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Community Psychiatric Nurse (ICE)

Employer
Surrey & Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Chertsey
Salary
£26,937 to £33,110 a year incl. Fringe HCAS
Closing date
3 Oct 2022

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Profession
Nurse
Grade
Band 5
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Calling Band 5 CPNs! Developmental Role.

The NW Community Mental Health Team for Older People (Woking Locality) is seeking an enthusiastic Band 5 Community Psychiatric Nurse to join the team.

The successful applicant will be part of the multi-disciplinary team delivering comprehensive assessments and a range of approaches, interventions and treatments to older people experiencing severe and enduring mental health problems.

Main duties of the job

You will manage a caseload of clients, and use evidence based/client-centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions as part of the holistic approach. You will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills and be able to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team. You will be committed to the delivery of a high-quality service, working both independently and as part of a well-established, innovative team in meeting the needs of people who use the service and their carers.

In return you will have a fulfilling and varied role within a friendly and supportive team. You will receive active management support and opportunities for personal and professional development.

A successful candidate would be employed at Band 5 and, after completing a preceptorship and/or a period of supervised practice and demonstrating evidence of competence, would then be supported to move to a Band 6 role.

The candidate must have a full and valid driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes due to the community element of this role.

If you would like to know more details about the role, please contact Bola Matthews, Clinical Lead, at Bolanle.Matthews@sabp.nhs.uk.

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 withing easy reach.

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

Job description Job responsibilities

Job Title:Community Psychiatric Nurse (Developmental Role)

Payband/Grade:Band 5 with developmental plan to Band 6 after 24 months (subject to evidence of competency)

Directorate: Older People Mental Health Job Description Reference OPMHS-5-6-COM

My job makes better livesby providing an accessible, non-stigmatizing, localized service that contributes to the continuing care and rehabilitation of people within the locality with established mental health illness.

Job Overview (Band 5) to be a core member of the multi-disciplinary team, participating in the provision of on-going assessments, care planning, treatment and support of people with serious and enduring mental health problems and people in crisis to promote health, independence and recovery.

Qualifications required Band 6 - Mentor Preparation or Teaching and Assessing in Clinical Practice Experience required Band 5 – 1 years’ experience working with older people with mental health difficulties (can be pre- qualification)

Band 6 – 2 year’s post qualification experience of working in the community with older people with severe and enduring mental health illness. Suitable for someone who is passionate about providing a high quality holistic approach to the care and support provided to clients in the community who have been identified as in need of community nurse support to enable them to exercise choice over their own lives.

Key Responsibilities - Band 5

• To discharge professional responsibilities under the Mental Health Act (1983) and revised subsequent act Mental Capacity Act (2005) and the NMC Professional Code of Conduct

• Be accountable and responsible for a defined caseload that reflects the priorities of the local population and carry responsibility for the assessment of care needs; under the supervision of the CPN Clinical Lead.

• To develop, implement and evaluate evidence based programmes of care; set standards of care and liaise with other agencies, particularly in relation to people discharged under the Care Programme Approach.

• Take on the role of care coordinator/care manager to service users subject to the Care Programme Approach, as in line with Local and National Policy.

• Participate in the multi-disciplinary assessment of individuals with mental health problems living in the community, by providing a community mental health nursing perspective and expertise • Ensure that a risk assessment is completed for service users, especially if there is a history of, or a potential for risk. • To adhere to professional confidentiality standards

• 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

• Ensure that a carer’s assessment is offered to carers of service users, as in line with Standard 6 of the National Service Framework. • Help develop and maintain effective joint working arrangements with colleagues in the community mental health services, residential services, primary health care, social services and voluntary services, thus facilitating the co-ordination and comprehensiveness of provision.

• Utilise the full range of mental health nursing skills to participate in the assessment, care and support of service users.

• Use specialised knowledge, experience and skills in direct clinical work and act as a resource for the team and other agencies. This may include work in rehabilitation, social interventions, development of social networks and accessing other services/resources, mental health promotion, counselling and intercultural therapy, encouraging service user participation at all times.

• Participate in the provision of community mental health nursing advice and consultation to colleagues, community groups and organisations.

• To act in a manner to respect the customs, individuality, values, sexuality and spiritual beliefs, actively supporting the individual to fulfil these.

• Ensure detailed and appropriate records are maintained to demonstrate that contact with people who use services, and their carers’, is meaningful and effective.

Key Responsibilities - Band 6 (in addition to those responsibilities at Band 5)

• To lead the clinical management of a care package to individuals who use our services.

• To co-ordinate and monitor the delivery of person centred healthcare to a designated group of people who use our services, using complex clinical decision making where appropriate.

• To deliver individual and group therapy utilising 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 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

• Participate in the education of pre and post registration nursing, social work, psychology, medical and occupational therapy students. • Supervise junior nurses and other non-qualified staff in the service/team.

• 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 promote shared decision making with service user/relatives/carers, as appropriate, involvement in all aspects of their care.

• 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 participate in clinical governance activities including monitoring standards set within the service.

• To participate in the recruitment and selection of staff

Person Specification Qualifications Essential
  • Qualified Mental Health Nurse
  • Degree / diploma level
Desirable
  • Successful completion of Mentorship course OR equivalent
Knowledge and skills Essential
  • Ability to provide quality care
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
Experience Essential
  • Evidence of post qualification study
  • Newly qualified applications OR Band 5 currently working on Older Adult
Desirable
  • Previous Older Adult experience OR working in the Community


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