Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Community
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 274-11051-AC
- Employer
- Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Beech House
- Town
- Boston
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 12/08/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Community Psychiatric Nurse
Band 5
Job overview
An exciting opportunity is available for a Band 5 mental health nurse, would suit newly qualified, to join Boston CMHT.
As a Community Mental Health Nurse, you will manage a caseload, having the opportunity to provide a range of specialist mental health assessments and evidence based, recovery focused interventions.
You will work collaboratively as part of a Multi-Disciplinary Team with people with severe and enduring mental health difficulties and complex presentations, their carers and other agencies, enabling them to access mental health specialist support.
This is an exciting time to join the trust, in LPFT we are forging ahead in our community transformation plans that aim to offer a dynamic, localised approach that is responsive, evaluated & tailored to local need, targeting health inequalities.
The community mental health team will be central to this focus, this role will be significant in aiding the team to move towards an integrated care system and seamless working.
The successful candidate will receive a comprehensive trust induction and there will be opportunities for CPD. Management and Clinical supervision are provided regularly.
The candidate will be encouraged to contribute to service development and expected to supervise junior colleagues.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for the co-ordination of care needs, assessment, planning, and implementation of evidence based care to a defined group of service users and their carers within the service catchment area whilst under the guidance of senior staff.
The post holder will provide professional advice and support to other agencies and members of the multi-disciplinary team.
Working for our organisation
Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire. Employing around 2,900 staff, and serving a population of over 768,400, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.
You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England. We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of ‘outstanding’ for well-led and ‘good’ overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We’re really proud of this!
We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions. We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff.
Whether you’re taking the first exciting steps in your career, itching for a new challenge or searching for a better place to raise a family, Lincolnshire has a range of rewarding health and social care careers in a county that’s friendly, fascinating, affordable and brimming with everything you need to live a happy life. Visit beinlincolnshire.com to find out more.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools.
To work flexibly across a 7-day-a-week service.
To ensure the clinical caseload and clinical practice of nursing members of the Community Mental Health Team is of the highest standard of clinical care.
To manage case-load and service delivery in accordance with and in order to contribute towards the attainment of Service/Trust productivity requirements.
To act as care co-ordinator under the Care Programme Approach, ensuring up to date agreed care plans, risk assessments and reviews are in place.
Work with individuals to assess their mental health, recognise mental illness and identify their related needs and circumstances; and enable them to understand, manage and where appropriate change their behaviour.
Plan, implement, review and improve interventions to meet people’s identified needs and manage their inherent risk.
Provide OT specific assessment and interventions to individuals under the care of the Crisis Team.
To assess carers’ and families needs and develop, implement and review programmes of support for cares and families.
Protect people from abuse, neglect and harm.
Enable individuals to develop independent living skills and live in the community.
To work collaboratively and promote effective working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring effective and appropriate clinical decision-making, both within the Community Mental Health Team and with external agencies.
To maintain accurate and timely clinical records and to co-ordinate and monitor those of the team.
To adhere to N.M.C. codes of professional conduct and ethics, plus associated legislation.
To develop clinical practice having due regard to guidelines of the N.S.F. for Older People, N.S.F for Mental Health, N.I.C.E. and N.I.M.H.E.
To demonstrate empowering leadership skills within the Community Mental Health Team and seek opportunities in local and national area as to promote and develop the profession.
To participate in Clinical Governance activities, including: induction, supervision, personal development review, health and safety, risk management and audit.
To undertake specific project work or any other duties as negotiated with the Community Mental Health Team Co-ordinator.
Develop effective and supportive links with other health and social care staff. To create networks that improve the pathway of care for clients referred to the Community Team.
Participate in all clinical governance and audit developments including post registration education, training and continuing professional development.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience of working with adults with mental health needs. Or clear evidence of substantial experience of working with individuals in crisis and skills that are transferable to both community/in-patient.
- Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental illnesses
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Skills and Competences
Essential criteria
- Sound knowledge of national agenda for mental health.
- Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
- Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Goverance principles.
- Highly developed communication skills
- Delegation whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients care, where appropriate
- Demonstrate the ability to lead a clinical team.
- Highly motivated & able to engage with service users & carers to improve outcomes.
- Ability to work independently and collectively.
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RMN or RNLD or RN: 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent.
- Currently Registered Nurse
- ENB998 / FliPS or equivalent
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice
- Mentorship Module (degree level)
Desirable criteria
- Management training
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- Ability to travel independently across the county
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Wendy Thompson
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01205 318075
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