Community Psychiatric Nurse

Job summary

Main duties of the job

Care Coordination of a caseload of service users with complex mental health needs.

Working with both internal organisations to improve outcomes, manage risk and deliver effective care

Care planning

Risk Management

Supporting service users to reach optimal levels of mental wellbeing , engage in local communities and achieve personal targets.

Work with a small creative and dynamic team who offer excellent support to each other.

Deliver mental health interventions and treatments in the community

Requires a resilient, passionate and empathetic team player who can think outside the box to encourage engagement of service users that present with complex mental health needs.

Main duties of the job

Contribute to excellent care for our service users.

Develop and lead on care planning risk assessment and formulation

Deliver treatment interventions in the community

Work closely with our inpatients unit to support safe discharge

Initial assessment of service users being referred to the service

Supporting depot treatments both in community and withing depot clinics

Working closely with partner organisation

Referring to and taking part in safeguarding processes

Supporting less senior members of staff and students in supervisory roles.

Keeping clear and accurate records.

Supporting compliance with our clinical governance framework.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to have their up-to-date flu vaccination to protect staff and patients.

Job responsibilities

We are a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental health and learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and are the lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourage and welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we value diversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Being a foundation Trust means were accountable to our members, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people (including staff) are members of our Trust.

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.