Community Mental Health Nurse

Job overview

Opportunities have arisen for Community Mental Health Nurses (Care Co-ordinator) looking to join a great team, providing specialist mental health care to the population of Oldham. The Secondary Care CMHT support residents with severe and enduring mental health conditions.  We aim to provide outstanding care to the people of Oldham and listen to improve, in response to the needs of the population we serve.

This an exciting time for Oldham CMHT. We are currently undergoing a transformation within our service as part of the National Transformations of community services and the local Living Well developments. It is an opportunity to be part of our service development, with planned investment in our staff and new role development.

The CMHT work with people aged 16 and over with severe and enduring mental health and social care needs.  The CMHTs are integrated with the local authority, providing a multidisciplinary approach to the care provided.

Care co-ordinators are responsible for providing holistic assessment, interventions, risk assessments and care plans for people on their caseload.

Main duties of the job

Assessment of health and social care needs

Producing collaborative care plans

Risk assessment and management

Monitoring and evaluating care plans

Liaising with wider MDT

Providing evidence based therapeutic interventions

Providing education advice, emotional and psychological support

To promote choice in service user involvement in care planning and risk management

Ensure practice is in line with social inclusion and recovery models

Identify packages of care to meet the needs of the service user

Ensure carer involvement in the service user's care

To report concerns identified under Safeguarding adult procedures

Maintaining accurate records

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To undertake timely comprehensive, holistic mental health assessments using Trust Approved documents including Mental Health Review, Mental Health Risk Assessment including the formulation of risk and Wellbeing Care plan.  To identify and implement effective risk management plans for patients under your care.  To provide person centered wellbeing care plans for patients under your care,  using SMART goals.  To promote choice and service user involvement in care planning and risk management.

To ensure practice is in line with social inclusion and recovery models, using a strengths based approach to care. To follow the nursing process (Assess, Plan, Implement, Evaluate)

To understand and adhere to the Care Programme Approach.   To have good knowledge around frequently used psychotropic medications including their doses, side effects and routes of administration.  To be competent in the administration of intramuscular injections.  To understand and adhere to the safe storage of medications, in line with Trust Policy.  To provide evidence based therapeutic interventions in accordance with NICE Guidelines, appropriate to the patient’s assessed needs. To provide education, advice, emotional and psychological support to patients under your care, with the aim of promoting re-enablement and recovery. To demonstrate effective communication skills when communicating with  patients, families and carers, the MDT, i.e. verbal handovers/discussions with both internal and external stakeholders, written assessments and reports, giving due regard to consent, confidentiality and Information Governance guidelines. To provide high quality accurate, contemporaneous record keeping using PARIS system, giving regarding to confidentiality, Information Governance guidelines adhering to Trust Policies. To support and work with colleagues, other MDT members and outside agencies collaboratively and in best interests of the service user. To develop strong working relationships with the MDT and wider MDT to promote improved outcomes for patient care.  To have good working knowledge of the MCA 2005 to support the assessment of capacity in complex situations, and support others to improve/develop their skills.  To demonstrate good working knowledge of relevant legislation, i.e. MHA 1983, MCA 2005 and Care Act 2014. To provide leadership support to junior members of the team, i.e. Band 5 Nurses, Community Support Workers and Student Nurses. To contribute effectively to team discussions around patient care.  To demonstrate good teamwork, taking accountability for decisions and actions taken.

Sharing skills and knowledge with the team to support their development.  Ensure high quality of care, using the 6Cs of nursing, Trust Values and adhering to Trust Policies and procedures.  To recognise own limitations and seek appropriate support when required.

Undertake Care Act assessments identifying social needs of your patients, where possible referring on to other services, or alternatively arranging suitable packages of care. To arrange the commissioning of care using the Local Authority Mosaic system, and review its efficacy and make any necessary amendments, in accordance with Local Authority Guidance.  To ensure all carers are offered Carer Assessments. To identify, report and investigate concerns under Safeguarding Adults  procedures. To complete Social Circumstances Reports for detained patients where their detention is being reviewed at Tribunals and Hospital Managers Hearings.