Community Mental Health Nurse
Job description
NHS Lothian 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 Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
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**Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage**
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. peoples 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.
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.
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 at [email protected]
