JOB TITLE: Community Mental Health Nurse (Various Locality)

GRADE: Band

LOCATION: Various – Ne, Nw, Se, Sw locality

HOURS: 37.5 hours contract

CONTRACT DURATION: Permanent

CLOSING DATE: 2 weeks from Posting

Salary Scale £33,072 -£40,736 annum (pro rata)

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.​​​​​​​

An exciting opportunity has become available within Substance Misuse services across the Edinburgh Health & Social Care Partnership Teams for a Community Mental Health Nurse. The posts available are for Registered Nurses and we are looking for compassionate, caring, motivated people to join our highly skilled nursing teams.

We offer the opportunity to work within multidisciplinary environments and impact positively on the lives of thousands of patients and their families.

Find out what our staff say about working in NHS Lothian at https://careers.nhslothian.scot/acute-specialist-nurses/who-we-are/

What We Can Offer You

We have a highly skilled, innovative and dynamic service, that will provide you with the opportunity to gain a breadth of knowledge and exposure to multiple specialties.

•           Working hours Mon- Fri 0900-1700 

•           Opportunities for training and career progression as we remobilise from Covid pandemic

•           Opportunity to engage in a program of ongoing learning and development course

•           Friendly and Supportive Teams

Roles

As part of a multidisciplinary team the post holder will have responsibility to ensure the delivery of high-quality care to patients by the assessment of care needs, the development of programmes of care, the implementation and the evaluation of these programmes.

In the absence of the Nurse Team Leader the post holder may be required to provide cover to ensure effective operation of the clinical area.

You would be a caseload holder and would work closely with Psychiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Social Workers and nursing colleagues.

Line management will be delivered by the Nurse Team Lead in each locality.​​​​

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. 

For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact...

Graeme Mollon or Patricia Burns

E-mail: graeme.mollon@edinburgh.gov.uk or Patricia.Burns@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk ​​​​​​​

Telephone: 0131 529 2200