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An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Eastbourne Assessment and Treatment Service (ATS) soon to be part of the Eastbourne Neighbourhood Mental Health Team, for those final year students about to qualify. We are looking for preregistration nurses who are looking for a challenge and the opportunity to work alongside a varied multidisciplinary team and develop within a well established team. Our community mental health teams will become part of a much more integrated network of services and our mental health nurses will be central in driving the changes, in close partnership with our primary and third sector colleagues. (See more about our vision https://www.sussex.ics.nhs.uk/our-work/our-priorities/mental-health-learning-disability-and-autism/mental-health/community-mh-transformation/)

We want to help, support and nurture you with the right skills to become a confident Band 6 nurse in our service. This development post will give you the right level of broad experience and exposure required. As a Community Mental Health Nurse in our service, you will be focussed on improving outcomes for service users, working creatively with them and their families and carers to co-create care plans that will help them achieve their goals and live as independently as possible. You will also work closely with other services both within our Trust, and with other partner agencies. 

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The role of the Community Mental Health Nurse is to work in partnership with service users in the designated care group with multiple mental health presentations and working alongside service users to develop their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. You will demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant to the care group to include education, care plans and discharge planning, working closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate this.

Post holder Expectations:
To be an active participant in the multi-disciplinary team, formulating care plans and utilising appropriate assessments.
To take part in all quality initiatives actively supporting and participating in both policies and service developments in the specific care group.
Carry a caseload, actively working with other involved agencies, families and carers.
Assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist nursing advice and carry out specialist nursing procedures.
To participate in regular clinical, professional and managerial supervision.
Provide clinical supervision to junior staff and act as a mentor for student nurses.
To maintain and contribute to standards of professional care, ethics, policies and procedures.
To contribute, to improve access for patients to local generic health care services, primary, secondary and specialist services.
To maintain record keeping within Trust guidelines, national standards and NICE.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

If you are looking for the opportunity to work within a busy but rewarding Assessment and Treatment service in a seaside town like no other, then we would love to hear from you. Eastbourne is a vibrant seaside town, offering affordable coastal living along with independent shopping and a variety of cafes, bars and restaurants and a very creative music and artistic scene. Our office is right in the heart of Eastbourne vibrant culture.
As a practitioner in our team, we can offer you:
Preceptorship with a bespoke personal development plan.
Support with working through and achieving defined set NHS KSF core dimensions in line with the Annexe 21 program. 
Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes
Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
Flexible working patterns
Free parking.
Child care vouchers
Access to a host of NHS discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
A position within a trust rated as 'Outstanding' for caring and 'Good' overall by the CQC
Generous holiday entitlement (dependent on length of NHS service) starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays
NHS Pension contributions