Community Mental Health Nurse
| Posting date: | 20 May 2024 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 19 June 2024 |
| Location: | Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 1AA |
| Company: | Medacs Healthcare |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | Glouc - CMHN - KT_1716197674 |
Summary
Medacs Healthcare are proud to be recruiting for Mental Health Community Workers.
Working in line with the company ethos to deliver excellent care to patients being treated in their own homes. We are currently recruiting experienced Community Mental Health Registered Nurses in the Gloucester area.
- Job Title: Community Nurse - Mental Health
- Location: Gloucester Recovery Team; Pullman Place
- Band 5/6
- Full Time
- Start ASAP
Job Purpose
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care needs of a specific group of service users
- Supervise mentor and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students
- Co-ordinate care for a specified group of service users
Core Key Responsibilities
- Work according to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Code of Professional Conduct and relevant professional guidelines as a named nurse or key worker, taking responsibility for the assessment of care and health education needs
- Develop, implement and evaluate care plans in conjunction with service users, carers and other professionals ensuring individual needs are met
- Ensure that everyone involved in the care plan receives a copy and to ensure that all relevant details are recorded on trust IT systems
- Utilising the Care Programme Approach (CPA) and in line with Trust policy, provide specialist care, education and advice to service users (including carers) who are suffering from common, sever and enduring mental health problem to promote recovery and social inclusion
- Assist service users to meet their personal care needs e.g. assisting with bathing and washing, as outline in the Care Plan. This intervention may be delegated where appropriate
- Liaise with and offer specialist assessment and advice to other agencies and professions. To participate in Multi-Agency meetings to offer advice and opinions to facilitate the ongoing treatment and care of clients and to ensure adherence to National Service Framework (NSF) guidelines
- Actively support service users in the management of their medication within a 'concordance framework' and relevant policies. Administer medication, including Intra-muscular injections depot medication as appropriate and monitor side effects. Delegate the checking and delivery of medication when appropriate.
For further information please contact Kelli Thomas on 01785 256434 or kelli.thomas@medacs.com