Locum Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse to join their Older Adults Mental Health Team.
Hours: Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm
Job Description
Clinical & Communication:
1. To ensure that good working relationships are maintained within the multi-disciplinary team, and with external agencies, through effective and clear communication.
2. To take a lead role in setting and maintaining standards of care within the Community Mental Health Team (OPHA CMHT), in consultation with the Team Manager and Service Manager
3. To take a lead role in providing comprehensive, culturally appropriate, evidence based initial assessment of people referred to the OPHA CMHT, determining the specific care needs of the individual and positively managing risk indicators.
4. To maintain an environment in which there is equal opportunity and anti-discriminatory practice.
5. To ensure the safe and effective delivery of care to service users, utilising the knowledge and skills of staff, whilst recognising and working towards helping them manage their stress in this demanding area of work.
6. To promote a positive image of the service to its users, their carers, family and partners, and through liaison with all other agencies.
7. To support the Manager in maintaining clinical, operational performance
8. To participate as an active member of the team, accountable for your practice, and work in partnership with other health care professionals, service users and others in the delivery of care.
9. To identify Adult Protection and Child Protection issues and to implement procedures as required.
10. To act as Safeguarding lead for the team, ensuring that all aspects of Safeguarding legislation and guidance are adhered to within the working practices of the OPHA CMHT, and highlighting to
Managers were there are Safeguarding issues with any services users CMHT caseload.
11. To take a lead role in developing good standards of practice in relation to the administration and management of medication, in line with NMC guidelines and Trust Policy, and to develop user centred medication concordance, informing and educating users and carers about medication issues as a part of empowering them and preventing relapse.(Applicable to Nurses only)
12. To take a lead role in developing and meeting all the standards of proficiency in line with HCPC guidelines and Trust Policy, and to develop user-centred approach, and working collaboratively with like agencies to coordinate and implement timely intervention. (Applicable to OT’s only).
13. To assess clients’ housing, financial, vocational and other practical needs, taking steps to meet them as appropriate in consultation with CMHT Care Co-ordinators, liaising with housing and benefits offices, and administering payments of monies from the CRT petty cash budget where appropriate.
14. To provide support, information and training to family members, carers and other professionals, within the constraints of client confidentiality, and to work with the client’s system which may itself be in crisis.
15. To take a lead role in ensuring effective and timely throughput and discharge from the team.
16. To take a lead in implementing and co-ordinating the shifts, ensuring a comprehensive service to clients, prioritising work and monitoring staff activity, and using the team diary, with a view to safety and accountability.
17. To become fully conversant with statutory and non-statutory services in the borough and across the Trust, and promote effective liaison and operational links as appropriate.
18. To screen and prioritise referrals to the OPHA CMHT.
19. To undertake initial assessments of service users accepted by the CMHT and take a lead role in the development and implementation and evaluation of their individual treatment plans.
20. To work closely with the first response team to ensure that effective face to face gate-keeping is undertaken for everybody referred to acute in-patient services and that care is undertaken wherever possible in their own home.
21. To ensure that discharge from in-patient care is facilitated as soon as possible based on risk to self and others.
22. To actively participate in the management of patient flow for the service including acting as the Patient Flow Co-ordinator.
23. To take a lead in problem solving and finding solutions, where conflict exists in relation to decision making around appropriate care for a service user.
24. To act as an expert practitioner and provide advice and support to other members of the team
25. To demonstrate risk assessment and management skills, practising safely and according to individual service user’s needs.
26. To ensure that team members are deployed effectively each shift in order to maximise the time spent with people using the service.
27. To liaise effectively with referrers and Community Recovery Team, promoting good working relationships and continuity of clinical care.
28. To recognise the role of advocacy and promote concepts of empowerment and recovery.
29. To provide support, information and education to family members, carers and other professionals.
30. To demonstrate clinical knowledge of a range of therapeutic interventions to use with individuals experiencing acute mental health problems.
31. To initiate and develop working relationship with stakeholders and attend interface meetings in order to facilitate service users to navigate their care pathway with optimum support
32. To carry a caseload of patients, offering assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.
If you are interested in this exciting opportunity and would like to find out more please call Lauren–07552277905 (new registrants) or Georgia–07552277896 (existing registrants) or alternatively please e-mail recruitment@westmeriarecruitment.co.uk
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