Locum Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse to join their Adult Mental Health Team.
Hours: Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm
JOB PURPOSE
The post holder will work within the team providing a high-quality service across all areas of the Adult Mental Health Service. To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner. To work within your professional scope of practice.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Main Tasks:
1. To work independently as part of an interdisciplinary team to diagnose, assess, plan and implement patient specific programmes of care/interventions, contributing to the continuous assessment of patients.
2. To undertake more complex assessments, using your profession specific clinical knowledge and skills.
3. To function effectively across a variety of environments (e.g. ward, department, patients homes etc.) involving changing and demanding conditions.
4. To use a comprehensive range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate effectively with patients, and their families/carers, the diagnosis and treatment plan, that may be complex and sensitive, to help progress rehabilitation. This will include patients who may have difficulties with understanding or communication.
5. To evaluate patient progress and alter treatment programmes as and when appropriate.
6. To involve patients and carers in goals and treatment proposals. To gain valid informed consent. To work within the legal framework with patients who lack capacity for informed consent or are subject to the Mental Health Act.
7. To be responsible for own time management and the prioritisation of your caseload.
8. To supervise the practice of designated registered and non-registered staff within the AMHT.
9. To delegate appropriate duties to junior registered and support staff and follow up outcomes.
10. To develop comprehensive discharge and contingency plans with relevant professionals to arrange on-going care.
11. To attend clinical meetings, liaise closely both verbally and in writing with the multidisciplinary team, patient, and carers across boundaries to ensure continuity and integration of patient’s treatment.
12. To lead the clinical education and support other members of the AMHT and the wider community service, non-registered staff, patients and their carers, and students.
13. To manage clinical risk within own patient caseload and the wider AMHT.
14. To be able to manage stressful, upsetting or emotional situations in an empathetic manner supporting other members of the AMHT, clients and their families in these situations.
15. To develop partnership working with all relevant agencies/services/individuals to support optimum management of the identified client group.
16. To be use the Community Mental Health Framework as basis for assessing, planning delivering, reviewing care and discharging patients form the service and to act as key worker.
17. To be responsible for maintaining own competency to practice through Clinical Professional Development activities and maintain a portfolio which reflects the development. This will also support requirements for registrations with the Health and Care Professional Council/NMB/GSCC.
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity and would like to find out more, please call 01322 282470. Alternatively, you can reach the recruitment team via e-mail at recruitment@westmeriarecruitment.co.uk
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