Are you a Mental Health Nurse who prioritises patient care at all times? Do you feel passionate about delivering the best possible care to those in the community? If you have answered 'yes' to both questions, we have a challenging but exciting role which might be right up your street...

An Adult (18-65) Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) based in central Newcastle requires a Mental Health Nurse for a period of at least 3-4 months and can offer a range of benefits to the successful candidate. This role would be a great step for a Mental Health Nurse seeking a challenging but rewarding role, and the chance to hone their skills working with individuals who require mental health support in a community based setting.

The job involves working as part of a large, busy CMHT and working with clients who have a wide range of mental health problems, often with elements of dual diagnosis where there may be a learning disability of substance misuse issue. The role will involve managing a caseload of individuals in the Newcastle area, putting together bespoke care plans for them and delivering a range of treatments to those patients.

The benefits of this role include:

- Working in a central location, very close to public transport links as well as shops, gym and leisure facilities and restaurants.
- Some possibility of home working (i.e. to write up client notes)
- Great stability - 3-4 months guaranteed contract with strong possibility of permanent work, as well as other agency contracts available
- Excellent pay rate of up to £23.51 per hour
- Complete flexibility on working hours - part time (min 15hrs) or full time (37.5hrs per week) between Monday-Friday.
- Working with a vastly experienced team providing the opportunity to learn from medics and nursing staff who have a plethora of experience in the field

Benefits of working as a Randstad Mental Health Nurse:
- Excellent pay rates of up £23.51 per hour - exceeding NHS Agenda for Change top increment of Band 6 pay rates.
- An unlimited referrals incentive, giving you a £300 voucher for every nurse you refer to us
- Working for a Community Mental Health specialist agency
- Accredited, free training both participatory and online with courses including safeguarding, infection control etc.
- Support and training in association with RCN on need to know topics, such as NMC revalidation
- One committed and dedicated consultant who thoroughly understands your needs

As a Mental Health Nurse within this CMHT, you will be responsible for:

- Carrying out assessments on clients who have been referred to the service
- Participating in the weekly MDT meeting
- Working with a caseload of patients who may have conditions including depression, severe anxiety, schizo-affective disorders, bipolar etc
- Updating patient notes using the clinical recording system (RiO) and keeping an electronic diary in adherence to lone working policies
- Delivering treatment to patients including CBT work, stabilisation work, emotional regulation work etc
- Meeting with patients in their own home and running clinics, if required.

To be successful in this role you must demonstrate:
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- An understanding of how CMHTs operate would be beneficial but is not essential
- Valid NMC registration
- Ability to work well as part of a team and take the lead when needed.

Randstad Care is a specialist nursing recruitment agency. Our specialist Nursing consultants work with NHS and private sector teams across England. Whether you are looking for an interim or permanent post close to home, or nationally, we are able to assist you with a dedicated point of contact to provide support and guidance.

Do you know a Nurse looking for a new role? If so, We offer a fantastic refer a friend scheme, where you could receive £300 in vouchers for every nurse you refer to us who we place, subject to Ts and Cs.

If you wish to apply for this role or would like to discuss any of the other opportunities we have available please contact Amie on (phone number removed), or click Apply below.

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing