Physical Health and Medicines Management Nurse
We currently have an opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Nurse post within our North Manchester Specialist Community Mental Health Teams based in our exciting new and modern base at the Central Park Hub.
Mental health services in Manchester are commencing their journey around Community Transformation, working towards a new community mental health framework vision for a place-based community mental health model.
As part of this new model, we are looking for a skilled and enthusiastic individual with strong clinical skills who is motivated to support the development of our Specialist CMHTs; focusing on monitoring and improving the physical health and wellbeing of our patients, using the PHIT assessment tool, as well as safe and effective administration and delivery of medication interventions.
The successful candidate will be an experienced RMN who will play a key role in the development of a new Physical Health and Medication Management Hub across clinics in our North Manchester SCMHTs.
If you enjoy working within an MDT, are compassionate, hardworking, and motivated, this is the role for you.
Main duties of the job
Working in a dedicated pathway within a Specialist Community Mental Health Team, the post holder will deliver on all aspects of physical health care and medication management, including managing depot clinics. The post holder will be a qualified Registered Mental Health Nurse.
The post holder will work closely with the Senior Practitioners for Nursing, Advanced Clinical Practitioners, Medical staff, Care Coordinators, and the wider MDT to deliver high-quality, safe patient care. The post holder will always work to promote parity of esteem.
They will be responsible for the Infection Prevention and control of the physical health clinics. The post holder will demonstrate an attitude that respects and values service users and their Carers. The post holder will hold effective communication skills and work closely with a wide network of services such as GPs, other mental health services, and third sector providers.
This will respect the individuality, values, culture, and religious diversity of clients and colleagues, thus contributing to the provision of a service sensitive to these needs.
About us
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 7000 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford, and the borough of Wigan, as well as a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England, and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original, and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment, and dining options.
Wherever you go, you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour, and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills, and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
* Registered Mental Health Nurse via the NMC
* Qualified to degree level in Mental Health Nursing
* Willingness to participate in own continuing professional development within this specialist field
* Additional training on blood and ECG interpretation
* Additional training on health promotion
* Additional training on common physical health disorders such as diabetes
* Trained smoking cessation advisor
Experience
* Experience of working within a multidisciplinary team
* Experience of managing depot clinics
* Experience of delivering a full physical health assessment
* Experience of working independently and managing and prioritising own workload
* Ability to establish good working relationships with a range of providers including GPs
* Ability to participate in Clinical Supervision, both as Supervisee and Supervisor
* Experience of working in dedicated physical health or medicines management roles
Knowledge
* Good Knowledge of normal physical health parameters
* Good Knowledge of a range of interventions to promote physical health for those suffering from mental health problems
* Good knowledge of the medications used in depot and long-acting injection form along with a good knowledge of the common side effects
* Good Knowledge and application of Risk Management
* Good Knowledge of Safeguarding Procedures
* Understanding of current national policy and initiatives in relation to enduring mental health issues and substance misuse
Work Related Circumstances
* Ability to undertake visits on a daily basis to service users' homes, clinical meetings at Trust and Non-Trust venues, and other community venues relating to service user activity
* Prepared to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
Trust Mandatory Requirements
* Maintain high standards of quality in corporate and clinical record keeping ensuring information is always recorded accurately, appropriately, and kept up to date
* Take reasonable care of the health and safety of yourself and other persons contribute to the control of risk and to report any incident, accident, or near miss
* Protect service users, visitors, and employees against the risk of acquiring health care associated infections
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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