Our clients are urgently seeking to recruit a
Locum Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse to join their Rehabilitation Team.
Hours: Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm
Main Duties
To provide comprehensive, culturally appropriate, evidence-based assessments to establish client’s needs; level of support and type of interventions required to facilitate their rehabilitation
To manage a caseload of service users with complex, severe and enduring mental health needs; using evidence based and recovery principles for clients in their Borough who are registered with a local GP.
Undertake assessment and care co-ordination activities within a multi-disciplinary framework, in order to identify the needs of service users and appropriate packages of care within the available budget.
To present cases to the relevant placement panels for in-borough and out-of-borough placements, both for initial funding requests and reviews.
To work proactively with service providers to draw up resettlement plans and carry out regular reviews towards progress and identified goals.
To undertake supervisory and appraisal responsibilities for allocated team members and students.