Locum Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse to join their Community Mental Health Team.
Hours: 7:30am - 5:30pm - 4 days per week
JOB PURPOSE
The role of the Community Mental Health Nurse is to work within their professional scope of practice to actively promote values-based practice when working with others to ensure rights-based and recovery-focused approaches whilst advocating for the service user. Completing comprehensive assessments and personalised care which is dynamic and flexible to support service users and their families/carers. By providing evidence-based interventions, specialist nursing advice and carrying out nursing procedures. Working as a role model within a multi-disciplinary team enhancing the unique value of mental health nursing.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Clinical Practice
• To work as an autonomous practitioner an active participant of the multi-disciplinary team undertaking specialist nursing assessments in collaboration with the service user and their families/carers and presenting back to the wider MDT.
• To work in partnership with service users and their families/carers to ensure the development of a treatment plan to facilitate their safety, promote their well-being and support their independence and inclusion in the community. This may include working closely with partner agencies.
• To delivery evidence-based interventions following NICE guidelines to promote recovery and relapse prevention in a variety of settings.
• To regularly review care and outcomes, supporting service users to complete clinical outcome measures and monitoring progress and adapting treatment options as required.
• Knowledge of common physical health conditions and their management, and an ability to complete cardiometabolic assessments.
• Extensive knowledge of medications including side effects, management, and the administration of medications within the NMC guidelines and Trusts policies.
• Offer professional consultation to multi agency services/meetings/forums.
• Contribute to the duty provision within the team
• Depot skills are essential
Once caseload is established - 1 day working from home each week will be considered
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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