The Surrey Heath Community Mental Health Recovery Service (CMHRS) is looking for a band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse to join them. The Community Mental Health Nurse will be based at Theta in Frimley with the working age adults service and will work within a multidisciplinary team to deliver secondary mental health care to the local population.

The Surrey Heath CMHRS is based at Theta which is a light and modern working space with ample free parking and easy access to local amenities located within walking distance. The Theta hub hosts a number of community-based services which supports integrated partnership working.

We are a small, supportive multidisciplinary team made up of colleagues from a number of professional disciplines including Social Work, Nurses, Occupational Therapy, Psychologists, Medics and Administrators, every member of the team holds equal value and hold the shared vision to provide compassionate and safe care.

Main duties of the job

The role of the Community Mental Health Nurse is wide-ranging and is an ideal opportunity for someone who is self-motivated, organised and skilled in providing a range of therapeutic interventions.

Key aspects of this role include:

- Being an active and engaged member of the nursing team supporting the delivery of key nursing roles and interventions including physical health monitoring and medicines management.

- Working collaboratively with individuals accessing our services and partner agencies to determine needs and risks and the appropriate ways to manage these and meet recovery goals.

- Contributing to the team’s duty rota to provide a rapid response to individuals in crisis.

- Working as a lead clinician or Care Coordinator to an identified caseload of individuals accessing our services.

- Supporting the learning and development of junior staff through supervision, training/education opportunities and mentorship.

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Job description Job responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

• To lead the clinical management of a care package to an individual who uses our services.
• To co-ordinate and monitor the delivery of person centered healthcare to a designated group of people who use our services, using complex clinical decision making where appropriate.
• To deliver individual and group therapy utilizing CBT skills.
• To work as a member of the MDT in assessing and planning care and responding to changes in people who use our services health.
• To ensure provision of the necessary physical care to help people who use our services i.e.: personal hygiene, diet and fluid intake, clothing and laundry, personal environment, manual handling, elimination, maintaining rest and sleep and activity, physical observations.
• To act in a manner to respect the customs, individuality, values, sexuality and spiritual beliefs, actively supporting the individual to fulfil these.
• To ensure provision of therapeutic activities, emotional support and stability to clients to ensure effective engagement whilst maintaining professional boundaries.
• To create, develop and maintain professional supportive relationships with all members of staff with other professionals and agencies to enhance recovery.
• To ensure prescribed physical observations are undertaken as follows: blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respirations, blood sugars, urinalysis, weight and height and act upon exceptions appropriately

Communication

• To accurately record all contacts with service users in case notes in line with SABP record keeping policy.
• To ensure effective communication with clients, relatives and carers, visitors, staff and others.
• To ensure that all communication takes place in a manner that is consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
• To develop measures to improve communications where barriers exist
• To ensure that consent to intervention or assessment is sought in a manner that is meaningful to People who use our services.
• To communicate with people in a manner that is consistent with their level of understanding, culture and background

Quality

• To lead the development, maintenance and monitoring of service standards, collect and collate data/ information effectively for the purpose of audit, research and service performance.
• To identify, implement and evaluate, with others, areas for potential service improvement and to agree further action
• To develop, with others, measures for service standards, including benchmarking, and to identify areas for potential service improvement.
• To contribute to the maintenance, monitoring and implementation of service standards and policies.
• To promote shared decision making with service user/relatives/carers, as appropriate, involvement in all aspects of their care.
• To contribute and make suggestions to the improvement of services.
• To identify issues of concern at work and alerting appropriate personnel
• To present a positive image of the team, service and trust.
• To work effectively in own team and as part of the whole organization...
• To ensure the availability of clinical supervision and preceptorship
• To ensure structures are in place for effective appraisal, personal development and performance management and audit these regularly
• To assess and plan care in a manner that is consistent with the Evidence based practice, policies and procedures and the management of risk

Risk Assessment

• To understand the range of risks potentially faced by the service user group.
• To undertake risk assessments and management strategies in line with trust and local policies, and ensure the delivery of care within same.
• To recognize potential crisis situations and act responsively and responsibly to resolve the situation, seeking assistance if required.
• To contribute to the CPA process and to support service users relatives/carers and other agencies within this process.
• To be aware of the potential for vulnerability to abuse amongst the service users/families, and use of the local policy to inform appropriate personnel in line with safeguarding vulnerable adults and children and SABP Policies
• To take all possible precautions to safeguard the welfare and safety of staff, service users, visitors and the public, by implementing all policies related to health, safety, security and risk.
• To identify and address health education issues that cause risks relevant to service user group.
• To ensure the safe custody of all patients in accordance with their
• Leave status as defined by the Responsible Medical Officer. This includes the supervision of patients within the community.

Professional/Personal Development

• To utilize in clinical supervision, and appraisal in enhancing performance development.
• To identify one’s own development needs and set personal development objective in collaboration with the appraiser.
• To adhere to the Nursing and Midwifery council code of professional conduct for nurses.
• To ensure attendance at all SABP essential training.
• To demonstrate the achievement of competencies through the collection of evidence within a personal portfolio.
• To participate in the orientation and induction of all new staff.
• To contribute to the experience of learners and to ensure delivery of mentorship requirements meeting NMC standards for nursing students.

Management

• To participate in the recruitment, deployment and management of staff in line with SABP policy.
• To lead the development, maintenance and monitoring of service standards, collect and collate data/ information effectively for the purpose of audit, research and service performance.
• To identify, implement and evaluate, with others, areas for potential service improvement and agrees further action.
• To ensure structures are in place for effective appraisal, personal development and performance management and audit these regularly.
• To assist the team leader in ensuring a safe roster in the clinical area.
• To assess and plan care in a manner that is consistent with evidence based practice, policies and procedures and the management of risk.
• To take all possible precautions to safeguard the welfare and safety of staff, service users, visitors and the public, by implementing all policies related to health, safety, security and risk.
• To ensure compliance by self and staff of the Trust’s Standing Orders, Standing Financial Instructions, Policies, Procedures and Guidelines, including taking all reasonable steps to manage and promote a healthy working and diverse working environment.
• To adhere to professional confidentiality standards.

Person Specification Experience Essential

• Further training or experience to post graduate diploma level or 5 years equivalent experience
• 2 years experience post qualification
• Aware of personal and professional boundaries
• Clinical supervision training

Desirable

• Experience of working in a community mental health setting

Qualifications Essential

• RMN/RN (Mental Health)
• Successful completion of Mentorship course

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