Community Psychiatric Nurse Band 6
Would you like to work in an organisation that sits in the top 10 best NHS Mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Services Trust to work for. This ranking is based on staff feedback in the 2023 NHS Staff Survey.
Job overview
Are you an experienced mental health nurse looking for a rewarding community role where you can make a real difference to people’s lives?
We are looking for a motivated and compassionate Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse to join our team and provide high-quality, person-centred care to people living with established mental health needs within the local community.
As a Band 6 CPN, you will hold responsibility for a defined group of service users, assessing their needs and coordinating their ongoing care, treatment, recovery and rehabilitation. You will work collaboratively with service users, carers, colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team to help people achieve the best possible outcomes while remaining connected to their community.
A key part of the role will be managing the Clozapine Clinic and administering depots, giving you the opportunity to develop and utilise specialist clinical skills while ensuring safe, effective and compassionate care.
As an experienced member of the team, you will also have the opportunity to develop your leadership skills, providing guidance, mentoring and supervision to colleagues, support staff and students and contributing to the effective day-to-day running of the service.
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To be responsible for the management of the Clozapine and Depot Clinic. To undertake physical health checks.
Monitoring of side effects of medication and reporting to Consultant Psychiatrists.
Working for our organisation
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of mental health, learning disability, neurodevelopmental and drug and alcohol services in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We support people of all ages and are passionate about providing high quality care that is delivered at the right time as close to home as possible to help people recover and stay well.
We are one of the top 10 mental Health, Learning Disability and Community Trust to work for nationwide. Our Trust is an inclusive and supportive employer that offers a wide range of staff networks, flexible working, free parking and excellent health and wellbeing support. We also provide a wide range of opportunities to help staff develop and progress.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach. For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles.
Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of the role.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job description for more information about the main job role responsibilities.
We are seeking to enrich the diversity of our Trust to better reflect demographic needs of the populations we serve and to enhance the skills of our workforce. We actively encourage applicants with underrepresented personal characteristics to apply for this role if you match the job description. Please note that you are not restricted from applying for this role if you do not identify with these characteristics and all applicants will be considered fairly against the job description.
As a flexible working and friendly organisation, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or any other flexible working patterns.
Gender Pay Gap Action
Women in our Trust are under-represented in some senior grades. We are therefore encouraging women to apply for posts at 8A and above.
Sponsorship
Regrettably, due to UK Home Office requirements we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.