Community Mental Health Nurse

Job overview

There is an exciting opportunity for a motivated and dynamic registered nurse to join our busy Early Intervention Team (EIT.) on a 12 month fixed term contract. The EIT support people across North Staffordshire and Stoke-On-Trent  who are experiencing a first episode of psychosis. Working flexibly with them and their families using evidence-based interventions in order to maximise recovery and social capital. Successful candidates will have a good understanding of psychosis and engagement skills. The candidate will demonstrate excellent communication skills to engage service users and their families in the EI pathway.  The EI service work with people for a period of up to 3 years, providing high quality care planning, risk management and monitoring  in order to ensure best outcomes. Psychosis is treatable and recovery is expected.   There may be a possibility that this role could lead to a permanent contract, although, this is not guaranteed at this time.  For further information please contact Anthony Brown (team lead) or Jodie Heath (clinical lead) on 01782 275098.

Main duties of the job

• To have the responsibility for the delivery of an Early Intervention in Psychosis Service to specific individuals on the ARMS Pathway.
• Coordinating clinical activity, liaison with the rest of the Early Intervention in Psychosis Service and other appropriate teams, services and agencies.
• Immediate problem solving and decision making and contributing to long term planning for future developments both within the immediate clinical area and within the service area.
• To ensure that the values and principles of the organisation and of the service area are translated into the philosophy and operational policy of the clinical team and that these are evident in everyday practice.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Contribute to the development, setting and maintaining of that standards.
• To ensure that new policy legislation, recommendations and guidelines are effectively communicated, understood and integrated into daily practice. (See appendix for examples of the same)
• Maintain working practices that promote interagency and multidisciplinary working and ensure effective and accurate communication with particular emphasis upon inpatient facilities and the interface between inpatient and community care. Attend appropriate meetings / forums to ensure that the wider clinical team (multi-disciplinary team and locality team) are fully engaged in both clinical and developmental aspects of the area.
• Take responsibility for maintaining professional registration and personal and professional development in accordance with NMC guidance, attending statutory and mandatory training and other pertinent training as agreed with the Team Leader through the personal review process.