Registered Mental Health Nurse

at  Livewell Southwest

Duties and responsibilities Communication and Working Relationship Skills Contribute to the teams engagement with a wide range of stakeholders including staff, service users, their carers and other statutory and voluntary sector agencies. Impart highly complex and sensitive information to: Patients and families/carers re assessment, care planning, treatment and review Multi-disciplinary teams to ensure the provision of consistent well-coordinated care Primary care teams regarding client care External agencies also involved in the provision of care e.g.: voluntary and private sector, police, social services, housing, employment etc. Service user/carer groups Liaise with a wide range of other professionals and agencies. Contribute to the safe and effective day to day operations of the service including the handling of clinical enquires.
Provide and receive information some of which may be contentious, sensitive and highly complex to and from individuals and their families/carers, where there may be barriers to understanding. Provide high standards of written and verbal communication that is clear and in line with professional documentation standards Participate in and chair clinical meetings, this will include CPA and non-CPA reviews, professional meetings, and clinical risk meetings. Demonstrate the ability to communicate in a way that is empathic and reassuring whilst employing negotiating techniques to gain co-operation from highly complex individuals. Communicate information in a way that makes it relevant and understandable for service users and carers, working in line with practice standards and operational policies.
Facilitate fair access to social care services and promote social inclusion regardless of age, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation or disability Analytical and judgement skills Undertake complex risk assessments and develop a formulation of risk which will lead to the development of risk management plans which have taken into consideration a range of possible options. Undertake and continuously re-evaluate complex bio-psycho-social assessments and develop a working formulation and diagnosis which will lead to the development of personalised care packages in line with evidence based and payment by results. Ensure the continuous re-evaluation of individuals needs and clinical risk situations and use clinical judgement to formulate the most appropriate clinical plan. Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance, professional and ethical issues Ability to maintain professional boundaries Planning and Organisational Skills Organise and facilitate complex meetings, these will include: CPA and non-CPA professional and risk meetings.
Responsible for managing their own workload to ensure the needs to the individuals who use our services are met taking the wider needs of the team into consideration. Ensure that interventions are planned in an integrated and co-ordinated manner particularly where dependent on other external agencies. Plan and organise individuals packages of care and ensure that reviews are held within the required time frames, for example Section 117, Funding Panels and CPA. Plan own workload and the workload of junior colleagues to ensure that care is provided in the most high quality and cost efficient manner, prioritise and make adjustments as appropriate.
Responsibility for Patient/Client Care, Treatment and Therapy Ensure that caseload is well managed and that care and treatment is provided in line with practice standards and recovery co-ordination (CPA and non-CPA). Understand social factors that impact upon mental health. Develop and deliver care packages including assessing, planning, intervention and evaluation. Ensure that all interventions have clear outcomes and that these are taken into consideration when sourcing the resources to best meet the individuals needs.
Deliver services using a recovery and strengths approach where the needs of the individual and their carers are held as central and their involvement is proactively encouraged. Deliver care in line with evidence based practice and employ engagement and therapeutic skills that are appropriate to the clinical situation presented. Responsibility for triaging individuals and signposting to the most appropriate services. Provide specialist advice to referrers/other multi-disciplinary staff in relation to the care of individuals.
Enable communication and engagement of individuals and their carers to ensure that they have a voice about the services they receive and how these are developed. This may include engagement of advocacy services. Ensure that appropriate action is taken to safeguarding adults and children. This may include providing and receiving highly complex and sensitive information in relation to safeguarding adult and children work, co-ordinating and chairing safeguarding meetings and implementing relevant care plans.
Ensure that assessment and treatment plans are holistic, outcome focused and take into account the physical health and social needs of the individual, including input of significant others. Ensure the monitoring and review of mental health medication taking into consideration interactions with physical health needs. Ensuring timely and accurate documentation of all clinical activity in line with professional guidance and best practice. Responsibility for Policy and Service Development Implementation Participate in programmes of audit and research within the team as agreed by the Directorate and implement the findings.
Contribute to clinical governance arrangements in order to ensure the quality of the service provided; this will include ensuring performance targets are met to provide high quality care. Involvement in the development of local systems and process that ensure the implementation of Trust policies. Ensure participation in the teams compliance with CQC standards through the participation in provider compliance assessment tools. Responsibility for Finance, Equipment and Other Resources Ensure care is provided in the most cost-effective and high quality manner and identify unmet needs.
Order/monitor and maintain any stock requirements in liaison with the Team Manager. Undertake management of petty cash transactions as per Livewell Policy. Responsibility for Human Resources, e.g. Supervision, Training, HR Advice and Management Provision of day to day and clinical supervision as allocated by line manager (this will include participation in the appraisal process) Demonstrate and role model excellent clinical leadership skills.
Assist with the induction of new staff, students and staff training as appropriate. Ensure that core training is maintained and that the training and development opportunities in line with the teams Workforce Plan are participated in to meet professional requirements. When tasks are delegated, ensure that the person you have delegated these tasks to is appropriately skilled to do so. There is a requirement to support learners on a regular basis which includes the achievement and updating of profession specific training to the required standard to fulfil this role.
Responsibility for Information Resources and Administrative Duties Ensure information resources are used to maintain knowledge and promote a continuous improvement culture. Ensure information is shared with key stakeholders and other agencies in a secure manner. Responsible for maintaining accurate and comprehensive patient treatment records. Carry out administrative duties in relation to service provision.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB The post holder will need to travel to engage with people in their own residence or hospital settings whilst planning discharge. They may need to sit for prolonged periods to compile complex reports. 5. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION FOR ALL POSTS The post holder is required to comply with all relevant policies and procedures pertinent to their post.
Current versions can be found on the intranet or via your manager. The areas listed below are those Livewell Southwest currently places particular emphasis on. Failure to follow correct policies and procedures may result in disciplinary action. This Job Description is not exhaustive and may change as the post develops, but such change will not take place without consultation between the post holder and their manager.
Job descriptions should be reviewed at least annually at the appraisal meeting. The Working Time Regulations apply to all employees of Livewell Southwest. In particular, Livewell Southwest will not permit staff in all employments to work in excess of 48 hours in any one week except where there are exceptional service needs where an absolute limit of averaging over a reference period of 17 weeks would apply

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