Senior Community Mental Health Nurse in Complex Psychosis - CMH Rehab
- Employer
- Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Shrewsbury
- Salary
- £35,392 to £42,618 per annum
- Closing date
- 18 Jun 2024
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- Profession
- Nurse, Mental health, Mental health nurse, Community nurse, Mental health nurse - community, Adult mental health nurse, Community mental health nurse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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The Community Mental Health Rehabilitation Service is a new and developing service that works with people with complex severe and ensuring mental illness (psychotic illnesses) and their families within their local communities.
The service will provide specialist assessment, treatment and support to stabilise people's symptoms and help them gain/regain their skills and confidence to live successfully in the community - adopting a team approach to care delivery.
The service will support individuals in their own homes in the community, in supported accommodation and those returning from out of area hospitals.
The service has strong working relationships with other services both internally and externally, striving to make a significant difference in our communities.
We promote regular CPD opportunities both internally and externally and support individuals to develop specialised nursing skills to work in a complex area of mental health care.
Main duties of the job
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification attached to this advert for further details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Skills
Essential
Desirable
Employer details
Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Severnfields Health Village
Sundorne Road
Shrewsbury
SY1 4RQ
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
301-SB-24-6316248
The service will provide specialist assessment, treatment and support to stabilise people's symptoms and help them gain/regain their skills and confidence to live successfully in the community - adopting a team approach to care delivery.
The service will support individuals in their own homes in the community, in supported accommodation and those returning from out of area hospitals.
The service has strong working relationships with other services both internally and externally, striving to make a significant difference in our communities.
We promote regular CPD opportunities both internally and externally and support individuals to develop specialised nursing skills to work in a complex area of mental health care.
Main duties of the job
- Undertake clinical assessments to establish the person's needs, goals and risks and generate a formulation based care plan with all involved.
- Deliver recovery focussed and evidence based interventions, in accordance with an agreed care plan, to an identified group of people
- Manage a caseload, as named keyworker, of individuals with complex severe and enduring mental illness
- Administer medication, complying with relevant Trust procedures and NMC Guidance.
- Complete and contribute to robust risk assessments and risk management plans - deliver and promote positive risk taking
- Participate in the development of the service - assist in ensuring that the aims and objectives of the service are fulfilled and to identify factors which may inhibit these from being achieved.
- Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and have an ability to build positive multidisciplinary team relationships, and work collaboratively with external agencies, patients and their families/carers.
- Demonstrate good leadership skills
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by
- Supporting your career development and progression
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
- If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
- Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
- Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
- Salary sacrifice bikes up to �2k
- Free car parking at all trust sites
- Free flu vaccinations every year
- Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to �250 (if the criteria is met)
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description & Person Specification attached to this advert for further details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered mental health Nurse on NMC Register.
- Post-registration experience, evidence of formal courses and training at diploma/degree level
Desirable
- Leadership qualification/course
- Registered Practice Supervisor
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of post registration experience working with adults experiencing complex severe and enduring mental health needs
- Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex mental health needs
- Experience of working in community setting and making decisions autonomously
- Experience of assessing, planning, co-ordinating and managing people with complex severe and enduring mental health problems in a community setting.
- Experience of integrating care delivery across multi-disciplinary /multi agency teams
Skills
Essential
- Knowledge of the Mental Health NICE Guidelines and Long Term Plan
- Understanding of the principles of the Care Review Process and Community Care Act
- Knowledge of NMC Code of Conduct
- Skills of assessing, planning and evaluating care, for people with mental health related difficulties, utilising the principles of Recovery
- Skilled in the assessment and management of clinical risk and developing and communicating appropriate risk management plans
- Knowledge of the physical health needs and monitoring requirements for people with severe and enduring mental illness
- Skilled in undertaking and interpreting physical health investigations and providing physical health promotion advice including: weight, BMI, blood pressure, smoking, alcohol, drugs (prescribed and non-prescribed
- Skilled in the administration of pharmacological interventions
- Range of Interpersonal skills, (communication, listening, working collaboratively) maintaining good working relationships with service users/carers, other service providers and agencies
Desirable
- Skilled in utilising specific assessments and outcome measures including GAD7, PHQ9, CAARMS, PANNS, SWEMWBS, Lunsers, GASS
Employer details
Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Severnfields Health Village
Sundorne Road
Shrewsbury
SY1 4RQ
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
301-SB-24-6316248
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