Community Psychiatric Nurse

Job overview

To assess and work with mental health service users and signpost them to other services and discharge to primary care where necessary. Any service users needing longer term secondary care and care coordination will be transferred to the relevant teams in the Trust.

The post holder is expected to utilise community resources, working closely with Primary Care.

The post holder will ensure user and carer involvement in all aspects of service delivery.

This is a senior nursing role with immense experience in duty and mental health assessments – it is not suitable for newly qualified nurses.

Working experience in HTT/SPA/Liaison Psychiatry work will be desirable. Those without the relevant assessment and risk management experience need not apply.

The suitably qualified candidate will be able to work a combination of remote working and coming to our office at Springfield hospital in line with the needs of our patients. This will be guided by our Agile working policy which means that the successful candidate must be prepared to, on days when they are meant to work remotely, go on home visit to patients’ homes or come into the office at short notice whenever the service needs require this. This is however a rare occurrence.

The post holder will communicate and collaborate effectively with all agencies and agents involved in supporting adults with severe mental health problems.

Main duties of the job

To ensure that the views of users and carers are sought and incorporated into all care delivered.

To provide clinical cover for team members in their absence.

To liaise as required with other disciplines and organisations to ensure that all issues affecting service user care are managed and communicated to a high standard.

To provide written assessments reports/discharge letters for all allocated clients.

To liaise closely with other services keeping them informed of relevant service issues.

To provide information and reports as required and accurately document all relevant information.

To have an awareness of the need to manage resources effectively within determined budgets.

To assist in the successful induction of new staff and regular supervision of students and junior staff.

To have responsibility for the health, safety and welfare of self and others. To comply always with the requirements of the Health and Safety regulations.

To participate in the development of junior staff, acting as a mentor for student nurses and a preceptor to newly qualified staff, ensuring appropriate teaching, support and supervision.

To participate in clinical/team meetings.

To enter information onto Rio in a timely manner in line with Trust guidelines and prepare reports as appropriate.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To implement and contribute to policy and service development as appropriate.

To carry out responsibilities to promote the smooth running of the clinical area.

To actively promote and support the ongoing review of Mental Health Practice.

To participate in the Trust's complaints procedure and critical incident reporting when required and work within the policies and procedures of the Trust.

To maintain and improve own professional, clinical, managerial, knowledge and skills by promoting self-growth and development through the in-service training program and other educational program/materials as agreed by the Line Manager.

To maintain high standards of professional practice and competence in keeping with the professional bodies to whom they are accountable such as the NMC BAOT etc. code of conduct and the scope of professional practice.

To maintain a record of professional development by use of a personal profile and meet the requirements for continuing practice such as Revalidation or PDP for continued registration.

To Identifying needs/goals through supervision, appraisal and development reviews.

To participate in nursing research and disseminate the knowledge and results from such research to colleagues.

To undertake mandatory and statutory training as required by Trust policy, identifying individual and team training needs.

To contribute and commit to undertaking an annual Development Review/appraisal.

To undertake personal development as identified in the Personal Development Plan (PDP).

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