Physical Health and Medicines Management Nurse (RMN/ RGN)

Job overview

We currently have an opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Nurse post accross our South and Central West Manchester  Specialist Community Mental Health Teams based at Kingslea House.

Mental health services in Manchester are commencing their journey around Community Transformation. Working towards a new community mental health framework vision for a place-based community mental health model.

As part of this new model, we are looking for a skilled and enthusiastic individual with strong clinical skills who is motivated to support the development of our Specialist CMHTs; with the focus on monitoring and improving the physical health and wellbeing of our patients, using the PHIT assessment tool, as well as safe and effective administration and delivery of medication interventions.

The successful candidate will be an experienced RMN or RGN who will play a key role in the development of a new Physical Health and Medication Management Hub across clinics in our South Manchester and Central West CMHTs.

If you enjoy working within an MDT, are compassionate, hardworking and motivated this is the role for you.

Main duties of the job

Working in a dedicated pathway within a Specialist Community Mental Health Team, the post holder will deliver on all the aspects of physical health care and medication management which includes managing depot clinics. The post holder will be a qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse.

The post holder will work closely with the Senior Practitioners for Nursing, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Medical staff and Care Coordinators and the wider MDT to deliver high quality, safe patient care. The post holder will always work to promote parity of esteem.

They will be responsible for the Infection Prevention and control of the physical health clinics. The post holder will demonstrate an attitude which respects and values service users’ and their Carers. The post holder will hold effective communication skills and work closely with a wide network of services such as GP’s, other mental health services and third sector providers.

This will respect individuality, values, culture and religious diversity of clients and colleagues and thus contributing to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

• Pay Enhancements:

• 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
• Excellent pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary sacrifice car scheme
• Wellbeing programme
• Blue Light Card Discounts
• fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)