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Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Are you a registered nurse in Mental Health with current valid registration?
Do you have relevant post registration experience within the Mental Health field?
Do you have experience of working within a Mental Health multi-disciplinary team?
Who We Are
As NHS Scotland's unique provider of a national tele-health and tele-care service, we are responsible for the delivery of health advice and information by telephone and online services to the population of Scotland 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. NHS 24 is a patient-focused service providing the people of Scotland with triage, advice, guidance, referral and information on health and healthcare services
Where We Are:
Our Regional Centres are located at Hillington, Cardonald, Clydebank, South Queensferry, Dundee and Aberdeen. This role can be based in our Cardonald Centre. More details and centre addresses can be found within the job pack.
The Role…..
As a Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, you will be providing a telephone triage and clinical assessment service to patients/callers presenting with mental health illness/conditions, in mental distress or acute crisis, resulting in a safe and appropriate clinical decision.
Key Responsibilities:
- To act as an autonomous practitioner providing a telephone triage and clinical assessment service to patients/callers presenting with mental health illness/conditions, in mental distress or acute crisis, resulting in a safe and appropriate clinical decision
- To support third party callers who contact the service concerned regarding another individual’s mental health, resulting in a safe and appropriate decision being achieved
- To facilitate the provision of accurate healthcare information, self-care/health improvement advice or, where applicable, referral to the appropriate level and location of care, to meet the holistic and therapeutic requirements of the patient/carer
- As part of a national service, will deal with Mental Health calls, which may be of a very diverse nature covering all clinical aspects and issues, from an infinite variety of callers, whose cultural, social, and emotional diversities require to be acknowledged and taken into consideration during the consultation
- Will be required to use a multi skilled approach. Whilst using the available technology, the MHNP will use effective listening and communication skills to make clinical decisions, create records and refer to clinical reference literature during the consultation period
- Must be able to retrieve and use information regarding healthcare provision in the patient’s locality, allowing appropriate care to be accessed where necessary
- Share specialist clinical knowledge with colleagues and be involved in the delivery of ongoing training, education and support of colleagues, e.g. as preceptor or clinical supervisor
- Participate in quality improvement through ongoing involvement in Clinical Audit and Call Review
Successful applicant:
- Completion of training as a first level registered nurse in mental health with a current valid registration with the Nursing & Midwifery Council
- Relevant years post registration experience
- Experience of working within Community Mental Health Multi-disciplinary Team essential
- Evidence of well-developed critical decision-making skills
- Evidence of excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Our Enhanced Salary Package:
NHS 24 offers a total reward package, with a permanent contract on Band 6 £37,831 - £46,100* (pro rata for part-time hours). Placement on salary scale is dependent on confirmation of previous relevant NHS service.
Competitive salary enhancements for working unsocial hours are in addition to the above basic starting salary of £37,831, this means that the following hourly rates would be applicable -
- Basic Hourly Rate of £19.34
- Saturday / After 8pm Weekday Hourly Rate of £25.15
- Sunday / Public Holiday Hourly Rate of £30.95
Benefits:
We also offer you many supportive policies to enhance your employee journey and have a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme Provider, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and a range of learning and development. As an NHS Scotland employee you will be entitled to:
- 35 days annual leave (rising to 41) pro-rata
- Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
- Enhanced pay for working public holidays
- Enrolment into the Scottish Public Pensions Agency (SPPA) pension scheme
- NHS discounts on goods and services
- HELP, employee support and assistance
Interested?
Please download the Job Pack and Person Specification for full details of NHS 24 and this opportunity as well as the Candidate Application Guide which will support you in your application.
We recommend that prior to application candidates read all the information provided in the Job Pack as it contains much of the information about NHS 24 and this vacancy to support a successful application.
NHS 24 is an equal opportunities employer committed to advancing equality and particularly welcomes applications from groups of people currently underrepresented within the workforce. We are a committed participant in the Disability Confident Leader Scheme and guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum essential criteria for our vacancies.