We have an exciting opportunity to work in a busy team in the Ipswich Older People's CMHT.

The post holder will undertake the planning and delivery of direct patient care with minimal supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.Managing a caseload and the provision of mental health care services to people with mental health care need.

To be responsible for accurate mental health clustering of all patients on admission, discharge and at review.

To ensure all mental health clustering information is passed onto other Trust teams or services on transfer of patients.

To ensure accuracy and quality of mental health clustering activity within the team.

Main duties of the job

To assist in the management and organisation of work as required.Provide planned nursing care and risk assessment / screening for patients within his or her care plan.

Provide ongoing evaluation of patients' needs and identify suitability for potential discharge in conjunction with the Senior Nurse, through caseload management and supervision.

Initiate and attend patient centred reviews, case conferences and other meetings as required.

To advise the Responsible Medical Officer(s) and / or health and social care professional of any change in the patients' conditions and / or circumstances.

To work within the multi-disciplinary team and to form working partnerships with other care providers.

To ensure service users and / or carer(s) are enabled and empowered to make informed decisions about their care and delivery of that care, working with agencies from within and outside the multi-disciplinary team.

Assist with the supervision of peers if requested.

To have ongoing responsibility for the review of a patient's care within the team setting and to prioritise and disseminate such information within the team.

To enable patients to gain and maintain independence.

To maintain and provide accurate records, statistics and reports as required by the Nurse Manager and / or the Trust.

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk?The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assist in the management and organisation of work as required.

Provide planned nursing care and risk assessment / screening for patients within his or her care plan.

To be responsible for implementing first and / or urgent patient assessments.

Provide ongoing evaluation of patients needs and identify suitability for potential discharge in conjunction with the Senior Nurse, through caseload management and supervision.

Initiate and attend patient centred reviews, case conferences and other meetings as required.

To advise the Responsible Medical Officer(s) and / or health and social care professional of any change in the patients conditions and / or circumstances.

To work within the multi-disciplinary team and to form working partnerships with other care providers.

To ensure service users and / or carer(s) are enabled and empowered to make informed decisions about their care and delivery of that care, working with agencies from within and outside the multi-disciplinary team.

To provide caseload management supervision to junior staff under direction and supervision of the Senior Nurse.

Assist with the supervision of peers if requested.

To have ongoing responsibility for the review of a patients care within the team setting and to prioritise and disseminate such information within the team.

To enable patients to gain and maintain independence.

To fully co-operate with the educational requirements of Learner Nurse placements in the Community Nursing Service in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

To keep the Clinical Nurse Leader fully informed of clinical and service delivery issues.

To maintain and provide accurate records, statistics and reports as required by the Nurse Manager and / or the Trust.

To participate in clinical governance / audit, clinical trials and research practice that would affect service development.

To understand and work within the requirements of the Mental Health Act (1983).

To effectively organise the working day for self and others, making the best use of time, geographical distances and resources.

To be responsible for and legally comply with the safe carriage, custody and administration of drugs and other clinical material.

Ensuring the nursing practice is a person centred and, as far as possible, promoting the direct involvement of patients and carers in the development of the plan of care from admission to discharge.

Identifying personal learning and training needs through KSF, appraisal and personal development plans on an annual basis.

Taking responsibility for ensuring that personal nursing practice is informed by relevant local and national developments and is evidence based.

Actively participating in training and education.

Act as a mentor for students and undertake annual updates on mentorship and evidence for triennial reviews.

Undertake sign-off mentor training and responsibility.

To delegate appropriate tasks to junior staff as appropriate.

To use available resources effectively.

Adhere to organisational guidelines on clinical supervision and undertake protected time as per Trust guidelines.

May act as a mentor to students within all professions.

May participate in recruitment and selection of junior staff.

Ensure that personal appearance, practice and manner conform to the standards and expectations of the Trust.

Maintaining a professional therapeutic relationship with patients, carers and colleagues.

To comply with all Trust policies, guidelines and protocols with particular regard to community services.

To discharge statutory social care functions as delegated under the Section 75 agreement with Suffolk County Council for service users (aged 18+, excluding those with moderate/severe learning disabilities or dementia and carers on behalf of the organisation (for Suffolk service users only).

To provide appropriate health and social care interventions according to service users recovery goals (for Suffolk service users only).

To assess health and social care needs as part of an integrated team and implement / commission packages of care where appropriate (for Suffolk service users only).

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.

Interview dates are yet to be set you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

• Up to date and evidence based knowledge of Person Centred Care
• Working knowledge / application of the Mental Health Act

Desirable

• Knowledge of mental health needs for older people
• Knowledge of national policy influencing older persons' health care

Qualifications

Essential

• Nursing degree or equivalent
• Mentoring / Mentorship (ENB988 or equivalent)

Desirable

• Evidence at social care / health related study

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Familiar with risk assessment and its management

Desirable

• Previous community experience

Skills

Essential

• Able to demonstrate the ability to process, plan and delegate work
• Ability to identify and action change in health care need

Desirable

• Able to time manage and reflect on clinical practice

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Mariner House

43 Handford Road

IPSWICH

IP1 2GA

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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