Forensic Community Mental Health Nurse in Perth

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 arisen to join the vibrant, forward thinking Forensic Community Mental Health Team (FCMHT) which is part of the Secure Care Services at the Rohallion Clinic, Murray Royal Hospital, Perth.

The FCMHT is based within Birnam  which is situated within the grounds of Murray Royal Hospital and is linked with Rohallion Secure Care Clinic, which represents a unique setting for secure care in that both low and medium secure care facilities are co-located in a beautiful, semi-rural, elevated site within walking distance of Perth town centre. Our values are:

• Care and compassion

• Dignity and respect

• Openness, honesty and responsibility

• Quality and teamwork

Embedding these values in everything we do will help to make our vision a reality. In practice, we need to:

• Demonstrate our values in the way we work and treat each other

• Use our values to guide the decisions we take

• Identify and deal with behaviours that don’t live up to our expectations

• Be responsible for the way we work and not just the work we do.

Our service is using the principles described within the NHS Scotland Values Based Recruitment Framework. In this regard candidates for this post should anticipate questions at interview relating to the core values mentioned above.

You must be registered on Sub-part 1: RN1 or RNA or Sub-part 2: RN2 of the NMC Register with a first degree or other qualification equivalent to level 9 of Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework (SCQF). It is preferable that you have experience at a Band 5  within a community mental health team and be able  to demonstrate clinical and professional practice.  You will be expected to demonstrate knowledge of current legislation pertaining to community care and have a qualification relevant to mental health.  You should be able to demonstrate evidence of professional development.

You must be IT literate and demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to lead and manage teams and work effectively within a multi professional team.

Informal enquiries to: Alanna McLauchlan, Senior Charge Nurse, Forensic Community Mental Health Team,  01738 562422, or internal Ext: 62422, Alanna.Mclauchlan2@nhs.scot

Hours of work are:  37.5 per week

Short-listed applicants will be contacted by email.   Please check your emails regularly, including your junk/spam folder.