258325 (KMc) Community Mental Health Nurse

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Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership

South West Thrive Welcome Team

Band 6 Mental Health Nurse Full-Time (36 hours Fixed Term until end of March 2027)

Number of positions: 1 WTE

Requests for Secondment or Part-time hours will be considered

We are looking to welcome an enthusiastic registered Mental Health Nurses with a keen interest in community mental health to work in our Thrive Welcome Team.

There is a multi-disciplinary and interagency approach. Our senior support workers and peer recovery practitioners are employed by third sector organisations whilst our mental health nurses, social workers, and occupational therapists come from statutory services.

The teams have been co-designed to deliver accessible, short-term, mental health interventions and work with adults aged 18+. People engage with the teams for a variety of reasons such as acute mental health distress and self-harm, anxiety, depression and difficulties managing neurodevelopmental conditions. Challenges may include employment status, housing, reduced community connectedness or social isolation. Individuals are assisted to build their own self-agency and are linked, where suitable, to services in the wider community. The team use the Thrive model and utilise approaches that are asset based. We are solution focussed, use motivational interviewing and deliver our service in a trauma aware and trauma skilled way.

The nursing role has a particular focus on utilising professional skills to support risk assessment and management as well as liaising with the wider mental health services where appropriate. Nurses will utilise evidence-based psycho-education information and deliver skills courses. Person-centred assessment, proactive interventions including self-management strategies are used to enable people to manage their mental health and wellbeing.

Not sure if it is a good job fit for you?

You would be suited to this job if you can work smartly with people to help them establish goals and identify how Nursing, the wider team, local community and commissioned services can assist.

You would love this jobif you’re committed to work as part of a diverse team assisting and developing general service delivery whilst retaining your professional identity and unique contribution.

You would excel in this postif you are positive, practical, hopeful and solution-focused in your approach, keen to work alongside people with a belief in their self-agency.

The service is committed to continuing professional development, supervision and student education. There is a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as regular city-wide learning and reflection between the four Thrive Welcome Teams.

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.

If you would like to learn more, please contact: Fiona Stalley SW Thrive Team Lead Fiona.stalley@nhs.scot - 07484994287 or 0131 537 8673