Perinatal Community Mental Health Nurse

at  Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment and treatment using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools. To manage a caseload and service delivery in accordance with and in order to contribute towards the attainment of Service/Trust productivity requirements and Quality priorities. To facilitate the admission to or discharge from specialised inpatient Mother and Baby Units when required. To work flexibly across a 5-day-a-week service.
To be compliant with CQC standards. To delegate aspects of the patient treatment plan to other members of the team whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients care, where appropriate. To ensure the clinical practice of nursing members of the Perinatal Community Mental Health Team is of the highest standard. To act as care co-ordinator under the Care Programme Approach, ensuring up to date care plans, risk assessments and reviews are in place.
Work with women to assess their mental health, recognise mental illness and identify their related needs and circumstances; and enable them to understand, manage and where appropriate change their behaviour. Plan, implement, review and improve interventions to meet womens identified needs and manage their inherent risk. To assess carers and families needs and develop, implement and review programmes of support for carers and families. Protect people from abuse, neglect and harm.
Enable women to develop independent living skills in their own community. To work collaboratively and promote effective working relationships with members of the multi-disciplinary team, ensuring effective and appropriate clinical decision-making, both within the Perinatal Community Mental Health Team and with external agencies. To maintain accurate and timely clinical records and to co-ordinate and monitor those of the team. To adhere to N.M.C.
codes of professional conduct and ethics, plus associated legislation. To develop clinical practice having due regard to guidelines of the N.S.F for Mental Health N.I.C.E and Mental Health Act (1983) To demonstrate empowering leadership skills within the Perinatal Community Mental Health Team and seek opportunities in local and national area as to promote and develop the profession. To participate in Clinical Governance activities, including: induction, supervision, personal development review, health and safety, risk management and audit To undertake specific project work or any other duties as negotiated with the Perinatal Team Co-ordinator. To act as lead professionals within the Perinatal Community Mental Health Team.
Supervise health and social care staff in the support and monitoring of clients programmes of care managed within the team as/if these posts are developed in the service. Develop effective and supportive links with other health and social care staff. To create networks that improve the pathway of care for clients referred to the Perinatal Community Mental Health Team. Participate in post registration education, training, continuing professional development and Revalidatio

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