The aim of Defence Mental Health Services is to provide Service personnel with speedy access to skilled effective help and treatment that is flexible and based around their individual needs . The approach is one of recovery and rehabilitation , ensuring that wherever possible Service personnel are returned to duty rapidly , or supported and enabled to make a smooth , |
seamless and effective transition back into civilian life .
As a Registered Nurse specialising in mental health , you will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide high standards of nursing care to Service personnel . You will commence your career working in a Department of Community Mental Health . There are several Departments of Community Mental Health
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across Defence ; whose teams comprise of a mixture between Military and MOD Civil Service staff , with those departments having a similar structure to that of an NHS Community Mental Health Team . You could also be posted overseas for anything from a few days to a few months .
Following additional training , you may be employed to work alongside the Aeromedical
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Evacuation Squadron at RAF Brize Norton . Your primary operational role is Aeromedical Evacuation ( AE ); this requires RAF mental health nurses to escort and care for patients who have developed a mental health problem in overseas locations . |
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