Community Mental Health Nurse - MHSOP
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
- Location
- Bishops Stortford
- Salary
- £33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum
- Closing date
- 8 Feb 2023
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- Profession
- Nurse, Community mental health nurse
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
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We have an exciting opportunity for a mental health nurse to take up a full time position with the Community Mental Health Older Adult Services in East Hertfordshire. As a multi-disciplinary team we provide holistic assessment and treatment pathways for older adults, and people with mental health and frailty needs. Our service provides seamless pathways between primary care and secondary care services for people with functional mental illness, and dementia.
We are looking for a dynamic nurse who is passionate about the care of our older adult service users. We consider transferable skills from other areas of mental health services as valuable and a positive contribution to a well-rounded team.
We cover the East locality of Hertfordshire, and our bases are Oxford House, Bishops Stortford, and Rosanne House, Welwyn Garden City.
This post is to cover the Bishop's Stortford and surrounding area locality, with flexibility to support other areas of the East locality if needed.
As a team, we can offer multi-disciplinary support from Clinical Psychologists, Consultant Psychiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, as well as Mental Health Nurses. We also provide regular CPD sessions, reflective practice, staff support sessions, individual and group supervisions, and academic training, as well as access to external training resources.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is required to take responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care and management of a defined caseload, including liaison with other agencies and, where appropriate, the supervision, development and teaching of staff and/or students. The post holder will act as care co-ordinator to a case load of service users, ensuring the care plan is met at all times. To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
As a staff member you are representatives of Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) and play a vital role in fostering positive relationships and communication between the Mental Health Trust and not only the service users and their carers and relatives, but also other agencies, charities and providers.
All staff should comply with the Trust's Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.
The successful candidate will receive up to £120 towards their registration fee, which will be paid upon commencement. This payment will be subject to tax and national insurance deductions.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just fivemental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on...
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will: Be responsible for the full assessment of care needs and risk assessment of service users presenting with a wide variety of clinical conditions. Following thisthe post holder will be responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, without direct supervision (thoughclinical supervision is implemented as per policy to support you). To be named care coordinator, and act accordingly when applying care. To manage one self in a professional manner, responding to requests, enquiries etc in a timely fashion. To respond to any crisis that a service user may advise of, with the aimof promoting independent living in the community Work with the philosophy to support service users to remain in their own home. Administer and/ or supervise medications as required. To have a soundknowledge of medications and their desired and undesired effects, Be required to provide education, advise and guidance to service users and their carers and families. Provide a range of clinical interventions and treatments appropriate tothe individuals needs. Participate fully in providing quality care in line with local and national guidelines. Act as a role model in providing a service for people with mental health problems. Participate in audit/research projects associated with the service. Be required to challenge practice that compromises or challenges high quality care to older people To advise Team Manager of any resource short falls. To partake in continuing professional development that will also benefit the evelopment and quality of the service. Remain updated with local and national guidelines and policies. Partake in home visits with other professionals such as Consultant Psychiatrist, Specialty Doctors, Social Workers etc Partake in clinical and management supervision
Person Specification KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE Essential
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
367-EAN-6484-F
We are looking for a dynamic nurse who is passionate about the care of our older adult service users. We consider transferable skills from other areas of mental health services as valuable and a positive contribution to a well-rounded team.
We cover the East locality of Hertfordshire, and our bases are Oxford House, Bishops Stortford, and Rosanne House, Welwyn Garden City.
This post is to cover the Bishop's Stortford and surrounding area locality, with flexibility to support other areas of the East locality if needed.
As a team, we can offer multi-disciplinary support from Clinical Psychologists, Consultant Psychiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, as well as Mental Health Nurses. We also provide regular CPD sessions, reflective practice, staff support sessions, individual and group supervisions, and academic training, as well as access to external training resources.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is required to take responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care and management of a defined caseload, including liaison with other agencies and, where appropriate, the supervision, development and teaching of staff and/or students. The post holder will act as care co-ordinator to a case load of service users, ensuring the care plan is met at all times. To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.
As a staff member you are representatives of Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) and play a vital role in fostering positive relationships and communication between the Mental Health Trust and not only the service users and their carers and relatives, but also other agencies, charities and providers.
All staff should comply with the Trust's Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.
The successful candidate will receive up to £120 towards their registration fee, which will be paid upon commencement. This payment will be subject to tax and national insurance deductions.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just fivemental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on...
Job description Job responsibilities
The post holder will: Be responsible for the full assessment of care needs and risk assessment of service users presenting with a wide variety of clinical conditions. Following thisthe post holder will be responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, without direct supervision (thoughclinical supervision is implemented as per policy to support you). To be named care coordinator, and act accordingly when applying care. To manage one self in a professional manner, responding to requests, enquiries etc in a timely fashion. To respond to any crisis that a service user may advise of, with the aimof promoting independent living in the community Work with the philosophy to support service users to remain in their own home. Administer and/ or supervise medications as required. To have a soundknowledge of medications and their desired and undesired effects, Be required to provide education, advise and guidance to service users and their carers and families. Provide a range of clinical interventions and treatments appropriate tothe individuals needs. Participate fully in providing quality care in line with local and national guidelines. Act as a role model in providing a service for people with mental health problems. Participate in audit/research projects associated with the service. Be required to challenge practice that compromises or challenges high quality care to older people To advise Team Manager of any resource short falls. To partake in continuing professional development that will also benefit the evelopment and quality of the service. Remain updated with local and national guidelines and policies. Partake in home visits with other professionals such as Consultant Psychiatrist, Specialty Doctors, Social Workers etc Partake in clinical and management supervision
Person Specification KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Mentorship qualification
- AMHP (or willingness to undertake training)
- Experience of multidisciplinary team working
- A minimum of two years post registration experience, one of which within older people's mental health services
- Up to date clinical knowledge.
- Knowledge of legislation related to mental health and social care (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, National Service Framework, National Dementia Strategy, Care Programme Approach etc
- Experience of: 1) ward based nursing 2) community based nursing 3) working with enduring mental health clients 4) working with older adults with mental health conditions
- Experience of managing other staff
- Supervisor skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to feedback to multidisciplinary team.
- Excellent documentation of duties performed.
- Organisational skills.
- Initiative. Care Coordination
- High degree of literacy.
- Ability to balance safety/ risk.
- Good IT skills
- Experience of using electronic patient notes.
- Report writing skills
- Able to manage day to day issues.
- Be aware of own limitations.
- Believe in and promote strategy and philosophy of service
- Good range of information gathering skills.
- Ability to assess and manage risks
- Understand the importance of other agencies in making project work
- Good range of problem solving skills.
Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.
367-EAN-6484-F
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