EPSN Workforce
Location
Sussex | United Kingdom
Job description
Sussex / United Kingdom / Code: EPJ02218
Introduction
Fantastic opportunity for Community Nurses, based in Sussex.Community Nurse
Main area Mental Health Nursing: Community
Grade NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract Permanent
Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday 9-5)
Location Various sites across Sussex, including Hove and Chichester
Salary £25,655 - £31,534 per annum
This post offers a Golden Hello, or a Relocation package up to a maximum of £2000 - subject to terms and conditions.
Main duties of the job
Our community teams work with adults living with mental illness, supporting their recovery and the development of skills and strategies to support them to maintain their wellbeing. You will have a good knowledge of working with people with severe and enduring mental health problems and be able to demonstrate clinically effective care management skills and interventions in accordance with the Care Programme Approach.
You will be working as part of an MDT including social workers, psychologists and medics the post holder will provide specialist nursing interventions and act in the role of Lead Practitioner for a defined caseload of clients. The work is varied and interesting and all team members are involved with the full range of best practice interventions.
Detailed and main responsibilities
To participate within the multi-disciplinary professional team in the relevant care group to deliver safe patient care focussing on therapeutic relationships.
To work in partnership with families and carers to ensure the patient’s individual health needs are met.
To have an understanding of nursing interventions relevant to the care group to include education, clinical care, wellness recovery action plans and discharge planning.
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Salary
£25.66k - £31.53k per annum
