We require a skilled & experienced Band 6 Older Adult Community Mental Health Nurse to work within our Older Adult Community Mental Health Team based at Balladen House, Rawtenstall, overlooking the beautiful Rossendale Valley.
The service provides assessment, treatment and Interventions to service users across the Pennine & BLACKBURN with DARWEN footprint, who have been referred with a variety of mental health conditions within the community setting- including those identified with a degenerative organic illness & Dementia.
The team is multi-disciplinary led, and works closely with other mental health services and teams in providing a holistic healthcare model.
Potential candidates ideally should have the relevant Older Adult /Adult Mental Health community experience, and have proven clinical skills matching with that of a Community mental health service.
We are looking for a candidate who has excellent knowledge and experience, and is able to demonstrate a positive attitude for change and to the care of the Older Adults- sat within the community setting.
Knowledge and skills around the coordination role is desirable in line with the MDT approaches and processes, models and initiatives, which are underpinned by clear crisis & care plans, incorporating risk assessment and management plans.
Working pattern: Full Time
Hours / sessions per week: 37.5 hours per week
The ability to manage risk, liaise with & communicate effectively is essential for the role, and applicants should be able to demonstrate sound working knowledge around the current national and local drivers which underpin community transformation programmes.
Candidates will be able to demonstrate resilience and the ability to manage the demands of a busy community team. Be able to offer management and clinical supervision to band 5 staff, and act as a practice assessor to support student activity.
There is a robust supervision and personal development structure in place via the service manager and the successful candidate will have development opportunities in house and externally.
To act as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team ensuring the effective assessment, planning, monitoring and evaluation of care given to service users with severe and enduring mental illness under the care programme approach process whilst liaising with a wide range of multi-agency professionals.
• To undertake specialist health, occupational and social care needs assessments, with a service user on a regular basis. This includes risk assessments in relation to the service user, family members and environmental risks.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
• To formulate specialist multi-disciplinary treatment and intervention plans for service users in response to identified needs, under the auspices of the care programme approach. This is often of a complex nature however the complexity will be taken into account by the manager allocating the case and will be in line with the band 6 role. The task will also require creation of crisis and contingency plans and frequent adjustments to those plans.
• Act as a key member of the integrated multi-disciplinary community mental health team.
• Actively manage own caseload seeking supervision and guidance from managers where required.
• Engage in the screening and assessment of service users as part of the duty team. This role includes liaison with multi-agencies, screening of urgent referrals on a daily basis which takes judgement, make urgent assessments regarding risks of aggression, self-harm and suicide, complex assessments requiring judgements and concentration.
• Undertake driving as part of the role. Spending varying periods of time driving to service users’ homes and other venues on a daily basis. Where appropriate, at the discretion of the member of staff, following a risk assessment, may transport a service user in their car.
• To administer depot medication as required to service users within the clinical environments and the service user’s home (registered nurses only). Also to provide information, education and monitoring of mental health and any side effects of medication reporting to the responsible medical officer if appropriate.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification attached to this vacancy for the full responsibilities of this role.
Please contact Daniel Greenlees (Team Leader) on 01282 657333 or by email daniel.greenlees@lscft.nhs.uk for any further information or to arrange an informal visit.
This advert closes on Tuesday 11 Mar 2025