Community Mental Health Nurse

Job overview

You will work closely with services in Islington, providing support for patients with Psychosis. South Psychosis Core is a well-established multidisciplinary team providing rapid, community based intervention for working age people  who are in need of  mental health support.   The team offers specialist assessment and intervention  who may be experiencing severe mental health difficulties, related to psychosis.  The post holder will be part of the team, we deliver intensive support to people at risk in the community, prevent and reduce  admissions, where indicated do in–reach to  people  to facilitate prompt and safe discharge to the community, assessment of  people presenting in mental health difficulty in community settings.

Main duties of the job

• To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols
• The post holder will have Current Effective Status on the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) – Registered Nurse – Mental Health
• To be responsible, and accountable, for service delivery to the patients and their families and carers.
• To hold a caseload of clinical cases within the team with assessing, planning, implementing and reviewing care.
• To be able to assess and develop plans of care to meet the complex needs of patients with a variety of conditions. To recognize own limitations and seek advice when necessary. This will include continuously evaluating and acting on outcome
• To be able to initiate referrals to other health professional specialist services and agencies.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide patients and relatives with information and education thus ensuring they have meaningful choices that promote dignity, independence and quality of life.
• Be accountable for own practice and take every reasonable opportunity to sustain and improve knowledge and professional competence.
• Closely working with patients/carers and professionals, providing support to  mental health services  service users. Attend and co-ordinate CPA meetings, review meetings and planning meetings where appropriate.
• Providing and oversee 7 day follow up post presentation to acute hospitals, working with families/carers and networks
• Prompt  presence providing specialist nursing assessment to mental health presentations where indicated
• Develop strong links and relationships with other  teams and Allied agencies Before submitting your application, please ensure you have the correct right to work. Guidance on if this post will be eligible for a sponsorship can be found here Skilled Worker visa: If you work in healthcare or education - GOV.UK