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NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
NHS Lothian
Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership
Thrive Welcome Team
Band 6 Mental Health Nurse - (Permanent)
South East Edinburgh 2 posts (hours to be agreed)
Base: Ballenden House
Edinburgh City Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) is undergoing a period of transformative change to improve access to mental health and wellbeing support for people. We are looking to welcome enthusiastic registered Mental Health Nurses with a keen interest in adult mental health and working in the community into our Thrive Welcome Teams across Edinburgh city.
There is a multi-disciplinary and interagency approach. The teams have been co-designed to deliver accessible, short-term, mental health interventions; working with adults aged 18-64 in Edinburgh. People engage with the teams for a variety of reasons such as acute mental health distress and self-harm, anxiety, depression. Challenges and strengths may include employment status, housing situations, 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; solution focused and use motivational interviewing delivered in a trauma aware and trauma skilled way.
The nursing role has a particular focus on utilising professional skills to support risk assessment /management and responses as well as liaising with wider mental health service colleagues where appropriate. Nurses will be utilising evidence based psycho-education, skills courses. Person-centred assessment, proactive interventions, self-management strategies and supports to enable people to manage their mental health and well-being.
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 job…if you’re committed to work as part of a wonderfully, diverse team assisting and developing general service delivery whilst retaining your professional identity and unique contribution.
You would excel in this post…if 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. If you would like to learn more, please contact either:
Joanne Collingwood SE Thrive welcome team; Joanne.Collingwood@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk or phone 0131 374 2204
Patricia Burns, South East Mental Health and Substance Misuse Team Manager
patricia.burns@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk Tel: 0131 374 2204
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.