205807 Community Mental Health Nurse (Ap)

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.We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.Exciting opportunity to undertake the role of the Community Mental Health Nurse Intensive Home Treatment Team (IHTT) utilising specialist clinical knowledge to inform decision making and clinical judgment from initial assessment through to discharge.
To provide specialist advice to the multidisciplinary team in relation to the management of patient conditions through the assessment, treatment and review planning process in partnership with the patient/carer.Provide specialist advice to healthcare professionals, other agencies, carers, clients and relatives.Support the development of the service to improve practice and work collaboratively across healthcare boundaries, implementing and evaluating evidence based standards, guidelines and policies.To provide teaching and supervision to junior staff and students.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.