175213 Community Mental Health Nurse

Job Description

Job title: 175213 Community Mental Health Nurse

Company: NHS Scotland

Job description: This post is based at NW locality Office and is fixed term for 6 months – a secondment maybe considered.

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.

The postholder is responsible for assessment of new referrals, managing their own caseload with minimal supervision within a defined geographical area for patients experiencing mental health problems and for promoting and developing the role of community psychiatric nurse in all aspects of mental health care across a variety of care settings i.e. people’s homes, Care Homes, Team Base, Community centres. Post holders will contribute to group work programmes across various settings.

Provision of teaching for Undergraduate Student Nurse.

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions please contact Ian McDougall on 07900 406020 or email ian.mcdougall@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

Expected salary:

Location: Scotland

Job date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 01:58:22 GMT

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