Job Description

The closing date is 7th Jul 2025

Anticipated Interview date(s) 3/7/25

Job summary

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Are you a compassionate Registered mental health Nurse (RMN) seeking a new opportunity? We have Community Staff Nurse positions available within the Intensive dementia service, based at Wellsprings site



Our service covers the urban and rural areas of West Somerset, from the Quantock Hills to Exmoor. These positions are dayshifts and are usually 8am-4pm, 12pm-8pm or 8am-9pm. We offer flexible working solutions where possible to ensure a work-life balance and part-time hours will be considered.



You'll need to be a car driver with your own vehicle to visit patients. We offer a generous mileage allowance to cover the use of your car for NHS business, which includes both mileage and depreciation.



If you're a qualified RMN looking for a rewarding challenge to advance your nursing career, join our friendly, and highly skilled team of nurses and support staff. We also welcome applications fromnewly qualified nurses,where we can offer you preceptorship to support and guide you in your new role.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

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As a community RMN, you'll provide care to patients in their homes, managing a range of complex health issues and collaborating with various other disciplines. Triage referrals, completing initial assessment to understand what is needed and plan what the involvement from IDS will be. Referrals on to other services as appropriate



You'll also work closely with the OPCMHT, D2A and other services, focused on preventing acute admission. You'll develop a broad range of nursing skills, in support the management of behaviours that cause concerns.



You'll need to make autonomous clinical decisions and create holistic care plans, with the support of your colleagues and Team manager

About us

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At

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust

, we're committed to supporting our employees with a range of benefits designed to enhance your professional and personal life. We offer:

Flexible working options

to help you balance work and life

NHS pension scheme

for long-term financial security

Generous annual leave allowance

to recharge and relax A strong focus on

career development

to help you grow and achieve your potential

Additionally, you'll gain access to our

Blue Light Card

, unlocking exclusive discounts on shopping, dining, and leisure activities, as well as NHS-specific perks to support you both inside and outside of work.


We are proud to foster a

diverse, skilled, and inclusive workforce

, and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.

Why Somerset?

Somerset offers the perfect blend of

idyllic countryside, outstanding areas of natural beauty

, and

breathtaking coastlines

, with vibrant cities like

Bristol

,

Bath

, and

Exeter

just a short drive away - and only two hours to

London

.


The region is home to excellent

educational facilities

, and with affordable housing compared to other parts of the country, it's a great place to build both your career and your future.

Somerset truly has it all

- the peaceful countryside and cosmopolitan city life, with something for everyone to enjoy.

Job description

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The post holder may be required to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service.

To work as a member of the Intensive Dementia Support Service, providing an alternative to hospital admission for people with dementia.

You will take charge of a shift to be personally responsible and professionally accountable for a caseload within the community working with people with severe organic mental illness who have multiple and complex needs.

To provide a high standard of care and treatment for patients and work with other members of the team and other agencies to best meet the patients health and social needs.

To work with a team caseload with shared responsibilities for patients whilst under the care and treatment of IDS

Person specification

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Qualifications

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Essential

Degree/Diploma Occupation Therapy, Mental Health Nursing or Social work State Registration of HCPC or NMC registration Membership of professional body plus short specialist course, experience to post-graduate equivalent diploma level.



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Desirable

Post Graduate qualification appropriate to speciality

Experience

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Essential

Development and proven experience in Mental Health, dementia Competent in drafting correspondence and reports Documented evidence of continuous professional development Effective team working skills Documented evidence of CPD Previous experience of working in the community Ability to manage demanding workload to agreed deadlines and timescales Experience of management supervisions and appraisals



#

Desirable

Leadership and management experience Experience of working with patients with complex needs Leadership and management experience Experience in teaching on in house training sessions to own profession and others Evidence of how to motivate a team or evidence of self-motivation

Additional Criteria

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Essential

Demonstrate experience of effective team working To respect the individual, values, cultural and religious diversities of client and contribute to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs Empathic and flexible approach to demanding, sometimes physical and/or verbal abuse from service user/patients Able to clarify therapist role in the team Willingness to explore new ways of working with services and delivery An understanding of and commitment to equal opportunity and the issues relating to disabled people Willingness to work flexibly Evidence of how to motivate a team or evidence of self-motivation

#

Desirable

Supervisory skills

Ability to manage time and conflicting demands and prioritise workload accordingly

Ability to work autonomously

Ability to delegate

Able to motivate and develop staff

Ability to initiate, monitor and implement change

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.

UK Professional Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

For help with your application, contact:

Vicky Ellard


vicky.ellard@somersetft.nhs.uk


01823426240

Pay scheme

Agenda for Change

Band

Band 6

Salary

37338.00 to 44962.00 Hourly

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-Time

Reference number

184-OL-BL-2719

Job locations

Wellsprings Hospital

Cheddon Road

Taunton

Somerset

TA2 7AU