NursingNetUK

Trosolwg o'r swydd

An exciting opportunity has risen for the post of a Band 5 Community Mental Health Nurse within East & South East Hertfordshire Adult Services . 

You will be required to take responsibility for the assessment of care needs, and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for a defined caseload under the supervision of a designated senior member of the team. 

You will initially work closely with their supervisor assisting with their caseload and undertaking defined activities for service users to ensure that the care plan is met at all times.

You will gradually build up to a full caseload and will act as care co-ordinator to a case load of service users working as a member of the multi-disciplinary team working in collaboration with internal and external partners and agents.

You will be required to prioritise attendance at all training, attend supervision and apply reflective practice continuously to enable learning needs to be identified and met.

To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team.

As a staff member you are representatives of Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) and play a vital role in fostering positive relationships and communication between the Mental Health Trust and not only the service users and their carers and relatives, but also other agencies, charities and providers

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

You will be responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, with direct supervision initially, and then taking responsibility for the assessment of care needs and risk assessment of service users presenting with a wide variety of clinical conditions.

To be named care coordinator, and act accordingly when applying care.

To respond to any crisis that a service user may advise of, with the aim of promoting independent living in the community.

Work with the philosophy to support service users to remain in their own home.

Provide education, advice and guidance to service users and their carers and families.

Provide a range of clinical interventions and treatments appropriate to the individual needs of service users.

Be required to challenge practice that compromises or challenges high quality care to service users.

Remain updated with local and national guidelines and policies.

Partake in home visits with other professionals such as Consultant Psychiatrist, Specialty Doctors, Occupational Therapist and Psychologist.

Partake in clinical and management supervision  
Recruitment & Retention Payment

This post attracts the R & R Premia. The payment will be made as follows: £1,500 on commencement of employment and a further £1,500 in arrears at the end of the first six months, followed by £3,000 in arrears at the end of 12 months. Terms & Conditions apply

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

“The Trust is embedding a Trauma Informed Approach within all of our inpatients units and that you will be part of this exciting development”.