Our clients are urgently seeking to recruit a
Locum Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse to join their Recovery Team.
Hours: Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm
Main duties
This role is for a Nurse / Care Co-ordinator who will work with mental health service users, their carers’ and other agencies to:
Build trusting and collaborative relationships with service users.
Understand what is important to the service user in their life.
Help and support the service user to develop and set goals with what is important to them.
Help them to feel hopeful about the things that are important to them.
Provide support and advice with being involved in their community – for example housing, employment, education, welfare benefits, social life and peer networks
Help service users to feel in control of their life including self-management tools and techniques.
Essential criteria
Registered Adult Nurse and/or Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse
Mentorship qualification
Experience of research based/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice
Significant relevant clinical experience
Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience as a preceptor / mentor
Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation