Job summaryCommunity Mental Health Nurse - Band 6An opportunity has arisen for a 12 month fixed term post working within the Intensive Support Service supporting older persons with Dementia and Mental Health out in the community.The hours are made up as follows: 8am -7pm weekdays and 9-5 at weekends and bank holidays for the Dementia and Older Person's Mental Health Team based at Drayton House in Chichester, West Sussex.This post will sit within our multidisciplinary community team and the successful applicant will work within a supported team to deliver interventions to those people who have more complex or intensive needs. We aim to help people to remain safe and well at home and able to maintain the relationships that are important to them.The ability to travel across sites is essential for this role.Main duties of the jobThe role of the Community Nurse is to work in partnership with service users in the designated care group with complex health presentations, developing their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. They will demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant the care group to include education, care plans and discharge planning, working closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate this. The post holder will work at all times to promote the safety and the well being of service users and their families/carers. The post holder will assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist nursing advice and carry out specialist nursing procedures.About usOur vision is to deliver excellent mental health services which improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values:People first: People are at the heart of everything we doFuture Focused: We are optimistic, we learn and we always try to improveEmbracing change: We are bold, innovative and disciplined about making use of our resources to continuously improveWorking together: We provide services in partnership with patients, families and othersEveryone counts: We value, appreciate and respect each otherJob descriptionJob responsibilitiesThe post holder will be an autonomous practitioner who will carry continuing responsibility for a shared caseload of service users by undertaking the following duties:To undertake assessments of individuals and their families in the designated care group with complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk. To develop alongside the service user their care plan.To offer specialist nursing assessment and advice where required.To assess and manage on going risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the service user and carers. To regularly review risk factors and make changes to the management of them as necessary.To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust nursing strategy.To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate.To act within the NMC code of conduct at all times.Person SpecificationQualificationsEssentialRegistered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job roleCompletion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalentEvidence of continuous professional developmentKnowledge/ExperienceEssentialSignificant post qualifying experience in the relevant care groupExperience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care groupExperience of supervising staffExperience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problemsExperience of working consultatively with professionalsExperience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessmentsExperience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agenciesExperience of working within the CPA processUnderstanding of clinical governancePrevious experience of working in the communityDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis 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.Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).Employer detailsEmployer nameSussex Partnership NHS Foundation TrustAddressDrayton HouseDrayton LaneChichesterPO20 2EWEmployer's websitehttps://www.sussexpartnership.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)