Main area: Community Psychiatric Nurse
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract: Permanent
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
* Home or remote working
37.5 hours per week (Flexible working options available)
Job ref: 274-11214-OA
Employer: Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Windsor House
Town: Louth
Salary: £29,970 - £36,483 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/11/2024 23:59
Interview date: 05/12/2024
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Community Psychiatric Nurse to join our team in Louth Older Person and Frailty CMHT based at Windsor House. If you are a Registered Health Care Profession, or due to qualify soon, and wish to work in this role we look forward to hearing from you.
Louth OPF CMHT supports older adults with complex mental health problems over the age of 65, and provides specialist memory assessment and treatment for adults of all ages (a new separate specialist memory assessment service is under development).
The role of the Band 5 CPN is to support the team in the assessment and treatment of the patients under our care, and a caseload will be carried by the successful applicant. This is an excellent opportunity for the successful individual to develop their clinical skills and where possible undertake the Band 6 development programme within the team in order to enable career progression which will be explored through the LPFT clinical and managerial supervision process. If successful, you will be supported in professional development.
Main duties of the job
* Adhere to and maintain a high standard of professional conduct at all times as defined by the NMC, NICE, NIMHE and National Service Frameworks for Older People and for Mental Health.
* Undertake and record high standards of core assessments in order to support the care and treatment delivered to our patients.
* Undertake high standards of clinical care to support the patient, carers / families and the wider team.
* Develop and promote skills to enhance the care we deliver to our patient group.
* Work flexibly within the service.
* Undertake the Band 6 development programme where appropriate.
* Ensure all clinical pathways are followed in accordance with LPFT policy.
* Manage a defined caseload under the supervision of an experienced member of the team, acting as care coordinator.
* Communicate effectively at all times with patients, carers / families and colleagues.
* Adhere at all times to the standards and duties of the Band 5 job description as attached.
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 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 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
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
* Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
* Competitive annual leave allowance
* Car leasing scheme
* Free eye tests
* Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
* Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Person specification
Qualifications
* RMN 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent
* Currently Registered Nurse
* Evidence of specialized continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice.
* Management training ENB998 / SLAIP or equivalent
Experience
* Relevant experience of working with older adults with mental health needs or clear evidence of experience of working with individuals in transferable to both community/in-patient.
* Experience of working with people with severe and enduring mental illnesses
* Evidence of continuing professional development
Skills
* 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
As an ethical recruiter, we will not pursue applications from red list countries as defined by the World Health Organisation. In order to pursue and apply for this role, you must have UK NHS experience.
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.
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