Job overview

B6 Community Mental Health Nurse

20.5 hours per week

Fixed Term for 6 months

To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team providing Adult Community Mental Health Services for Newcastle clients and their families. The nature of the client group and the philosophy of the team will require the post holder to work flexible hours.

The post holder will be responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of recovery-based care programmes and the setting of standards of care to service users and their families.

The post holder will deputise for the Team Lead / Clinical Lead when required and undertake lead/senior roles within the Team.

The maintenance of positive working relationships and liaison with other departments, agencies and bodies both internal and external to the Trust is critical to the successful application of this role.

Main duties of the job

·        To have the responsibility for the delivery of Mental Health services to specific individuals. 

·        Coordinating clinical activity, liaison with the rest of the Newcastle Adult Community Mental Health Team and other appropriate teams, services and agencies. 

·        Immediate problem solving and decision making and contributing to long term planning for future developments both within the immediate clinical area and within the service area. 

·        To ensure that the values and principles of the organisation and of the service area are translated into the philosophy and operational policy of the clinical team and that these are evident in everyday practice.

Working for our organisation

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working. 

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world’s first ‘carbon net zero’ national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.  For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan.  As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme”. 

 The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.