Community Psychiatric Nurse | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 14 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,471 - £50,364 per annum inclusive of inner London HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 13 June 2024 |
| Location: | London, SW17 0YF |
| Company: | South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6309813/294-COMM-6309813-JB |
Summary
A fantastic opportunity has arisen to join our local Community Mental Health Team as a Community Psychiatric Nurse. Your role will also provide you with the opportunity to work alongside our colleagues within a locally based multi-disciplinary team.
The team will provide you with the opportunity to be based within secondary care and provide you with the opportunity to co-produce and collaborate with voluntary and other primary care-based services so that our service users get better outcomes and good quality service delivery.
We aimto improve outcomes and experience for people with mental health conditions and physical illnesses but more so, addressing the mental health inequalities for our BME service-users.
This role is for a Nurse / Care Co-ordinator who will work with mental health service users, their carers’ and other agencies to:
• Build trusting and collaborative relationships with service users.
• Understand what is important to the service user in their life.
• Help and support the service user to develop and set goals with what is important to them.
• Help them to feel hopeful about the things that are important to them.
• Provide support and advice with being involved in their community – for example housing, employment, education, welfare benefits, social life and peer networks
Help service users to feel in control of their life including self-management tools and techniques.
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.
We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.
Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.
Leading and supporting/teaching junior staff on risk assessment and risk management that involves making decisions based on knowledge of the research evidence, knowledge of the individual service user and their social
context, knowledge of the service user’s own experience and clinical judgment.
Advocating for service users’ needs and rights within Trust policy. Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care.
Demonstrating an enhanced understanding of Mental Health signs and symptoms and an understanding of how these may present in practice including recognition of impact on patient presentation and behaviour including risk factors. Supporting and teaching junior staff to develop understanding of mental health signs and symptoms and develop appropriate responses to these in practice.
Recognising and responding appropriately to challenging behaviour in line with Trust policies and training. Leading and coordinating junior staff and the wider care team in the management of difficult situations and de-escalation and
developing resilience and strategies to manage, including on leading staff and patient ‘de-briefing’ sessions.
Demonstrating a depth of knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty and other legislation applicable to the practice area and how they are implemented in practice ensuring adherence to legislation at all times. Teaching junior staff to understand the legal frameworks that support their practice.
Contributing to an effective communication process with appropriate and accurate information to patients, carers, family, friends and colleagues. Engaging and listening carefully and actively, and responding using appropriate
language and accessible communication methods and skills. Developing communication skills to enable and support difficult conversations, acknowledging cultural differences and professional boundaries.
This advert closes on Tuesday 28 May 2024