Senior Community Mental Health Nurse

at  Norfolk Suffolk Foundation Trust

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people’s and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we’d love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require

JOB DESCRIPTION/PERSON SPECIFICATION

Please read the job description/person specification carefully and ensure your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience needed.

APPLICANT REQUIREMENTS

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service

MAIN DUTIES OF THE JOB

Assessment, intervention and treatment for people with complex psychosis
Opportunities for group work and 1-1 intervention
When the service is fully established take on care coordination of a caseload of 15, whilst supporting a shared team caseload approach.
Use of Dialog + to identify meaningful goals
Leading on interventions around self-management of medications
Supporting people to engage in activities to develop daily living skills
Maintaining patient records, risk assessment and care planning.
Medication management

DETAILED JOB DESCRIPTION AND MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

This post will be working with adults with complex psychosis in the community. Offering Rehabilitation interventions.

ROLE SUMMARY

The post holder will undertake the planning and delivery of direct patient care with minimal supervision, ensuring continuity of practice and working within a multi-disciplinary and multi-agency environment.
Managing a caseload and the provision of mental health care services to people with mental health care need.
To be responsible for accurate mental health clustering of all patients on admission, discharge and at review.
To ensure all mental health clustering information is passed onto other Trust teams or services on transfer of patients.
To ensure accuracy and quality of mental health clustering activity within the team.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

To assist in the management and organisation of work as required.
Provide planned nursing care and risk assessment / screening for patients within his or her care plan.
To be responsible for implementing first and / or urgent patient assessments.
Provide ongoing evaluation of patients’ needs and identify suitability for potential discharge in conjunction 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 of any change in the patients’ conditions and / or circumstances.
To work within the multi-disciplinary team and to form working partnerships with other care providers.
To ensure service users and / or carer(s) are enabled and empowered to make informed decisions about their care and delivery of that care, working with agencies from within and outside the multi-disciplinary team.
To provide caseload management supervision to junior staff under direction and supervision of the Senior Nurse.
Assist with the supervision of peers if requested.
To have ongoing responsibility for the review of a patient’s care within the team setting and to prioritise 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 the Community Nursing Service in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
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To 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 Nurse Manager and / or the Trust.
To participate in clinical governance / audit, clinical trials and research practice that would affect 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 of drugs and other clinical material.
Ensuring the nursing practice is a person centred and, as far as possible, promoting the direct involvement of patients and carers in the development of the plan of care from admission to discharge.
Identifying personal learning and training needs through KSF, appraisal and personal development plans on an annual basis.
Taking responsibility for ensuring that personal nursing practice is informed by relevant local and 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 for triennial 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 per Trust 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 and expectations 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 community