# Community Mental Health Nurse

**Company**: Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
**Location**: Welwyn Garden City
**Experience**: senior
**Salary**: £41957.00 to £50387.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We have an opportunity for a Band 6 Community Nurse in our welcoming and friendly Adult Community Mental Health Services in Welwyn Garden City.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who is looking for further development with their knowledge of nursing in a community setting.

Successful candidates will be working closely with experienced colleagues in a multi-disciplinary team, alongside allied teams in the wider local mental health system, making a difference to the quality of our service user experience.

Successful candidates will also benefit from a competitive salary, staff benefits package, and excellent career development opportunities, regular supervision, and training that comes from working for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.

**Main duties of the job**

- The post holder will be able to undertake assessments of needs of service users, working in partnership with service users and their families, to formulate Personalised care and support plans and risk assessments.

- The post holder will work with colleagues and allied resources to review the effectiveness of interventions and re-plan using evidence-based interventions to best effect in partnership with the service user.

- The post holder will be involved in physical procedures, including administration of oral and injectable medications, the storage and transportation of them, and the monitoring of people's physical responses to medications and physical health, such as blood pressure, glucose, and weight monitoring.

- The post holder will be completing First Contact Assessments as part of their role.

**Job responsibilities**

- To carry a clinical caseload and act as the lead practitioner fulfilling the named nurse role for a group of service users.

- To undertake comprehensive personalised care and support needs and risk assessments (including capacity assessments).

- Where necessary, administer prescribed medication or supervise its administration and assess the service user for desired and non-desired effects.

- To maintain robust clinical records and prepare reports as required.

- To be aware of and comply with the relevant mental health and work-related legislation and policy at all times.

- Car driver essential, as a majority of the posts are community-based; the post holder will need a full valid driving license and access to a car to use regularly for business purposes, including business insurance (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

**Requirements**

- RMN or Dip/BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing

- ENB 998/Preceptorship and Mentorship

- Experience of working in a range of settings relevant to the post

- Post-registration experience at Band 5 level or equivalent

- Experience of working in acute mental health inpatient/day care services

- Experience of working in situations of crisis and emotionally demanding environments

- Experience and knowledge of safeguarding process

- Experience of teaching and training

- Experience and knowledge of working in a multi-ethnic community

- Experience of delivering evidence-based care

**Desirable**

- ENB 812/BSc in Specialist Community Nursing Practice (Mental Health)

- Psychosocial interventions

- Experience of working with acute mental health problems in a community setting

- Substantial IT skills

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## Skills

### Required
- Mental Health Nursing
- RMN
- Dip/BSc (Hons)
- ENB 998
- Preceptorship and Mentorship
- Communication skills
- Teamwork
- Leadership

### Nice to have
- ENB 812
- BSc in Specialist Community Nursing Practice (Mental Health)
- Psychosocial interventions
- IT skills

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