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NHS 24 are recruiting for Mental Health Nurse Practitioner's to join our Regional Centre in Cardonald (Glasgow), you can find out more about the role here: NHS Scotland | Jobs | Search here for your perfect career - Job Information | Apply for Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
We are holding a variety of events on the dates listed below. We hope you'll be able to join us:
- Wednesday 28th May at 18:30 on MS Teams
- Friday 30th May at 18:00 in our Cardonald Centre
Spaces are limited so book now to avoid disappointment! You can book here before May 28th at 3pm: https://forms.office.com/e/MThr9PhSnV
The sessions will last approximately 90 minutes and will be an opportunity for you to find out more about the role and organisation. There will also be an opportunity for you to speak with existing members of staff and to ask any questions you may have about the opportunities available at NHS 24.
These positions are open to anyone who is RGN Part 1 Qualified and holds a current NMC registration. For those who are not RGN Part 1 Qualified but are still interested in working with NHS 24, please visit our recruitment website at https://www.nhs24.scot/careers/ where you will find details of all current NHS 24 vacancies.
If you have any questions about the sessions, please feel free to contact TalentAcquisition@nhs24.scot.nhs.uk
Please note we will confirm your attendance if all qualifying details are met and politely ask that you do not attend without receiving this. For those booked in to attend a virtual session on Ms Teams, the meeting link will be emailed to you once all qualifying details are confirmed. We politely ask that you do not share this meeting link. Your space will be confirmed by email and if we require any more information, we will contact you by email or phone, so please keep an eye on your inbox and junk/spam folders.
Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
The Role
Mental Health Nurse Practitioner is an autonomous post 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.
- 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.
Successful applicant will demonstrate:
- 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 mission at NHS 24 is to create a workplace where everyone feels welcome, valued and part of the team. As an organisation that promotes inclusion, we celebrate difference, and we encourage everyone who joins us to be themselves at work.
We are progressing an Anti-Racism Action Plan, which builds on our existing equalities work, and this will help us to measure our progress towards becoming an anti-racist organisation.
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.
To work in the United Kingdom, there is a legal requirement for an individual to demonstrate that they have the relevant permission to work in the country. This permission is, without exception, granted by the UK Visa and Immigrations Service.
As part of the pre-employment checks for a preferred candidate, NHS Scotland Boards will check your entitlement to work in the UK. It can be evidenced through a number of routes including specific types of visa as well as EU settled and pre-settled status. To find out more about these routes of permission, please refer to the GOV.UK website here.
Please note that NHS 24 is NOT licensed to issue certificates of sponsorship under current UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) regulations. Applicants must have the right towork in the UK without requiring sponsorship to work with us.
It is ESSENTIAL that you have checked that you either already have an appropriate right to work in the UK or that the post would be eligible to be sponsored BEFORE submitting your application form.