Band 5 Intensive Community Rehabilitation Nurse Job Vacancy in Hebburn, England, UK

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our new Intensive Community Rehabilitation Service.

The Intensive Community Rehabilitation Team is intended to offer an alternative for up to 50 service users, who historically may have utilised inpatient rehabilitation and other placements both locally and nationally. The team will have the capacity to offer intensive support for individuals in their existing homes or high-quality tenancies of their choosing. The approach will embrace partnership working, whilst accessing community resources within a strong MDT approach. There will be a strong ethos on rehabilitation, recovery and promotion of independence.

The successful candidate will be working with a comprehensive staff team including a team manager who is an occupational therapist, psychiatrists, psychologists, occupational therapists and assistants , band 6 nurses , recovery workers and peer mentors to support the transformation agenda and implement an entirely new service.

This is an excellent opportunity for recently qualified nurses to develop skills within an intensive community setting. Once completed the team will facilitate the assessment and subsequent transfer of service users to the new service and develop the occupational therapy specialism within the wider team approach.

Main duties of the job

• To be responsible for the assessment, planning implementation and evaluation of the evidence based care required, including health promotion for a named service user/group under the guidance of a senior nurse.
• Responsible for the appropriate clinical risk assessment of service users, providing an effective advice, guidance and decision making process culminating in the coordination of any reviewed plan of care under the supervision of a senior nurse.
• Responsible for participating in case conference/reviews and discharge in collaboration with members of the multi-disciplinary team under the supervision of a senior nurse.
• Responsible for coordinating the care and assessment under the Care Programme Approach of a designated caseload under the supervision of a senior nurse
• Responsible for ensuring the post holder understands and meets their professional responsibilities under the child protection legislation.
• Responsible for ensuring that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented.
• Responsible for the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision.
• Responsible for establishing therapeutic relationships with service users, and the implementation of evidence based therapeutic interventions with appropriate boundaries in accordance with Nursing and Midwifery Councils professional code of conduct.

About us

Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.

Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people’s lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.