Client Name: Herefordshire and Worcestershire NHS Trust
Role: Community Psychiatric Nurse
Rates: 25ph
Full time - contract - Block Booking
Benefits:
1. Access to Care4Carers - our support service to help support your mental health and wellbeing and enable you to deliver outstanding care.
2. Competitive pay rates
3. First sight of agency nursing shifts across multiple trusts
4. Next-day payroll
5. Block bookings in your favourite locations
6. Excellent support from your own dedicated consultant
7. Revalidation support
8. 24/7/365 service - we're available when you need us
Medacs Healthcare is looking for nursing professionals who specialise in Community mental health. Responsible for forming trusting relationships with your patients, your goal will be to help those individuals to lead happier, healthier lives. You should be a fully qualified Mental Health Nurse, who is registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
You will primarily be working with people experiencing a range of mental health illnesses including, but not limited to; depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, OCD, eating disorders, paranoia, psychosis, schizophrenia and generalised behavioural or emotional problems. It is a varied position where you will not only use traditional medical and nursing techniques to monitor patient's physical and mental health but will provide a great deal of emotional support too. You will assist people in taking medications correctly, advise on social activities and available therapies to help their wellbeing. Often you will be a shoulder to cry on and an ear to listen.
There are opportunities for you to specialise in many areas within mental health, such as working with children and young people, those with drug and alcohol addiction, or offenders who are in prison. You could be based in the community, in hospitals, people's homes, rehabilitation centres or care homes. It's an adaptable position which can see you working in a wide range of settings - many mental health care providers move across different environments throughout their career.
General key skills
In addition to your qualifications, as a Mental Health Nurse, you will have:
9. A good understanding of mental health conditions, symptoms, and treatments
10. First-class communication skills
11. Community experience
12. The ability to establish trusting relationships quickly
13. Strong judgement
14. The ability to make important, life-changing (and lifesaving) decisions
15. Persuasiveness
16. Empathy and understanding
17. Excellent listening skills
18. Excellent organisation and time management skills
19. Stamina and good under pressure
20. Resilience, the ability to instil some emotional distance and switch off outside of work
21. The ability to work as part of a wider team
22. A genuine passion for improving people's lives and wellbeing
Main Duties/Responsibilities
As an CPN with Herefordshire and Worcestershire NHS Trust you will:
23. Playing a key role in the care and rehabilitation of mental health patients
24. Meeting patients daily, providing tailored, support plans in line with their specific diagnosis/prognosis
25. Arranging any ongoing, long-term support for after a patient leaves your care
26. Building trusting relationships with patients, putting them at ease
27. Listening and talking to patients, offering advice and reassurance
28. Working closely with other mental healthcare professionals to agree the most appropriate treatment plans for those in your care
29. Working with and advising relatives and carers on patient conditions, outlooks, treatment, and progress
30. Keeping medical records up to date
31. Regularly carrying out any standard physical health checks that may be required, such as monitoring patients' vital statistics, blood tests, etc.
32. Administering medication as appropriate
33. Talking through available therapies, support networks, social activities that may help to improve mental health and wellbeing
34. Managing workloads and shift patterns for yourself (and sometimes others)
35. Maintaining a positive attitude, even in difficult situations
36. Promoting mental health initiatives, reducing stigma associated with mental health
37. Staying up to date with mental health best practice and theory
Qualifications/Licenses/Certifications
Essential
38. Be a registered nurse.
39. At least 2 years post-graduate experience.
40. 6 months recent NHS experience within the last 3 years.
41. You will need to pass an enhanced background check.
42. Have Community Experience If you are ready to demonstrate your exceptional nursing skills and passion for outstanding patient care in this RMN role, we can't wait to hear from you. Apply today.