Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for a Community Mental Health Nurse to join our Adult Community Mental Health Services Team in North Hertfordshire.
The area is well served with transport links to historic Hertfordshire and its glorious countryside as well as into London and beyond. We are looking for someone who is passionate about delivering care to Adults with mental health issues.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an exceptional organisation with big ambitions, our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
We can offer you a competitive salary, staff benefits package, excellent career development and training that comes from working for Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.
Whilst it is a challenging period for the NHS, there has never been a more exciting time to join HPFT. We are on a "Good to Great" journey as we continue to innovate, improve, transform and deliver the very highest standards of care to the service users and communities that we serve.
Please refer to the "Main Duties Of The Job", "Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities" sections and the Job Description and Person Specification documents attached elsewhere for full details.
Main duties of the job
Job SummaryoThe post-holder will be responsible for the clinical and operational day to day service delivery ensuring that an individualised comprehensive assessment and Care Management service is effectively delivered.oResponsibilities include the clinical and operational supervision of junior nursing staff and students as delegated by the team manager.oTo be accountable for delivering a quality services that is effective and efficient in line with the organisations objectives and performance indicatorsoTo contribute to strategic service development working collaboratively with other agencies.
iAll staff should comply with the Trust's Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To manage a patient caseload, identified in consultation with medical, nursing and other professions and agreed by the CMHT Team Leader.
To establish and maintain effective individualised nursing and social care by assessment of patients problems; planning; implementation and evaluation of agreed interventions; clear and concise documentation of individualised client care and use of electronic patient record systems.
To be aware of the physical needs of people with mental health problems and refer physical conditions on as appropriate.
Establish therapeutic relationships with individual clients, relatives and carers.
Be responsible for the administration, carriage and storage of medication in accordance with relevant Trust policies. To ensure safe disposal of equipment used in the Community e.g. syringes, needles, in accordance with Trust policies.
Be responsible for the administration of prescribed medical treatments and monitoring effects in accordance with clinical procedures adopted by the Trust.
Use research findings in designing nursing care programmes and develop awareness of the significance of nursing research and wider evidence based practice in community mental health care.
Participate and be responsible for running nurse led clinics e.g. Clozapine.
Demonstrate an awareness of the needs of carers of patients with mental health problems and develop strategies to meet those needs; e.g. self-help groups, respite care, Carers Act.
Ensure that the principle of continuity of care is maintained and that appropriate plans are made for clients discharge and transfer from the clinical areas in line with Care Programme Approach (including acting as care coordinator), Community Care Act 1990 and Discharge Policies and the National Service Framework for Mental Health.
To have a working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and subsequent legislation as it affects the client group.
To participate in the Trusts adverse incidents reporting systems and comply with the Trusts procedure and techniques for managing risks.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To manage a patient caseload, identified in consultation with medical, nursing and other professions and agreed by the CMHT Team Leader.
To establish and maintain effective individualised nursing and social care by assessment of patients problems; planning; implementation and evaluation of agreed interventions; clear and concise documentation of individualised client care and use of electronic patient record systems.
To be aware of the physical needs of people with mental health problems and refer physical conditions on as appropriate.
Establish therapeutic relationships with individual clients, relatives and carers.
Be responsible for the administration, carriage and storage of medication in accordance with relevant Trust policies. To ensure safe disposal of equipment used in the Community e.g. syringes, needles, in accordance with Trust policies.
Be responsible for the administration of prescribed medical treatments and monitoring effects in accordance with clinical procedures adopted by the Trust.
Use research findings in designing nursing care programmes and develop awareness of the significance of nursing research and wider evidence based practice in community mental health care.
Participate and be responsible for running nurse led clinics e.g. Clozapine.
Demonstrate an awareness of the needs of carers of patients with mental health problems and develop strategies to meet those needs; e.g. self-help groups, respite care, Carers Act.
Ensure that the principle of continuity of care is maintained and that appropriate plans are made for clients discharge and transfer from the clinical areas in line with Care Programme Approach (including acting as care coordinator), Community Care Act 1990 and Discharge Policies and the National Service Framework for Mental Health.
To have a working knowledge of the Mental Health Act 1983 and subsequent legislation as it affects the client group.
