Main area: Community Mental Health Nurse
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday from 9am to 5pm)
Job ref: 367-CYP-8835
Site: East and North Hertfordshire, Rosanne House, Park Way, Welwyn Garden City AL8 6HJ
Town: Welwyn Garden City
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata + 5% of basic salary (min £1,258 max £2,122)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/10/2024 23:59
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust, we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered, please take part in our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished, you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Mental Health Nurse Band 6 to work within the HPFT Integrated Care Team within the Hertfordshire area. Our Integrated Care Mental Health team (ICT) specializes in working with people who have long-term physical health conditions, including frailty, which may be impacting on their mental health. Our team aims to support service users to continue to live independently in their own home.
This is a unique position for someone who enjoys teamwork, challenges, and variety in their day-to-day work. You will be working collaboratively with other health colleagues with service users who have complex frailty needs that are impacting on their mental wellbeing. This position is based in the Hertfordshire area, supporting our service users with mental health and wellbeing in their own home, including nursing and residential homes.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to:
* Visit service users identified under the frailty pathway, in their place of residence, to complete a holistic assessment of their physical and mental health needs.
* Take responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care, and the setting of standards of care and management of a defined caseload, including liaison with other agencies and, where appropriate, the supervision, development, and teaching of staff and/or students.
* Work in partnership with other healthcare professionals and trusts. Integrated Care Teams aim to make healthcare more preventative, supporting service users with multiple long-term or complex conditions to remain at home rather than going into hospital or residential care.
* Hold a caseload of service users, ensuring the care plan is met at all times.
* Be part of a wider supportive and holistic multidisciplinary team of mental health nurses, mental health OTs, and Psychology team.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, aiming to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provides health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health, and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families, and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence, and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
* Welcoming
* Kind
* Positive
* Respectful
* Professional
Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like to work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?
Then please read on…
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please review the person specification to ensure you meet the criteria for the role and the job description for further details on the role and what is required.
The post holder will:
* Be responsible for the full assessment of care needs and risk assessment of service users presenting with a wide variety of clinical conditions. Following this, the post holder will be responsible for the development, implementation, and evaluation of programs of care, without direct supervision (though clinical supervision is implemented as per policy to support you).
* Be the named primary worker and act accordingly when applying care.
* Manage oneself in a professional manner, responding to requests, enquiries, etc., in a timely fashion.
* Respond to any crisis that a service user may advise of, with the aim of promoting independent living in the community.
* Work with the philosophy to support service users to remain in their own home.
* Administer and/or supervise medications as required. Have a sound knowledge of medications and their desired and undesired effects.
* Provide education, advice, and guidance to service users and their carers and families.
* Provide a range of clinical interventions and treatments appropriate to the individual's needs.
* Participate fully in providing quality care in line with local and national guidelines.
* Act as a role model in providing a service for people with mental health problems.
* Participate in audit/research projects associated with the service.
* Advise Team Manager of any resource shortfalls.
* Partake in continuing professional development that will also benefit the development and quality of the service.
* Remain updated with local and national guidelines and policies.
* Partake in home visits with other professionals such as Social Workers, Community Matrons, Occupational Therapists, etc.
* Partake in clinical and management supervision.
Person specification
KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
* Degree, diploma, or equivalent in registered Nursing (Mental Health Nursing)
* Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council
* Two years post-registration experience, with at least one year post-registration experience in Older Adult Mental and/or Frailty healthcare
* Pre or Post registration training/short courses in mental health
* Community and Inpatient nursing experience
* Physical healthcare training
* Experience of working with clients with Delirium
* Experience of working in primary care
AREAS OF EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE
* Knowledge of legislation related to mental health (e.g., Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act, Care Programme Approach, etc.)
* Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
* Ability to manage distressing and challenging situations.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
* Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing.
* Ability to feedback and discuss cases within the multidisciplinary team.
* Excellent documentation of duties performed.
* Confidence to work autonomously in the community.
ANALYTICAL SKILLS
* Good range of problem-solving skills.
* Good range of information gathering skills.
* Ability to assess and manage risks.
* Experience in working with service users with personality disorder.
* Maintaining a positive non-judgmental attitude and therapeutic optimism towards working with people with personality disorder.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year.
If you would like to join a team to be proud of and you share our values and passion for great care and outcomes for our service users and carers, we would love to hear from you.
Additional Information
HPFT is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs, and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity, and human rights.
The Trust is committed to helping staff balance work and home life and welcomes applications from candidates wishing to work part-time or under flexible working arrangements.
Infection Control
All our staff will need to comply with current Infection Prevention and Control measures which could include wearing a mask on all our Trust sites and in all roles.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if we receive a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application promptly.
Name: Bernie Morin
Job title: Team Leader
Email address: bernie.morin@nhs.net
Telephone number: 07541106760
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