• Job Description

  Req#: C9327-25-0398?language=en&page=1189&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Are you a registered mental health nurse with a commitment to delivering excellent mental health care as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team? Then look no further.

  Gloucester Recovery Team is a community mental health team made up of psychiatrists, community mental health nurses, senior (B4) and Band 3 support workers, social workers and occupational therapists; and have physiotherapists and physiotherapy assistants sitting within the service. We provide assessment and treatment for patients with significant mental health needs in the Gloucester locality. We work closely with the Complex Psychological Therapies team and clinicians have access to training and opportunities to participate in facilitating emotional skills and Dialectical behavioural therapy group programmes. The service provides a Clozapine and depot clinic and we actively support access to onsite and at home physical health checks and smoking cessation for all our patients in order to mitigate and reduce the known inequalities in health outcomes for many in our client group.

  If you are a registered mental health nurse with relevant experience and a passion for working with people with complex mental health difficulties and are looking for an opportunity to work with different professions in a supportive and friendly team with development opportunities we would like to hear from you!

  Main duties of the job

  • Provide assessment and implementation of evidence-based interventions for service users who are experiencing common, acute mental health and longer-term recovery needs
  • Optimise service users' ability to remain in the community and / or be cared for in the least restrictive environment in line with the principles or recovery, social inclusion and the 10 essential capabilities
  • To facilitate face to face assessments, participate in the provision of a comprehensive triage service,
  • Plan interventions, support and educate service users referred to the service with a range of psychiatric illnesses.
  • To maintain responsibility for a caseload of approximately 25-30service users with severe and enduring mental illness dependant on role within their treatment.

  The post holder will:

  • Understand mental health difficulties, how to assess and support patients in implementing collaborative treatment plans towards achieving personal recovery
  • Show compassion and care for others - both who we offer a service to and their carers/supporters and also colleagues, other agencies and
  • Have the ability to work autonomously and at times under pressure and also closely with other professions as part of multidisciplinary working, utilising skills attached to professional discipline (nursing or social work)
  • Demonstrate good organisational skills and ability to prioritise clinical tasks in order to meet competing demands

  About us

  We have in excess of 5000 staff working over 50 sites, providing a diverse range of services. We strive to support an organisational culture that is welcoming, builds and celebrates inclusivity and diversity and provides a sense of belonging and trust.

  The annual NHS Staff Surveygives our people the opportunity to tell us about their experience working at the Trust. For the 2023 survey just over 2800 colleagues gave us their views (58.5%). It was great to see from the results that colleagues are saying that:

  • 89.7% believe they are making a positive difference to patients/service users;
  • 73.3% would recommend the organisation as a place to work;
  • 82.4% agree that care of patients and service users is the organisations priority;
  • 76.7% would be happy with the standard of care for a friend or relative

  Our results put us as 5th nationally as a Community, Mental Health and Learning Disabilities NHS Employer of Choice and 1st equal amongst all NHS Provider Trusts in the South West. However, we know we have more to do and will continue to drive forward our commitment to making GHC a Great Place to Work.

  Details

  Date posted

  29 April 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  327-25-178-A

  Job locations

  Pullman Place

  Great Western Road

  Gloucester

  GL1 3NF

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The post holder will be a senior member of the team working with service users across the StrategicService Units who have a severe mental health condition. The purpose of this role is to:

  • Provide assessment and implementation of evidence-based interventions for service users who are experiencing common, acute mental health and longer-term recovery needs.
  • Optimise the service users ability to remain in the community and / or be cared for in the least restrictive environment in line with the principles of recovery and social inclusion andthe 10 essential capabilities.

  The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  The post holder will be a senior member of the team working with service users across the StrategicService Units who have a severe mental health condition. The purpose of this role is to:

  • Provide assessment and implementation of evidence-based interventions for service users who are experiencing common, acute mental health and longer-term recovery needs.
  • Optimise the service users ability to remain in the community and / or be cared for in the least restrictive environment in line with the principles of recovery and social inclusion andthe 10 essential capabilities.

  The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.

  Person Specification

  EXPERIENCE

  Essential

  • EXPERIENCE IN MENTAL HEALTH
  • QUALIFICATIONS

  Desirable

  • EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH
  • EXPERIENCE IN LATER LIFE INTERVENTIONS

  KNOWLEDGE/ SKILLS

  Essential

  • UNDERSTANDING OF SMI

  Desirable

  • SOME UNDERSTANDING OF SUPPORTING PATIENTS WITH SMI IN LATER LIFE

  Person Specification

  EXPERIENCE

  Essential

  • EXPERIENCE IN MENTAL HEALTH
  • QUALIFICATIONS

  Desirable

  • EXPERIENCE IN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH
  • EXPERIENCE IN LATER LIFE INTERVENTIONS

  KNOWLEDGE/ SKILLS

  Essential

  • UNDERSTANDING OF SMI

  Desirable

  • SOME UNDERSTANDING OF SUPPORTING PATIENTS WITH SMI IN LATER LIFE

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This 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 Sponsorship

  Applications 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 Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This 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 Sponsorship

  Applications 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 Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Pullman Place

  Great Western Road

  Gloucester

  GL1 3NF

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Pullman Place

  Great Western Road

  Gloucester

  GL1 3NF

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.ghc.nhs.uk/who-we-are/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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