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NHS Lothian
Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership
Thrive Welcome Team
Band 6 Mental Health Nurse
- North West Edinburgh: 1 x 36 hours – fixed term 12 months
- Secondments may be considered
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.
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 and neuro developmental diagnosis. 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:
Lisa Spalding Thrive welcome team Clinical Manager; Lisa.Spalding@nhs.scot or phone 07971080974
Michelle Wilson Thrive welcome team Coordinator NW
Michelle.Wilson15@nhs.scot Tel: 0131 315 2121
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Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
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.
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.
Due to legislative changes from 1 April 2025, this post may require a different level of criminal records check done than is currently the case. If the post is assessed as a "regulated role", your appointment will be subject to joining the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme. If there is any change to what is currently required, this will be confirmed by either the Hiring Manager or the Recruitment Team. For more details on these changes please visit: Disclosure Scotland Changes.
Recruitment process – We use a values and competency-based recruitment process that is linked to the ambitions set out in our Strategic Plan. Within NHS Lothian, Nursing and Midwifery interviews are linked to our Nursing & Midwifery Strategic Plan. We aim to offer an equitable experience and are sharing interview questions in advance. A selection of the interview questions can be found on our Careers site: How to Apply – NHS Lothian Careers
