Job summary
Our Community Rehabilitation Service is an exciting and innovative service supporting adults with severe and enduring mental health problems such as schizophrenia, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar affective disorder or other psychotic/ affective illnesses.
We know, and the evidence shows, that people who are supported and treated within their own communities, in the least restrictive way, recover better and more quickly. We work with our patients, in their home and community environment, to help them manage their mental health and live an independent and fulfilling life.
We offer both short and long term community interventions -
Short term community interventions - we are able to offer up to 12 weeks of interventions with the aim of providing practical support to maintain independent community living and to access other services / resources within the community. The Rehabilitation Team will work alongside the lead practitioner within the referring service, with medical and lead practitioner responsibility remaining with the referrer. If there referring service is Adult Social care and the service user is not open to SPFT, the referrer will need to forward a risk assessment.
Long term community interventions - support service users for a maximum of 3 years. The Rehabilitation Team will take on medical and CPA responsibility for the service user.
We are a supportive and close working team. We strive at all times to provide high quality care to our patients and family/carers.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Community Nurse is to work in partnership with service users in the designated care group with complex health presentations, developing their care plans and recovery plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives. They will demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant the care group to include education, care plans and discharge planning, working closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate this. The post holder will work at all times to promote the safety and the well being of service users and their families/carers. The post holder will assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist nursing advice and carry out specialist nursing procedures. They will provide clinical supervision to staff and students and act as a mentor for student nurses.
About us
We are a large mental health service providing services in Hampshire and Sussex.
We want patients and staff to recommend our organisation as a place where they would be happy for their friends and family to be treated.
We're an organisation which is committed to improving patient care. We are always trying to improve. We listen to and learn from feedback. We carry out healthcare research and put it into practice. We develop new ways of providing services in partnership with others and help staff develop through education and training. We also believe it's important to learn from when things go wrong and to encourage staff to speak out about anything they are concerned about.
This post offers the Trust's £4,000 Incentive for band 5-7 Nurses & Practitioners, as well as a relocation package up to a maximum of £8,000 (subject to terms and conditions).
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be a core member of the team, using specialist health assessments.
- To provide a highly specialised range of clinical interventions relevant to the care group and have knowledge of evidence based models of practice.
- For MH posts, care will be delivered under the Care Programme Approach and with support from colleagues within the Assessment and Treatment Centres. Taking on the role of care co-ordinator and working within the CPA policy delivering standards set out in the CPA policy.
- For LD and SMS, posts case co-ordination will be a central part of the role, in line with team processes.
- To manage a caseload of clients with complex health needs.
- To work in partnership with the individual service user and their families and carers as appropriate to ensure the delivery of the care plan, and to enable the development of a plan to facilitate their safety, promote their well being and support their independence and inclusion in the community, by using recognised age appropriate self management tools where applicable. This may include working closely with partner agencies such as voluntary sector agencies, schools and colleges which may be able to more appropriately help the service user complete these tools.
- To develop care plans that meet the needs of the individual and their family/carers as appropriate and that are focused on strengths and are outcome based.
- To plan and implement client centred individual, family and group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
- To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.
- To administer and monitor medication prescribed to individual service users, providing information and advice.
- Maintain the safe custody and control of medication.
- Ensure safe disposal of clinical waste.
- Implementation of all nursing policies and procedures.
- To discuss with the service user and when appropriate, with their carers, their health problems and how they see and understand them, facilitating a process of developing their understanding and maintaining their hope for the future.
- To promote the empowerment of individual service users to manage their health as much as possible and use Self Directed Support / direct payments as indicated.
- To work with carers and family members, offering carers assessments and providing support and information to them as indicated. Signposting to third sector agencies to ensure they receive appropriate advice and support. Advising them about the triggers around risk factors relating to the service user, within the boundaries of confidentiality.
- To assertively engage with service users, striving at all times to develop good therapeutic relationships.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be a core member of the team, using specialist health assessments.
- To provide a highly specialised range of clinical interventions relevant to the care group and have knowledge of evidence based models of practice.
- For MH posts, care will be delivered under the Care Programme Approach and with support from colleagues within the Assessment and Treatment Centres. Taking on the role of care co-ordinator and working within the CPA policy delivering standards set out in the CPA policy.
- For LD and SMS, posts case co-ordination will be a central part of the role, in line with team processes.
- To manage a caseload of clients with complex health needs.
- To work in partnership with the individual service user and their families and carers as appropriate to ensure the delivery of the care plan, and to enable the development of a plan to facilitate their safety, promote their well being and support their independence and inclusion in the community, by using recognised age appropriate self management tools where applicable. This may include working closely with partner agencies such as voluntary sector agencies, schools and colleges which may be able to more appropriately help the service user complete these tools.
- To develop care plans that meet the needs of the individual and their family/carers as appropriate and that are focused on strengths and are outcome based.
- To plan and implement client centred individual, family and group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.
- To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.
- To administer and monitor medication prescribed to individual service users, providing information and advice.
- Maintain the safe custody and control of medication.
- Ensure safe disposal of clinical waste.
- Implementation of all nursing policies and procedures.
- To discuss with the service user and when appropriate, with their carers, their health problems and how they see and understand them, facilitating a process of developing their understanding and maintaining their hope for the future.
- To promote the empowerment of individual service users to manage their health as much as possible and use Self Directed Support / direct payments as indicated.
- To work with carers and family members, offering carers assessments and providing support and information to them as indicated. Signposting to third sector agencies to ensure they receive appropriate advice and support. Advising them about the triggers around risk factors relating to the service user, within the boundaries of confidentiality.
- To assertively engage with service users, striving at all times to develop good therapeutic relationships.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
- Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
- Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
- Experience of working within the CPA process
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Previous experience of working in the community
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
- Evidence of continuous professional development
Knowledge/Experience
Essential
- Significant post qualifying experience in the relevant care group
- Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
- Experience of supervising staff
- Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
- Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
- Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
- Experience of working within the CPA process
- Understanding of clinical governance
- Previous experience of working in the community
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
