Community Mental Health Nurse

Job overview

EPUT offer a fantastic relocation package of up to £8,000. Covering a number of expenditures for new recruits relocating from 30 miles or more from their new work base at EPUT.

We are in an exciting position to be able to recruit a Community Mental Health Nurse for our Older Adult Services in the Basildon & Brentwood locality - primarily your caseload would be working within Brentwood.  This is a supportive, well-resourced team with Support Worker, Physical Health Practitioner, Qualified Nursing and Medical input.  The team has a friendly atmosphere and strong work ethic.   This post qualifies for HCAS ‘Fringe’.

We are seeking a Mental Health Nurse who is looking to be part of future healthcare and integrated working for the older adult population and supporting them to live independently.

Main duties of the job

You will be working as part of a team and responsible for a caseload of individuals, providing person-centred and evidence-based intervention whilst ensuring quality interventions and high standards of documentation, you will need knowledge of physical health and the impact on mental health. You will need to be motivated, caring, compassionate and able to promote positive change to the people under your care.

You will be expected to work collaboratively with key partner organisations, patients, carers, clinicians and other practitioners within the multi-disciplinary team in delivering services. You will need excellent communication skills and you will need to be able to work closely with families and carers as a routine part of care.

You will work as a member of the nursing team in providing high quality, evidence- based, holistic nursing care to patients in line with your NMC professional code of conduct and Trust policies. You will assess, plan, implement and evaluate packages of care based upon individual service user needs, under the guidance of the Team Manager/Clinical Lead. You will also undertake and maintain service users’ Self Directed Support assessments.

As required by your manager, you will have responsibility for the day to day supervision of lower banded staff within your professional group and team locality.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To work collaboratively with clients, service colleagues and other agencies to prevent inappropriate A&E attendances and Acute Hospital admissions
• To provide advice and decisions to other service members and partner agencies in relation to crisis situations, conditions and treatment plans, based on medical history and knowledge of certain conditions.
• Provide management and care of service users.
• Produce accurate and timely documentation on all clients in line with your Professional Code of Conduct and Trust policies.
• Conduct / contribute to the assessment process, as well as the observation and ongoing assessment, providing accurate and timely feedback.
• Participate in the planning, implementation / evaluation and ongoing review of treatment plans.
• Provide practical support, advice and education to service users, carers and other disciplines.
• Responsible for the recording of all patient related activity information onto system one.
• Carry out risk assessments including any potential hazards in the service users environment.
• Attend multi-disciplinary meetings i.e. referral / review / business.
• Report and document incidents as required.
• Conduct physical health care checks of service users and act upon findings.
• Act as a key worker.
• Facilitate and support in group work such as relaxation, health promotion, hearing voices, anger management, psycho education etc.
• Responsible for administration of medications, assessment of side effects, review concordance and clinical effectiveness of medication regime in line with Trust policy including safe transportation and storage of medicines, checking receipt, storage of medicines in medicine cupboard.
• Provide education around the medication prescribed, side effects, actions and aids to compliance.
• Provide education and support to develop service users’ understanding of mental illness.
• With relevant expertise and experience and support, provide psycho-social intervention, education and support to develop service users’ understanding of mental illness with aim to prevent relapse and admission.
• Undertake carer’s assessment in line with Trust’s key performance indicators.
• Undertake nursing needs and continuing care assessments.
• Be competent in use of relevant screening and assessment tools.
• Provide comprehensive assessment, care planning, treatment and review of care in line with the requirements of Mental Health Care Clusters.
• Provide formulation, delivery and review of individualised evidence based care / care packages according to NICE guidance including non-medication strategies.
• Support the induction and ongoing development of newly qualified nursing staff.
• Be an Infection control link person.
• Deliver smoking cessation training.
• Participate in audit and research.

Core Non-Clinical Function

• Promote the Nursing Strategy within the service.
• Take part in service development and review.
• Participate in the recruitment process of other clinical staff as required, supported by senior members of the team.
• Ensure the service meets the agreed performance / contractual targets and adheres to local and government initiatives.
• Provide clinical leadership and expertise to team.
• Deliver training where appropriate for other professionals.