Community Psychiatric Nurse - NHS - ref. c96998723
Job overview
We have a vacancy in the Grantham Older Adult CMHT and are seeking to recruit a Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse to work within our team. The team consists of CPNS, associate practitioners and a nurse associate. This post could also be a development post; therefore, it would be suitable for a newly qualified member of staff at Band 5 who could be supported through a competency framework to support transition to a senior Band 6 CPN.
The Team provides a service across Monday to Friday 9-5, offering assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for patients of all ages presenting with memory difficulties and for older adults experiencing mental health difficulties. The successful applicant will be providing high-quality, person-centred care to patients, families, and carers and working as part of the MDT to ensure good patient outcomes.
Liaising with various stakeholders will be a regular part of your job; this can include GP surgeries, carers and families, other teams within LPFT, and Adult Social Care. Regular joint working with other teams within LPFT, such as the Home Treatment Teams and the inpatient wards, requires some flexibility and shared responsibility.
Our division has an integrated home treatment team to support patients who may be requiring enhanced support.
The team is based at the Grantham hospital site, but the applicant will be expected to work across the Grantham and Sleaford area.
Main duties of the job- 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 delegate aspects of the patient treatment plan to other members of the team, whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients care, where appropriate.
- 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.
- 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
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
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.
The main responsibilities of this role will be to triage, assess, and present assessments to the MDT for the diagnosis of Dementia. You will be supported/trained in delivering the diagnosis and then the management of the case as appropriate to the individuals’ needs within the pathway and their own journey.You will liaise with system partners to support care delivery. You will be supporting patients whose disease progression results in distressing behaviours and working with family, carers, and the MDT in supporting the care and treatment of this progression.
You will triage, assess, support and signpost patients presenting with a variety of mental health conditions, using all available skills within the team and those within the system to offer the patient the most suitable pathway to support recovery and wellbeing.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- RVN or RNLD or RN: 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent.
- Currently Registered Nurse
- ENB998 / FliPS or equivalent
- Mentorship Module (degree level)
- Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice.
- Management training
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 thay are transferable to both community/in-patient.
- Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental illnesses
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Skills & 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 Governance 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.
Special Requirements
Essential criteria- Ability to travel independently across the county