To participate in the Trusts adverse incidents reporting systems and comply with the Trusts procedure and techniques for managing risks.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- RMN or Dip/Bsc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing
- ENB 998 / Preceptorship and Mentorship
Desirable
- ENB812/Bsc in Specialist Community Nursing Practice (Mental Health)
- Psychosocial interventions
EXPERIENCE AND ATTAINMENTS
Essential
- Experience of working in a range of settings relevant to the post
- Post-registration experience with at least one year at Band 5
- Experience of working in an acute mental health inpatient/day care services
- Experience of working in situations or crisis and emotionally demanding environments
- Experience and knowledge of safeguarding process
- Experience of teaching and training
- Experience and knowledge of working in a multiethnic community
- Experience of delivering evidence based care
Desirable
- Experience of working with acute mental health problems in a community setting
KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of relevant legislation, ethical issues, strategic frameworks and current guidelines regarding the range of presenting problems in adult mental health, their implications for both practices and clinical management
- Professional Code of Conduct
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Clinical risk assessment and management in a community stetting
Desirable
- Knowledge of parenting literature and its application
- Ability to teach and train others using multi-media materials suitable for presentation
- Knowledge of current developments in research with service user group
SKILLS AND APTITUDES
Essential
- Skills to use, and give, supervision effectively
- Skills in the use of complex methods of assessment and treatment of individuals, couples and families requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Skills in applying theory to practice, and ability to use a range of models in formulating community care plans
- Ability to communicate effectively within a multiprofessional team
- Ability to work with diverse communities in a wide variety of contexts
- Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information where persuasive, empathetic and reassuring skills are required
- Ability to deal sensitively with stressful situations including: Staff and organisational problems; safeguarding; family breakdown; serious mental illhealth and risk of self harm
- Ability to cope with verbal abuse and to recognise and diffuse potential physical abuse from service users
- Ability to apply practice governance as appropriate to maintain ethical and effective clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Assessing and monitoring physical health care
Desirable
COMMUNICATION AND PEOPLE SKILLS
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing at an age-appropriate level - complex, technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and professionals within and outside the NHS
- Ability to work flexibly across service boundaries
- Ability to contain, and work with, organisational stress and ability to hold the stress of others.
- Respectful approach to service users, families, carers, colleagues and other professionals
ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS
Essential
- Ability to maintain high standards of record keeping, including data entry and recording.
- Ability to work autonomously, setting appropriate goals in accordance with professional ethical guidelines and Trust policies.
OTHER
Essential
- Confident to work autonomously in the community and to use own initiative to make decisions in complex situations
- Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS
Essential
- RMN or Dip/Bsc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing
- ENB 998 / Preceptorship and Mentorship
Desirable
- ENB812/Bsc in Specialist Community Nursing Practice (Mental Health)
- Psychosocial interventions
EXPERIENCE AND ATTAINMENTS
Essential
- Experience of working in a range of settings relevant to the post
- Post-registration experience with at least one year at Band 5
- Experience of working in an acute mental health inpatient/day care services
- Experience of working in situations or crisis and emotionally demanding environments
- Experience and knowledge of safeguarding process
- Experience of teaching and training
- Experience and knowledge of working in a multiethnic community
- Experience of delivering evidence based care
Desirable
- Experience of working with acute mental health problems in a community setting
KNOWLEDGE
Essential
- Up to date knowledge of relevant legislation, ethical issues, strategic frameworks and current guidelines regarding the range of presenting problems in adult mental health, their implications for both practices and clinical management
- Professional Code of Conduct
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Clinical risk assessment and management in a community stetting
Desirable
- Knowledge of parenting literature and its application
- Ability to teach and train others using multi-media materials suitable for presentation
- Knowledge of current developments in research with service user group
SKILLS AND APTITUDES
Essential
- Skills to use, and give, supervision effectively
- Skills in the use of complex methods of assessment and treatment of individuals, couples and families requiring sustained and intense concentration
- Skills in applying theory to practice, and ability to use a range of models in formulating community care plans
- Ability to communicate effectively within a multiprofessional team
- Ability to work with diverse communities in a wide variety of contexts
- Ability to provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information where persuasive, empathetic and reassuring skills are required
- Ability to deal sensitively with stressful situations including: Staff and organisational problems; safeguarding; family breakdown; serious mental illhealth and risk of self harm
- Ability to cope with verbal abuse and to recognise and diffuse potential physical abuse from service users
- Ability to apply practice governance as appropriate to maintain ethical and effective clinical practice in the face of regular exposure to highly emotive material and challenging behaviour.
- Assessing and monitoring physical health care
Desirable
COMMUNICATION AND PEOPLE SKILLS
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing at an age-appropriate level - complex, technical and/or clinically sensitive information to service users, their families, carers and professionals within and outside the NHS
- Ability to work flexibly across service boundaries
- Ability to contain, and work with, organisational stress and ability to hold the stress of others.
- Respectful approach to service users, families, carers, colleagues and other professionals
ORGANISATIONAL SKILLS
Essential
- Ability to maintain high standards of record keeping, including data entry and recording.
- Ability to work autonomously, setting appropriate goals in accordance with professional ethical guidelines and Trust policies.
OTHER
Essential
- Confident to work autonomously in the community and to use own initiative to make decisions in complex situations
- Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
North Hertfordshire Adult Community Mental Health Services
Centenary House, Grammar School Walk
HITCHIN
SG5 1JN
Employer's website
https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)
