We have a great community nursing opportunity at our Newhaven base in East Sussex. This post would suit a Registered Mental Health Nu rse ( but we will consider Learning Difficulties nurses who have sufficient experience of working with Dementia or Severe Mental illness. )
You would be a key part of our multi-disciplinary service for older adults with mental health problems, including Dementia. This is challenging work but we receive very positive feedback from our service users and carers and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has recently achieved Outstanding for the care it provides.
This post will involve working with o lder People with complex mental health needs as well as physical health care needs. You will be expected to support both the client and their carers . You will also need to be able to work cohesively with other services both within our Trust, and with other partner agencies .
You will need to be caring, compassionate and a good communicator , with a commitment to improving the lives of our service users through creative , evidence based practice. As a care co-ordinator, you will be responsible for working collaboratively with service users and their carers on your caseload to create care plans that meet their needs and maximise their independence .
You will be based at Hill Rise, Newhaven but the ability to tavel is essential for this role .
The post-holder would join the existing Lewes intensive home support team who work to provide intensive home support for older adults in a state of acute mental ill health to prevent deterioration and need for hospital admission. This post will also help support the role out of the virtual ward into the Lewes neighbourhood mental health team, and is line with the Trust goal of preventing inpatient admissions for older adults wherever possible.
Please note this role is rota based and cover is required 8am - 7pm Monday - Friday and 9-5pm Saturday & Sunday,
As a mental health trust Sussex Partnership places a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff, as well as ensuring our reward packages reflect the immensely important work they do.
As a nurse in our team we can offer you:
- Access to numerous wellbeing and support programmes, run by our internal wellbeing team
- Excellent supervision programmes, with ongoing opportunities for training and development
- Flexible working patterns
- Access to a host of discount schemes (including gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
- A position within a trust rated as ‘Outstanding’ for caring and ‘Good’ overall by the CQC
- Generous holiday entitlement (starting at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)
- A ‘Golden Hello’ or relocation package of up to £2000 (see attached documentation)
The role of the IST Nurse is to work in partnership with service users with acute mental health illness, assessing and 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. They will provide clinical supervision to staff and students and acting as a mentor for student nurses.
