Clozapine and Depot Clinic Nurse
Job overview
We have a great opportunity for an experienced registered mental health nurse to utilise your experience and skills in managing the well-established Clozapine and Depot clinic with the Greenwich ICMP team.
You will be a part of a very diverse and dynamic team working collaboratively to deliver and assist in the delivery of a range of therapies within the Greenwich ICMP service which specialises in supporting patients within the psychosis pathway.
You will have the opportunity while delivering care to develop skills in implementing and managing clinical engagement and contribute to an efficient service using an established appointment booking systems to ensure prioritization based on needs.
You will be able to implement core nursing skills of assessment, planning and evaluation of care while practicing in accordance with agreed clozapine guidance. Part of the role entails, ordering of medications, emailing the care coordinators and doctors of any changes in the blood results and follow up, request medic assistance where required.
You will have the opportunity to improve patient physical health through physical observation monitoring, including cardiac and other physical health system functions.
You will work closely with the team consultant psychiatrist who is responsible for prescribing clozapine. Other services of key interest are the pharmacy services and ZTAS monitoring service, therefore good communication skills are essential for this role.
Main duties of the job- To provide skilled mental health nursing care to people undergoing clozapine or Depot treatment at Fery view Health Centre, must be phlebotomy trained and able to use the Pochi machine. Must be a qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), with experience to run a Clozapine clinic and liaise with other Multidisciplinary team with the trust and outside the trust.
- Demonstrate in-depth knowledge and understanding of the needs of people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, along with knowledge of other mental health issues. To ensure patients and relatives safety, dignity, and privacy.
- To make assessment of individuals and implement their care. Get update about patients in acute crisis and report to the relevant consultant’s team or allocated CCO.
- To work with nursing staff, CMHT personnel and psychiatric Social Workers and liaise with other MDT professionals outside the team like General Practitioners, Care Managers, voluntary sector, carers, relatives, and drug and alcohol organisations.
- To ensure the multidisciplinary team and other agencies receive information as and when necessary.
- To record and evaluate all nursing interventions on patients’ electronic personal files and must be computer literate.
- To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.
Working for our organisation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs.We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Clinical- To provide skilled mental health nursing care to people undergoing clozapine or Depot treatment at Ferry view Health Centre, must be phlebotomy trained and able to use the Pochi machine.
- Must be a qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN), with experience to run a Clozapine clinic and liaise with other Multidisciplinary team with the trust and outside the trust.
- Demonstrate in-depth knowledge and understanding of the needs of people with treatment-resistant schizophrenia, along with knowledge of other mental health issues.
- To ensure patients and relatives safety, dignity, and privacy.
- To make assessment of individuals and implement their care.
- Get update about patients in acute crisis and report to the relevant consultant’s team or allocated CCO.
- To explain to individual’s department and to answer their questions and concerns towards maximizing the benefit of their treatment.
- To conduct mental state assessment of patients attending the clinic, accommodate and assist in the immediate management of patients in acute crisis and where appropriate to report to the relevant consultant or CCO.
- To work with nursing staff, CMHT personnel and psychiatric Social Workers and liaise with other MDT professionals outside the team like General Practitioners, Care Managers, voluntary sector, carers, relatives, and drug and alcohol organisations.
- To ensure the multidisciplinary team and other agencies receive information as and when necessary.
- To record and evaluate all nursing interventions on patients’ electronic personal files and must be computer literate.
- To act as an autonomous, registered practitioner who is legally and professionally accountable for own unsupervised actions guided by the professional code of conduct and Trust guidelines and protocols.
- Carry out administrative tasks as directed including research, audit of the clinic, and make reasonable adjustment where required.
- Must be flexible, participate in the annual appraisal reviews and demonstrate reflective practice through the Knowledge and Skills Framework.
- Ensure all nursing practice is in accordance with the NMC’s Code of Professional Conduct and all other relevant advisory documents.
- Promote the Mental Health Act (1983) and its Code of Practice, ensuring total compliance with the Act’s requirements.
- Ordering stock and medication.
- To always maintain confidentiality.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- NMC Registered Mental Health Nurse
- Previous experience working/Training in community mental health setting
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience working/training in a clinical setting with people with complex mental health needs.
- Previous experience/training working in Clozapine and Depot Clinic.
Skills
Essential criteria- Qualified Phlebotomist
- Pochi Trained Operator
- Experience of ordering Medications
Skills
Essential criteria- Understanding of the assessment process with service users with complex mental health needs.
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience/Training working with the MDT
- Knowledge/understanding of the importance of reflective practice
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