Senior Mental Health Nurse - Mental Health & Substance Use Services

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This role is for a part time role only of 18.5 hours per week.

This role requires substantial experience within mental health nursing. While experience in substance use services is advantageous, applicants must be able to demonstrate strong mental health assessment, risk management and care coordination skills gained within mental health settings.

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced and passionate Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) to join our Mental Health and Public Health Substance Use Service.

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled mental health practitioner to work with individuals experiencing complex mental health needs, substance use challenges and co-occurring conditions. As a senior member of the team, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality, recovery-focused care whilst providing clinical leadership and professional support to colleagues.

The successful candidate will have significant experience within mental health services and be confident in undertaking comprehensive mental health assessments, risk assessments, crisis interventions and care planning. Experience of working within substance use services is desirable but not essential, as we welcome applications from experienced RMNs looking to develop their expertise within this specialist field.

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Mental Health Nurse, you will:

• Provide specialist mental health assessments, formulation and care planning for individuals with complex mental health and substance use needs.
• Assess, manage and respond appropriately to risk, safeguarding concerns and crisis presentations.
• Deliver evidence-based mental health interventions that support recovery, wellbeing and improved outcomes.
• Provide clinical leadership, professional guidance and support to colleagues within the multidisciplinary team.
• Support the development of individual care plans that promote recovery, resilience and independence.
• Work collaboratively with community mental health teams, primary care, social care and other partner agencies.
• Contribute to service improvement initiatives and the development of best practice within the service.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and ensure compliance with professional standards and organisational policies.
• Support supervision, mentorship and development opportunities for colleagues and students where appropriate.
• Promote a trauma-informed and person-centred approach in all aspects of service delivery.

What We Are Looking For

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with current NMC registration.
• Significant post-registration experience within mental health services.
• Experience of undertaking mental health assessments, risk assessments and care planning.
• Strong knowledge of mental health legislation, safeguarding practices and risk management.
• Experience of working with individuals presenting with complex and enduring mental health needs.
• Ability to work effectively within multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environments.
• Excellent communication, leadership and clinical decision-making skills.

Desirable

• Experience of working within substance use, addictions or dual diagnosis services.
• Knowledge of recovery-focused and trauma-informed approaches.
• Experience of providing clinical supervision, mentorship or leadership within a healthcare setting.
• Experience of working with individuals experiencing co-occurring mental health and substance use needs.

This is an opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the lives of people experiencing some of the most complex mental health and substance use challenges. You will be part of a supportive and innovative team committed to delivering high-quality care, professional development and continuous service improvement.

We welcome applications from experienced Mental Health Nurses who are passionate about recovery-focused practice and are looking to develop their career within an integrated Mental Health and Public Health Substance Use Service.

About us

As a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.

We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.

What Benefits Will I Receive?

We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career - we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package.

You will get 33 days' paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of service up to 35 days. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.

Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following the link below to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees.

Turning Point Benefits

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

Turning Point

• Senior Mental Health Nurse SU role profile.pdf