Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Opportunity to join the Skegness Older Adult CMHT. We are seeking to recruit a Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse/RGN/AHP with relevant experience in mental health or with a non-mental health qualification if you can clearly demonstrate transferable skills. If you are looking to broaden your clinical experience and develop your career, we would love to receive your application.
Our service hours are Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm, offering assessment, diagnosis, and treatment for patients of all ages presenting with memory difficulties under the MAMS and dementia pathways and for older adults experiencing severe and enduring mental illness.
The successful applicant will provide high-quality person-centred care to patients, families, and carers. Work as part of the MDT within LPFT and the wider network including Neighbourhood Teams, Adult Social Care, GP surgeries, and other partner organisations to ensure the best outcomes for patients and carers.
The team is based at Holly Lodge in Skegness, covering 5 local GP practices. We deliver care within the work base, patient homes, and community care settings.
Main duties of the job
1. 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.
2. To delegate aspects of the patient treatment plan to other members of the team while maintaining overall responsibility for patient care where appropriate.
3. 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.
4. To manage case-load and service delivery in accordance with and in order to contribute towards the attainment of Service/Trust productivity requirements.
5. 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.
6. Work with individuals to assess their mental health, recognize mental illness, and identify their related needs and circumstances; and enable them to understand, manage, and where appropriate change their behavior.
7. Plan, implement, review, and improve interventions to meet people's identified needs and manage their inherent risk.
8. To assess carers' and families' needs and develop, implement, and review programmes of support for carers and families.
9. Protect people from abuse, neglect, and harm.
About us
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.
Job responsibilities
1. 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.
2. To work flexibly across a 5 day-a-week service.
3. 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.
4. To manage case-load and service delivery in accordance with and in order to contribute towards the attainment of Service/Trust productivity requirements.
5. 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.
6. Work with individuals to assess their mental health, recognize mental illness, and identify their related needs and circumstances; and enable them to understand, manage, and where appropriate assist in change to their behaviors.
7. Plan, implement, review, and improve interventions to meet people's identified needs and manage their inherent risk.
8. To assess carers' and families' needs and develop, implement, and review programmes of support for carers and families.
9. Protect people from abuse, neglect, and harm.
10. Enable individuals to develop independent living skills and live in the community.
11. To work collaboratively and promote effective working relationships with members of the multidisciplinary team, ensuring effective and appropriate clinical decision-making, both within the Community Mental Health Team and with external agencies.
12. To maintain accurate and timely clinical records and to co-ordinate and monitor those of the team.
13. To adhere to N.M.C. codes of professional conduct and ethics, plus associated legislation.
14. 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.
15. To demonstrate developing leadership skills within the Community Mental Health Team and seek opportunities in the local and national area to promote and develop the profession.
16. To participate in Clinical Governance activities, including: induction, supervision, personal development review, health and safety, risk management, and audit.
17. To undertake specific project work or any other duties as negotiated with the Community Mental Health Team Coordinator.
18. 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.
19. Participate in all clinical governance and audit developments including post-registration education, training, and continuing professional development.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* RMN or RNLD or RN: 1st Level Registration (NMC) or degree or equivalent.
* Currently Registered Nurse
* Evidence of specialised continued professional training (degree level) in clinical practice.
* ENB998 / FliPS or equivalent
* Management training
Experience
* 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
* Sound knowledge of the national agenda for mental health.
* Highly developed clinical reasoning skills.
* Sound knowledge of clinical/risk assessment and understanding of Information Governance principles.
* Delegation whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patient 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
* Able to travel around the county independently and in a timely manner.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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