Mental Health Depot and Clozapine Nurse
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Job summary
Join our team, we pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long-term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development as well as a wide range of wellbeing and support.
37.5 hours over 5 days a week (working hours and days can be flexible in the hours of 9-5 Monday to Friday)
Based at the Bromsgrove Neighbourhood Community Mental Health team,a growing and dynamic team with a range of multi-disciplinary professionals with a wide range of knowledge and skills to welcome the new applicant for this role into the well established and friendly team to ensure you feel welcome and empowered to take on a great opportunity.
Do you want to be able to demonstrate and develop your autonomous skills as well as some leadership skills around leading on the depot, clozapine and physical health checks for the team, helping support other staff that support in this role, being able to have the oversight of the clinics that are being ran as well as completing them yourself.
Are you enthusiastic and able to incorporate the trust values into a new innovative role for the team to lead on depot clinics, clozapine and physical health clinics then this role is just for you.
If you would like to discuss informally if this is the right role for you, get in touch with Recruiting Manager which can be found on the top right-hand side of the advert.
Main duties of the job
- Be the lead on Clozapine, Depot and physical health clinics.
- Administer depot injections to all of the patients open to the team this will include administering in our on-site clinic room or some may need outreach where you administer in the community in patients homes for those that may not be able to come to a trust base for their medication.
- Clozapine clinic will entail the post holder to undertake 4 weekly blood monitoring for those patients, continual monitoring and ordering of the regular clozapine medication for patients, there may be some patients that have been on an inpatient ward and started on Clozapine or re titrated so may need weekly blood monitoring in line with our clozapine blood monitoring policy for up to 14 weeks to then reduce to fortnightly and eventually 4 weekly if all blood results are in range and safe to reduce to 4 weekly.
- Conduct regular weekly physical health clinics for patients under the service that require physical health checks which includes bloods, ECGs, height weight and BMI checks to ensure we are checking patients especially on anti-psychotic medications, Depots and clozapine are having yearly checks for physical health.
- Reporting the physical health checks back to the GP and if any have any concerns with physical health IE Blood pressure concerns, raise accordingly within the team but also the GP to continue to monitor if any blood pressure concerns needing further investigation/treatment through the GP in primary care
About us
At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.
Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.
We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. Its why we were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022 Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.
What we offer
- 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
- Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
- Wide range of staff networks such as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage)
- Health service discounts and online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice schemes
- Health and wellbeing opportunities
If you would like to know more, please visit our careers website.
Details
Date posted
15 February 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£28,407 to £34,581 a year pro rata for part time
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
Reference number
C9798-5754
Job locations
Newbrook, Princess of Wales Community Hospital
Stourbridge Road
Bromsgrove
B61 0BB
Employer details
Employer name
Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust
Address
Newbrook, Princess of Wales Community Hospital
Stourbridge Road
Bromsgrove
B61 0BB
Employer's website
https://careers.hacw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer contact details
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