Community Mental Health Nurse Band 6

Job Description

1 x 18 hoursThe South Locality Older Adult Community Mental Health Team within Rotherham, Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a Band 6, Community Mental Health Nurse to join their Team. The team is based on the Tickhill road site in the Forest Gate building. Service hours are 8.30am to 5pm Monday to Friday. The Older Adult team works alongside our colleagues in Adult Mental Health and Community Nurse Teams.The South Locality Team provides support to older adults with complex and enduring mental health issues. The team offers a range of management strategies and interventions including various psychological therapies. Care and support is offered in line with the CPA approach and Recovery model. The role involves completing initial assessments for patients with memory problems and feeding back the outcome of formulation and diagnosis.Applicants must demonstrate a flexible approach, evolving around the needs of patients, their families and significant others. The role involves working as a team member, with the responsibility of a mixed caseload of functional and organic cases.We are looking for an enthusiastic person with excellent team working skills, which is keen to develop their knowledge and skills in this area. You should be a competent and motivated practitioner with appropriate demonstrable experience. You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team providing assessment and therapeutic intervention in the communityInterested Informal enquiries and visits to the team are welcomed.For further information please contact Sarah Gleadall, Team Manger onInterview date: to be confirmedWe reserve the right to close down this advert early should there be a high number of applicants.PLEASE NOTE WE WILL CONTACT YOU VIA EMAIL ABOUT YOUR APPLICATION THEREFORE PLEASE CHECK YOUR EMAIL ACCOUNTIt is important that you check your NHS jobs account regularly. To access emails from us, log into your account and view My Applications however some emails have been known to end up in JUNK MAIL/SPAM BOX so please ensure you check this folder as well as your INBOX so you dont miss any important communication regarding your application.If you have not received confirmation of an interview date within 6-8 weeks of your application, please assume on this occasion that you have been unsuccessful.Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust is committed to our responsibilities for safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk as outlined in Working Together to Safeguard Children 2015 and Care Act 2014.We are committed to recruiting candidates who share the commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment and periodically during their employmentDBS disclosures are mandatory before commencement of employment within the Trust. Therefore, if you are in a position that is deemed a regulated adult and/or child care role, you will not be able to start your employment until we have received a satisfactory DBS clearance.Safeguarding Policies for the Trust can be accessed via the document links.The Trust is committed to equal opportunities in employment and welcomes applications from all sections of the community in order to maintain a workforce as diverse as the population it serves.The first 6 months of employment with the Trust will be a probationary period which may be extended by the Trust for a further 6 months