Community Mental Health Nurse | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 None |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 June 2024 |
| Location: | Ampthill, MK45 1AB |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6309340/363-BED6309340 |
Summary
You will be part of The Mid & South Beds Community Mental Health Services. Our teamis part of the Mental Health Transformation of services and our new blended team where our voluntary service colleagues are fully embedded within the team. This is definitely an exciting time to join this expanding, developing and modern service.
• Undertake specialist and comprehensive assessment of needs
• Co-ordinate care for a defined caseload
• Undertake physical health assessments and provide or support access to appropriate intervention.
• Practice within professional guidelines and promote professional practice in clinical area.
• Ensure high standard and accurate verbal/written communication about patient care with
all team members.
· Put service users at the centre of everything achieved, taking responsibility for the development and delivery of evidence based practice, ensuring that it supports and reflects service user individual needs, Trust objectives and professional guidance.
• Work to values that include self-determination, empowerment and choice for service users
• Work in partnership with service users and empower them to draw on their individual strengths and assets, and set goals they would like to achieve in all aspects of their lives.
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
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• Comprehensive needs assessment and care planning –
ensuring this is holistic, person centred, co-produced utilising
DIALOG+
• Specialist clinical assessments and care delivery in line with
best and evidence based practice with reference to NICE
recommendations
• Case management
• Crisis intervention
• Safeguarding – awareness, alert raising and acting as
enquiry officer
• Awareness and implementation of MHA and relevant legal
frameworks. Good report writing and presentation of case
• Trauma informed practice
• Carers support and Psychoeducation
• Liaison and interface with other agencies
• Ensuring that a service user centred multi-disciplinary
approach to care is present
• To take an active role in direct service user care and act as a
role model at all times
• Demonstrate an understanding of the Care Act associated
responsibilities within your role
• Ensuring that care reflects individual and cultural needs
taking into account any reasonable adjustments that may be
required
• Understand and apply the aims and principles of health
promotion, protection and improvement and the prevention of
ill health when engaging with people
• Undertake training and assessment to expand clinical skills
and knowledge relevant to clinical practice needs.
• Ensure that the clinical environment is pleasant, clean,
comfortable and suitable for use at all times liaising with other
departments as necessary. Safe clinical management of the
clinic room and equipment
This advert closes on Wednesday 29 May 2024