Community Mental Health Nurse – AMHT

Global Healthcare Jobs is currently looking for an experienced Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) to take on a new ongoing contract role working in an Adults Mental Health Team in Abingdon, completing assessment, treatment and duty work.

Location: Abingdon.

Pay Rate: £30 – £32 per hour (assignment rate).

Contract Type: Locum, 6-month ongoing.

Working Hours:

• Ideally full time, but part time may be considered with a minimum of 3 days per week.
• Mostly 9am – 5pm, Monday – Friday.
• Long days and weekends may also be available once a successful induction period is complete.

Main Duties:

• Work across the assessment and treatment function of the team.
• Assess the mental health of people referred by their GP or partner agencies and providing time-limited interventions where appropriate.
• Hold care co-ordinator responsibility for a small caseload of CPA patients who experience severe and enduring mental illness, providing recovering focused treatment interventions in the community.  
• Cover duty around 1 day per week which involves triaging referrals and undertaking emergency assessments.
• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team made-up of Consultant Psychiatrists, Junior Medics, Nurses, OTs, Social Workers, Support Workers (including peer-support workers), Psychologists and Admin. You will be well supported and receive regular supervision from an experienced Team Manager or Deputy Team Manager.

Requirements of the Community Psychiatric Nurse:

• Degree or equivalent in Mental Health Nursing.
• Experience working as a Mental Health Nurse, including working in a community mental health setting with patients with severe and enduring mental illness.
• NMC Registration.
• Have excellent assessment and communication skills, and able to work dynamically within a fast paced, challenging yet rewarding team. 
• Full driving licence with access to a car for business use.

Contact:

This Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse job is advertised by Deane Garrard; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from: PIP Assessors, Ward Managers, Deputy Ward Managers, CAMHS Practitioners, Community Mental Health Nurses, Mental Health Nurses, Nurses, Psychiatric Nurses & Community Nurses as we have vacancies that match with these job titles. Online remote nurse jobs are available from time to time so please get in touch.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Community Mental Health Nurse role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements.

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Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.