Job summary
The Surrey Heath Community Mental Health Recovery Service
(CMHRS) is looking for a band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse to join them.
The Community Mental Health Nurse will be based at Theta in Frimley with the
working age adults service and will work within a multidisciplinary team to
deliver secondary mental health care to the local population.
The Surrey Heath CMHRS is based at Theta which is a light
and modern working space with ample free parking and easy access to local
amenities located within walking distance. The Theta hub hosts a number of
community-based services which supports integrated partnership working.
We are a small, supportive multidisciplinary team made up of
colleagues from a number of professional disciplines including Social Work, Nurses,
Occupational Therapy, Psychologists, Medics and Administrators, every member of
the team holds equal value and hold the shared vision to provide compassionate
and safe care.
Main duties of the job
The role of the Community Mental Health Nurse is wide-ranging
and is an ideal opportunity for someone who is self-motivated, organised and
skilled in providing a range of therapeutic interventions.
Key aspects of this
role include:
-
Being an active and engaged member of the nursing
team supporting the delivery of key nursing roles and interventions including
physical health monitoring and medicines management.
-
Working collaboratively with individuals
accessing our services and partner agencies to determine needs and risks and
the appropriate ways to manage these and meet recovery goals.
-
Contributing to the teams duty rota to provide
a rapid response to individuals in crisis.
-
Working as a lead clinician or Care Coordinator
to an identified caseload of individuals accessing our services.
-
Supporting the learning and development of
junior staff through supervision, training/education opportunities and
mentorship.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading
provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental
ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We
also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in
Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively
seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the
mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and
voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use
services and carers.
Surrey is a
beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the
South Coast.
Our historic
market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and
our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy
reach.
For
international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as
sufficient applications are received.
Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area
payments.
We
look forward to receiving your application!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- To lead the clinical management of a care package to an
individual who uses our services.
- To co-ordinate and monitor the delivery of person centered
healthcare to a designated group of people who use our services, using
complex clinical decision making where appropriate.
- To deliver individual and group therapy utilizing CBT skills.
- To work as a member of the MDT in assessing and planning care
and responding to changes in people who use our services health.
- To ensure provision of the necessary physical care to help
people who use our services i.e.: personal hygiene, diet and fluid intake,
clothing and laundry, personal environment, manual handling, elimination,
maintaining rest and sleep and activity, physical observations.
- To act in a manner to respect the customs, individuality,
values, sexuality and spiritual beliefs, actively supporting the
individual to fulfil these.
- To ensure provision of therapeutic activities, emotional
support and stability to clients to ensure effective engagement whilst
maintaining professional boundaries.
- To create, develop and maintain professional supportive
relationships with all members of staff with other professionals and
agencies to enhance recovery.
- To ensure prescribed physical observations are undertaken as
follows: blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respirations, blood sugars,
urinalysis, weight and height and act upon exceptions appropriately
Communication
- To accurately record all contacts with service users in case
notes in line with SABP record keeping policy.
- To ensure effective communication with clients, relatives and
carers, visitors, staff and others.
- To ensure that all communication takes place in a manner that
is consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
- To develop measures to improve communications where barriers
exist
- To ensure that consent to intervention or assessment is sought
in a manner that is meaningful to People who use our services.
- To communicate with people in a manner that is consistent with
their level of understanding, culture and background
Quality
- To lead the development, maintenance and monitoring of service
standards, collect and collate data/ information effectively for the
purpose of audit, research and service performance.
- To identify, implement and evaluate, with others, areas for
potential service improvement and
to agree further action
- To develop, with others, measures for service standards,
including benchmarking, and to identify areas for potential service
improvement.
- To contribute to the maintenance, monitoring and implementation
of service standards and policies.
- To promote shared decision making with service
user/relatives/carers, as appropriate, involvement in all aspects of their
care.
- To contribute and make suggestions to the improvement of
services.
- To identify issues of concern at work and alerting appropriate
personnel
- To present a positive image of the team, service and trust.
- To work effectively in own team and as part of the whole organization...
- To ensure the availability of clinical supervision and preceptorship
- To ensure structures are in place for effective appraisal,
personal development and performance management and audit these regularly
- To assess and plan care in a manner that is consistent with the
Evidence based practice, policies and procedures and the management of
risk
Risk Assessment
- To understand the range of
risks potentially faced by the service user group.
- To undertake risk
assessments and management strategies in line with trust and local
policies, and ensure the delivery of care within same.
- To recognize potential
crisis situations and act responsively and responsibly to resolve the
situation, seeking assistance if required.
- To contribute to the CPA
process and to support service users relatives/carers and other agencies
within this process.
- To be aware of the potential
for vulnerability to abuse amongst the service users/families, and use of
the local policy to inform appropriate personnel in line with safeguarding
vulnerable adults and children and SABP Policies
- To take all possible
precautions to safeguard the welfare and safety of staff, service users,
visitors and the public, by implementing all policies related to health,
safety, security and risk.
- To identify and address
health education issues that cause risks relevant to service user group.
- To ensure the safe custody of all
patients in accordance with their
- Leave status as defined by
the Responsible Medical Officer.
This includes the supervision of patients within the community.
Professional/Personal
Development
- To utilize in clinical
supervision, and appraisal in enhancing performance development.
- To identify one’s own
development needs and set personal development objective in collaboration
with the appraiser.
- To adhere to the Nursing and
Midwifery council code of professional conduct for nurses.
- To ensure attendance at all
SABP essential training.
- To demonstrate the
achievement of competencies through the collection of evidence within a
personal portfolio.
- To participate in the
orientation and induction of all new staff.
- To contribute to the
experience of learners and to ensure delivery of mentorship requirements
meeting NMC standards for nursing students.
Management
- To participate in the recruitment, deployment and management of
staff in line with SABP policy.
- To lead the development, maintenance and monitoring of service
standards, collect and collate data/ information effectively for the
purpose of audit, research and service performance.
- To identify, implement and evaluate, with others, areas for
potential service improvement and agrees further action.
- To ensure structures are in place for effective appraisal,
personal development and performance management and audit these regularly.
- To assist the team leader in ensuring a safe roster in the
clinical area.
- To assess and plan care in a manner that is consistent with
evidence based practice, policies and procedures and the management of
risk.
- To take all possible precautions to safeguard the welfare and
safety of staff, service users, visitors and the public, by implementing
all policies related to health, safety, security and risk.
- To ensure compliance by self and staff of the Trust’s Standing
Orders, Standing Financial Instructions, Policies, Procedures and
Guidelines, including taking all reasonable steps to manage and promote a
healthy working and diverse working environment.
- To adhere to professional confidentiality standards.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
- To lead the clinical management of a care package to an
individual who uses our services.
- To co-ordinate and monitor the delivery of person centered
healthcare to a designated group of people who use our services, using
complex clinical decision making where appropriate.
- To deliver individual and group therapy utilizing CBT skills.
- To work as a member of the MDT in assessing and planning care
and responding to changes in people who use our services health.
- To ensure provision of the necessary physical care to help
people who use our services i.e.: personal hygiene, diet and fluid intake,
clothing and laundry, personal environment, manual handling, elimination,
maintaining rest and sleep and activity, physical observations.
- To act in a manner to respect the customs, individuality,
values, sexuality and spiritual beliefs, actively supporting the
individual to fulfil these.
- To ensure provision of therapeutic activities, emotional
support and stability to clients to ensure effective engagement whilst
maintaining professional boundaries.
- To create, develop and maintain professional supportive
relationships with all members of staff with other professionals and
agencies to enhance recovery.
- To ensure prescribed physical observations are undertaken as
follows: blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respirations, blood sugars,
urinalysis, weight and height and act upon exceptions appropriately
Communication
- To accurately record all contacts with service users in case
notes in line with SABP record keeping policy.
- To ensure effective communication with clients, relatives and
carers, visitors, staff and others.
- To ensure that all communication takes place in a manner that
is consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
- To develop measures to improve communications where barriers
exist
- To ensure that consent to intervention or assessment is sought
in a manner that is meaningful to People who use our services.
- To communicate with people in a manner that is consistent with
their level of understanding, culture and background
Quality
- To lead the development, maintenance and monitoring of service
standards, collect and collate data/ information effectively for the
purpose of audit, research and service performance.
- To identify, implement and evaluate, with others, areas for
potential service improvement and
to agree further action
- To develop, with others, measures for service standards,
including benchmarking, and to identify areas for potential service
improvement.
- To contribute to the maintenance, monitoring and implementation
of service standards and policies.
- To promote shared decision making with service
user/relatives/carers, as appropriate, involvement in all aspects of their
care.
- To contribute and make suggestions to the improvement of
services.
- To identify issues of concern at work and alerting appropriate
personnel
- To present a positive image of the team, service and trust.
- To work effectively in own team and as part of the whole organization...
- To ensure the availability of clinical supervision and preceptorship
- To ensure structures are in place for effective appraisal,
personal development and performance management and audit these regularly
- To assess and plan care in a manner that is consistent with the
Evidence based practice, policies and procedures and the management of
risk
Risk Assessment
- To understand the range of
risks potentially faced by the service user group.
- To undertake risk
assessments and management strategies in line with trust and local
policies, and ensure the delivery of care within same.
- To recognize potential
crisis situations and act responsively and responsibly to resolve the
situation, seeking assistance if required.
- To contribute to the CPA
process and to support service users relatives/carers and other agencies
within this process.
- To be aware of the potential
for vulnerability to abuse amongst the service users/families, and use of
the local policy to inform appropriate personnel in line with safeguarding
vulnerable adults and children and SABP Policies
- To take all possible
precautions to safeguard the welfare and safety of staff, service users,
visitors and the public, by implementing all policies related to health,
safety, security and risk.
- To identify and address
health education issues that cause risks relevant to service user group.
- To ensure the safe custody of all
patients in accordance with their
- Leave status as defined by
the Responsible Medical Officer.
This includes the supervision of patients within the community.
Professional/Personal
Development
- To utilize in clinical
supervision, and appraisal in enhancing performance development.
- To identify one’s own
development needs and set personal development objective in collaboration
with the appraiser.
- To adhere to the Nursing and
Midwifery council code of professional conduct for nurses.
- To ensure attendance at all
SABP essential training.
- To demonstrate the
achievement of competencies through the collection of evidence within a
personal portfolio.
- To participate in the
orientation and induction of all new staff.
- To contribute to the
experience of learners and to ensure delivery of mentorship requirements
meeting NMC standards for nursing students.
Management
- To participate in the recruitment, deployment and management of
staff in line with SABP policy.
- To lead the development, maintenance and monitoring of service
standards, collect and collate data/ information effectively for the
purpose of audit, research and service performance.
- To identify, implement and evaluate, with others, areas for
potential service improvement and agrees further action.
- To ensure structures are in place for effective appraisal,
personal development and performance management and audit these regularly.
- To assist the team leader in ensuring a safe roster in the
clinical area.
- To assess and plan care in a manner that is consistent with
evidence based practice, policies and procedures and the management of
risk.
- To take all possible precautions to safeguard the welfare and
safety of staff, service users, visitors and the public, by implementing
all policies related to health, safety, security and risk.
- To ensure compliance by self and staff of the Trust’s Standing
Orders, Standing Financial Instructions, Policies, Procedures and
Guidelines, including taking all reasonable steps to manage and promote a
healthy working and diverse working environment.
- To adhere to professional confidentiality standards.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Further training or experience to post graduate diploma level or 5 years equivalent experience
- 2 years experience post qualification
- Aware of personal and professional boundaries
- Clinical supervision training
Desirable
- Experience of working in a community mental health setting
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN/RN (Mental Health)
- Successful completion of Mentorship course
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Further training or experience to post graduate diploma level or 5 years equivalent experience
- 2 years experience post qualification
- Aware of personal and professional boundaries
- Clinical supervision training
Desirable
- Experience of working in a community mental health setting
Qualifications
Essential
- RMN/RN (Mental Health)
- Successful completion of Mentorship course
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
