Guildford Community Mental Health Recovery Service is seeking an experienced and enthusiastic community mental health 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 people experiencing severe and enduring mental health problems with the aim of supporting them with their personal recovery.

Main duties of the job

You will be required to hold lead and professional responsibility for a number of service users. This reflects a 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 and recovery-focused team in meeting the needs of service users and their carers.

In addition to holding a caseload, the successful applicant will be offering initial assessments to clients referred to the service and be supporting individuals in mental health crisis' in the community. There are various training opportunities to build skills in the delivery of low intensity psychological interventions.

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 Hannah Cross, Service Manager on hannah.cross@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.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Job description Job responsibilities

Job Purpose: To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care needs of a specific group of People who use our services.

To mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students

To lead the care for a specified group of service users.

To participate in the recruitment, deployment and management of staff.

Principal Duties

• 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 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 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 organisation...
• 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 recognise 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 utilise 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

• 2 years experience post qualification
• Experience working with individuals with Mental Health needs
• Experience of medication management

Desirable

• Experience working in either inpatient, acute, primary or secondary Mental health care

Qualifications Essential

• RMN/RN (Mental Health)
• NMC Registered

Desirable

• Successful completion of Mentorship course
• Able to carry out supervision
• Able to co-facilitate group work

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details Employer name
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
The Redwood Centre

Farnham Road Hospital

Guildford

Surrey

GU2 7LX

Employer's website
https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

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