision of mental health services in partnership with other local organisations. Clinicians within the community mental health service will offer interventions and treatments which are concordant with NICE guidelines, and allocation within the team will be based on the needs of the service user, matching clinician skills to service user needs. 

You will, in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team, provide nursing interventions to support the person to meet their agreed goals and coordinate and/ or participate in the review of progress towards those goals, utilising recommended outcome measures

Main duties of the job

We offer a preceptorship programme to newly qualified staff; and would work with individuals coming into our team to ensure a personalised induction programme.

• Allocated key worker to service users
• Care planning
• Risk assessment and management
• Delivering evidence based interventions
• Therapeutic 1:1 work
• Family work
• MDT working

Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grow your career here with us at MPFT:

Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping  your communities and in return for this, we will support you by; 

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people. 

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications