MENTAL HEALTH NURSE, MENTAL HEALTH SOCIAL WORKER BAND 6

Location

Kendal, Cumbria | United Kingdom

Job description

Job Description:

As a Senior Community Mental Health Nurse working in the community you will promote and deliver evidence-based care for patients with mental health conditions in their own homes and within a variety of accommodation settings.

Community roles vary and the specifics of the community setting in which you will work are covered during induction and will be explained by your line manager and colleagues

• Assessing, treating, providing range of interventions, assessing physical health needs and offering health promotion, supporting social needs, offering medication optimization, advice and guidance as well as having in-depth knowledge of the MHA and offering information to patients within the community.
• To be personally responsible and professionally accountable for a caseload as part of the community team and lead and manage the work of others as required.
• Co-ordinating care, communicating with other professionals involved in the care and ensuring regular CPA reviews are held as required. This will include communication with other teams for example in-patient services through attendance at ward meetings and with interface services e.g. Addictions service and CAMHS services where appropriate.
• Independently carrying out assessment, care planning and care coordination with excellent interpersonal skills, ability to listen to others views, respect and value individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds.
• Leading meetings with community team members on a regular basis to discuss report and evaluate client care.
• Ensuring a flexible approach in care provision with focus on choice and social inclusion opportunities.
• Recognizing and addressing concerns about the physical health needs of patients with long term conditions (e.g. diabetes, asthma etc.); escalating these concerns as necessary to senior members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Encouraging and empowering patients to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care and with their consent, where appropriate, seeking the cooperation of friends, relatives and carers following recovery principles and approaches.
• Supporting patients to adopt recovery strategies that promote their wellbeing, healthy lifestyle, independence and self-care.
• Recognizing and responding appropriately to self-harm and suicide prevention with particular regard to the risks in community settings, in line with Trust policies and training guidelines.
• Responding to urgent situations, emergencies or crises using protocols specific to the local community setting.
• Understanding and implementing safeguarding procedures in a community setting; recognize, report and investigate safeguarding issues and raise safeguarding alerts if you suspect that a patient and/or carer has been exposed to harm or abuse.
• Preparing and providing reports on information and statistics as required relating to case load, regularity of visits and details of contact with clients and families.
• Communicating/liaising effectively with relevant agencies to ensure that an integrated programme of care is provided throughout.
• Advising families on prevention of illness and accidents in a community setting within own level of competency.
• Leading and participating in team, locality and Trust initiatives as required and promote the strategic aims and objectives of the service, Nursing strategy and other relevant quality improvement initiatives in the community.
• Leading and actively contributing to clinical or governance reviews of the teams activity and the monitoring of performance in line with trust directives and audit programmes in the community.
• Demonstrating an awareness and understanding of relevant and up-to date Mental Health Law of particular relevance in community settings; ensuring adherence to legislation at all times.
• Administering and monitoring the side effects of medication according to NMC professional standards.
• Having significant knowledge of medication used in a community setting and side effects.
• Giving medication including IMI to the right patient, right medication, right dose, right route, and right time and giving the right education to patients.
• Ordering and appropriate storage of medication in a community setting.
• Ensuring that electronic patients records are complete. Writing reports and letters in a community setting.
• Engaging in practice reflection through clinical supervision and reflective practice groups, and contributing to the delivery of clinical supervision to junior staff.
• Demonstrate leadership skills within the clinical context of the community, showing particular awareness of the challenges facing staff working in a community setting and supporting junior staff as appropriate.

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