Community Mental Health Nurse

Job overview

The North Stoke CAMHS Team are looking to recruit to a full-time Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse, fixed term for 12 months.

NOTE: We are unable to accept applications from newly qualified nurses who have not completed a 12 months preceptorship since qualifying.

It is an exciting time at Stoke CAMHS, we continue to strive to be more accessible to children and families and we are looking at reflecting this in the opening hours of the service, the service is moving towards an 8am to 8pm service, Monday to Friday. Therefore, the working hours will be rota based and may include 12-hour shifts. This working pattern not only provides better opportunities for children and their families but also enables practitioners to have a better work-life balance.

The successful candidate will:

• Act as named nurse for a specific group of clients and provide care under the supervision of the caseload manager. To conduct assessments and to deliver specific therapeutic interventions to this group of clients and to liaise with other professionals regarding progress and outcomes.
• Ensure that practice remains abreast of new developments and to develop and maintain standards and implement change in respect of this.
• Operate a duty role in the screening of referrals and allocation for assessment. To provide support and guidance to colleagues over issues of risks and/ or complex clinical presentation.

Main duties of the job

To act as named nurse for an identified group of patients within the well-being service. To ensure that appropriate interventions are planned and delivered according to assessed need. To promote a positive nurse patient relationship and to engage with carers/relatives as appropriate. To have responsibility for documenting the plans of care and ensuring that plans remain current and that standards for record-keeping are adhered to. To take an active role in auditing and maintaining standards of record-keeping for this group of patients.

To have responsibility for seeking support and advice from the CPN caseload Manager in respect of issues and difficulties with individual patient care. To attend regular decision-making meetings with the CPN caseload Manager in order to address caseload management issues such as acceptance of assessments, the provision of ongoing care, discharge planning, face-to-face contacts and patient mix.

To assess patient response and provide advice and education to both patient and carers in respect of prescribed medicines.

To provide support to other patients within the Well-being service at times when the names nurse/worker is unavailable e.g. periods of annual leave, sickness, etc.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To have responsibility for the delivery of care to a group of patients within the community setting under the direction of the CPN caseload Manager and ensuring that clinical need and workload is prioritised effectively and that resources are utilised effectively. Reaching decisions in conjunction with the CPN caseload Manager based upon knowledge of services and client group, assessment of level of risk and available resources. Delivering clinical interventions and discharging patients according to agreed treatment pattern and discussing any deviations from this with the CPN caseload Manager.

To provide supervision and support to junior staff and report any issues or concerns to the CPN caseload Manager.

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.