Community Mental Health Nurse - Band 6

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Senior Community Mental Health Nurse working in the community you will promote and deliver evidence-based care for patients with mental health conditions in their own homes and within a variety of accommodation settings.

Community roles vary and the specifics of the community setting in which you will work are covered during induction and will be explained by your line manager and colleagues

1. Assessing, treating, providing range of interventions, assessing physical health needs and offering health promotion, supporting social needs, offering medication optimisation, advice and guidance as well as having indepth knowledge of the MHA and offering information to patients within the community.

• To be personally responsible and professionally accountable for a caseload as part of the community team and lead and manage the work of others as required.
• Co-ordinating care, communicating with other professionals involved in the care and ensuring regular CPA reviews are held as required. This will include communication with other teams for example in-patient services through attendance at ward meetings and with interface services e.g. Addictions service and CAMHS services where appropriate.
• Independently carrying out assessment, care planning and care coordination with excellent interpersonal skills, ability to listen to others views, respect and value individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds.
• Leading meetings with community team members on a regular basis to discuss report and evaluate client care.
• Ensuring a flexible approach in care provision with focus on choice and social inclusion opportunities.
• Recognising and addressing concerns about the physical health needs of patients with long term conditions (e.g. diabetes, asthma etc.); escalating these concerns as necessary to senior members of the multi-disciplinary team.

1. Promoting Recovery

• Encouraging and empowering patients to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care and with their consent, where appropriate, seeking the cooperation of friends, relatives and carers following recovery principles and approaches.
• Supporting patients to adopt recovery strategies that promote their wellbeing, healthy lifestyle, independence and self-care.

1. Risk Assessment and Risk Management

• Recognising and responding appropriately to self-harm and suicide prevention with particular regard to the risks in community settings, in line with Trust policies and training guidelines.
• Responding to urgent situations, emergencies or crises using protocols specific to the local community setting.

1. Safeguarding and Duty of Candour

• Understanding and implementing safeguarding procedures in a community setting; recognise, report and investigate safeguarding issues and raise safeguarding alerts if you suspect that a patient and/or carer has been exposed to harm or abuse.

1. Communication and Collaboration

• Preparing and providing reports on information and statistics as required relating to case load, regularity of visits and details of contact with clients and families.
• Communicating/liaising effectively with relevant agencies to ensure that an integrated programme of care is provided throughout.
• Advising families on prevention of illness and accidents in a community setting within own level of competency.
• Leading and participating in team, locality and Trust initiatives as required and promote the strategic aims and objectives of the service, Nursing strategy and other relevant quality improvement initiatives in the community.
• Leading and actively contributing to clinical or governance reviews of the teams activity and the monitoring of performance in line with trust directives and audit programmes in the community.

1. Legislation

• Demonstrating an awareness and understanding of relevant and up-todate Mental Health Law of particular relevance in community settings; ensuring adherence to legislation at all times.

1. Understanding of the admission and discharge procedure

• Completing referral forms as necessary.

1. Medication Management

• Administering and monitoring the side effects of medication according to NMC professional standards.
• Having significant knowledge of medication used in a community setting and side effects.
• Giving medication including IMI to the right patient, right medication, right dose, right route, and right time and giving the right education to patients.
• Ordering and appropriate storage of medication in a community setting.

1. Administration and Leadership

• Ensuring that electronic patients records are complete. Writing reports and letters in a community setting.
• Engaging in practice reflection through clinical supervision and reflective practice groups, and contributing to the delivery of clinical supervision to junior staff.
• Demonstrate leadership skills within the clinical context of the community, showing particular awareness of the challenges facing staff working in a community setting and supporting junior staff as appropriate.

Person Specification

Education and Qualification

Essential

• Registered Adult Nurse and/or Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse
• Mentorship qualification

Desirable

• Master's degree

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Experience of research-based/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice
• Significant relevant clinical experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience as a preceptor / mentor
• Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
• Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation

Desirable

• Experience of taking responsibility for a ward / clinical unit.
• Experience of engaging / supporting clinical research projects
• Experience of supporting practice development in clinical areas
• Experience of teaching. e.g. lecturer practitioner/preceptorship
• Experience of recruitment and selection of staff

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user's needs, without close supervision
• Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others
• Advocates for all individuals, particularly those with protected characteristics; promotes equality and diversity
• Resilient: able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations.

Desirable

• Problem solving, ability to identify problems, review options and take appropriate action without a predetermined framework

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South West London and St Georges Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

Various Locations

London

SW17 0YF

Employer's website

https://www.swlstg.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)