Senior Community Mental Health Nurse

at  Norfolk Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

To assist in the management and organisation of work as required.Provide planned nursing care and risk assessment / screening for patients within his or hercare plan.To be responsible for implementing first and / or urgent patient assessments.Provide ongoing evaluation of patients needs and identify suitability for potential discharge inconjunction with the Senior Nurse, through caseload management and supervision.Initiate and attend patient centred reviews, case conferences and other meetings as required.To advise the Responsible Medical Officer(s) and / or health and social care professional ofany change in the patients conditions and / or circumstances.To work within the multi-disciplinary team and to form working partnerships with other careproviders.To ensure service users and / or carer(s) are enabled and empowered to make informeddecisions about their care and delivery of that care, working with agencies from within andoutside the multi-disciplinary team.To provide caseload management supervision to junior staff under direction and supervision ofthe Senior Nurse.Assist with the supervision of peers if requested.To have ongoing responsibility for the review of a patients care within the team setting and toprioritise and disseminate such information within the team.To enable patients to gain and maintain independence.To fully co-operate with the educational requirements of Learner Nurse placements in theCommunity Nursing Service in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.Page | 3 Generic updated 2017To keep the Clinical Nurse Leader fully informed of clinical and service delivery issues.To maintain and provide accurate records, statistics and reports as required by the NurseManager and / or the Trust.To participate in clinical governance / audit, clinical trials and research practice that wouldaffect service development.To understand and work within the requirements of the Mental Health Act (1983).To effectively organise the working day for self and others, making the best use of time,geographical distances and resources.To be responsible for and legally comply with the safe carriage, custody and administration ofdrugs and other clinical material.Ensuring the nursing practice is a person centred and, as far as possible, promoting the directinvolvement of patients and carers in the development of the plan of care from admission todischarge.Identifying personal learning and training needs through KSF, appraisal and personaldevelopment plans on an annual basis.Taking responsibility for ensuring that personal nursing practice is informed by relevant localand national developments and is evidence based.Actively participating in training and education.Act as a mentor for students and undertake annual updates on mentorship and evidence fortriennial reviews.Undertake sign-off mentor training and responsibility.To delegate appropriate tasks to junior staff as appropriate.To use available resources effectively.Adhere to organisational guidelines on clinical supervision and undertake protected time as perTrust guidelines.May act as a mentor to students within all professions.May participate in recruitment and selection of junior staff.Ensure that personal appearance, practice and manner conform to the standards andexpectations of the Trust.Maintaining a professional therapeutic relationship with patients, carers and colleagues.To comply with all Trust policies, guidelines and protocols with particular regard to communityservices

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