Sanctuary Personnel, a leading recruitment company to the private and public sector has a locum vacancy for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse (CPN) to work based in Broomfield, within the Liaison Team.
The pay rate for this full-time role is £25 per hour (Assignment rate) and is an initial 3-month contract.
Duties:
- Develop a positive environment which supports continuous improvement
- Develop team spirit and inclusivity
Requirements of the Community Mental Health Nurse:
- Valid NMC registration under Mental Health
- Professional Qualification (OT, Social Work, RMN)
- Educated to Degree Level in Health
- Additional Professional Qualification/ Experience - Dementia related
- Evidence of personal and professional development in contemporary mental health practice
- Allied Health & Mental Health Practitioner (Mental Health Act 1983)
- Evidence of personal development e.g. in objective setting, time management, skills etc
- Ability to plan ways of improving efficiency and cost effectiveness of clinical services
- Ability to coordinate work to meet agreed targets and deadlines
- Evidence of ability to prioritise workload and competing demands
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Evidence of personal development
- Ability to provide effective feedback to staff in a constructive manner
- Ability to deal sensitively and decisively with conflict management
- Ability to build relationships and negotiate satisfactory outcomes
- Evidence of personal development
- Ability to seek ways of improving individual’s performance by training, coaching and development
- Ability to manage ‘difficult’ behaviour by listening, showing tolerance and remaining objective
- Ability to identify barriers to change and developing plans to deal with them
- Ability to work positively in uncertain situations
- Ability to flexibly and some unsocial hours required
- Ability to use own judgement confidently and decisively
- Ability to know when to seek the support and guidance of more senior colleagues when necessary
- Ability to maintain high standards of work
- Able to instil confidence in others in the quality of their own work
- Able to champion high standards of professional practice throughout the service area
- Evidence of user focus in the organisation, delivery and evaluation of care
- Experience in the use of risk assessment tools
- Able to take on broader responsibilities to improve own and others knowledge and skills
- Evidence of the knowledge and skills in the use of information technology to support care and professional development
- Knowledge of the implications of the National Dementia Strategy and NICE Dementia Guidelines
- Good awareness of the PLAN standards in relation to CORE 24
- Good understanding of the Mental Capacity Act and its application in practice
- Good understanding of person centred care and the Recovery Model
- Good understanding of national policy and the implications for mental health e.g. crisis care concordat, parity of esteem
- Evidence of an understanding of the principle of governance and implications for professionals practice
- Evidence of knowledge of professional nursing standards
- IT competency
- Car Driver /able to travel to all required locations and achieve service activity targets
Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Daily payroll
- Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive mental health nursing knowledge
- Refer a Friend bonus - get £250 for each candidate you refer who we successfully place
- Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
- Clinical governance support
- In house payroll system
- Revalidation
- Industry leading shift booking system
- Nationwide coverage including the Channel islands
Contact:
This Community Mental Health Nurse job is advertised by Andrew Cleeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Sanctuary Personnel is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award.
Sanctuary takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI).
With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Sanctuary is best-placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.
Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.
