Community Psychiatric Nurse

Job Introduction

Job Title: Community Psychiatric Nurse                                  

Trust Location: Birmingham

Pay Rates: £18.10 - £28.96 excluding Holiday pay

Days:£18.10 Nights & Saturdays: £23.53 Sundays:£28.96

Shift Patterns: Days, Nights and Twilight

As a Mental Health Nurse, you’re not only supporting service users and patients in their most challenging times, but also mentoring them to become the best version of themselves build on service users’ strengths, maintaining levels of independence and promoting wellbeing and helping service users remain connected with their local community.

Having an open mind and a flexible approach to care is key within this sector. This will enable you to establish the best possible ways to care for your service user or patient. You will develop exceptionally positive and robust relationships with patients and their families, building trust and confidence.

This Birmingham Based Trust provides care and treatment to a culturally and socially diverse population or over a million. Specialist teams work closely with patients, their carers and families to put together a plan of care which suits each individual person and offers different types of support including community, inpatient, outpatient and day services.

As a Community Psychiatric Nurse with NHS professionals, you’ll be working a caseload of patients with one of our community services

NHS Professionals Mental Health Nurse Testimonial:

“A typical day is varied with different roles and levels of responsibility; you’re kept busy but not taken advantage of. What I love most about the role is variety, being made part of the team even if just for a shift. Staff on the wards are very supportive and give good orientations and information to support me in my role.”

Whatever your motivations, if you have a passion for mental health nursing and would like to join a supportive team with inspiring leadership and support, we’d love to hear from you.

You’ll receive the following benefits: 

• Exclusive access to first choice of shifts or placements at your Trust – before they are made available to agency 
• Wellbeing incentives – take advantage of the wellbeing hub
• Competitive pay rates – work this week, get paid next week
• Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go – access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone 
• Essential support when you need it – 24/7 365 days – Call us anytime 
• Multi-locational - work across neighbouring Trusts if you wish to
• Varied working options to suit your lifestyle – access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or fixed term placements  
• Training and development opportunities 
• Build holiday allowance for every shift you work 
• Stakeholder pension scheme available 

What you’ll be responsible for:

• Will act as an independent practitioner within a defined community setting, while liaising with other professionals as necessary
• Will manage a defined caseload and provide supervision to others as appropriate.
• You will be involved in providing a high level of safe and effective care
• Be responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care
• Adhere to all Trust policies, procedures and guidelines
• Liaise with other community service and multidisciplinary teams
• Provide mentorship and support to others.
• The role will involve, but not be limited to you performing the above. 

You’ll need to have the following qualification/experience:

• A minimum of 6 months paid experience in a Community Psychiatric Nurse role within the UK within the last 3 years 
• Nursing Qualification & NMC Professional Registration and keep up to date with current nursing practices 

Who are NHS Professionals?

We are NHS Professionals (NHSP), working together to care for patients in the NHS. Providing you with the power to decide when, how, and where you want to work. Supporting your lifestyle and making you feel part of the team and community.

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By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas. 

Disclaimer 

Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.