Job summary
We are expanding our Mental Health Outreach Team with a Registered Mental Health Nurse - Band 6

You will be based within the Acute Medicine and Emergency Care Care Group to support patients attending our Emergency Departments and Acute Medical Units.

You will lead a team of Clinical Support Workers and provide specialist mental health advice, care and treatment to patients staff in the acute hospital setting.

Patients in the acute phase of admission to hospital or whilst waiting for appropriate placement, sometimes have mental health or enhanced care needs as well as physical health needs.

An exciting opportunity is available to join a new team of staff who will provide specialist mental health and enhanced care along side the acute care teams.

Main duties of the job

• Registered Nurse with Mental Health qualification and experience to lead an enhanced care team across the Trust
• Offering specialist advice and guidance to our clinical teams caring for patients with significant mental illness
• Deliver a training programme for enhanced care and specialist skills in caring for patients with significant mental illness.
• Line management, supervision and deployment of the enhanced care Clinical Support Worker team.

About us
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to onsite nurseries. staff restaurants and accommodation.

In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme. Onsite parking is available from only £50 a year.

There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.

Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description attached.

If you have any questions about this position please do not hesitate to contact Amy Collis Assistant Director of Nursing AHP and Clinical Professions or Paul Smith or Claire Bishop Deputy Chief Nurses

Qualifications
Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse and hold active registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
• Degree level qualification relevant to role
• Professional qualification and training to lead the clinical team with relevant knowledge and skills for specialist area, including relevant formal training/qualification to deliver the required specialist skills and programmes of care

Desirable

• Management or leadership qualification or training
• Quality improvement training and qualification

Experience
Essential

• Experience in nursing care, knowledge and expertise relevant to the clinical area within NHS or relevant health care organisation
• Experience in clinical speciality relevant to role to be able to demonstrate the required level of professional knowledge and skills at a specialist level.

Desirable

• Experience in leading a team or service change/QI project

Skills
Essential

• Professional clinical knowledge skills and skills that demonstrate the ability to assess, plan, develop and implement programmes of care, including complex/specialist care needs
• Ability to apply professional judgement and problem solve and lead discussions within the team to resolve complex issues

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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