Band 5 Lead Depot Clinic Nurse - Swindon

Job description

Job responsibilities

Key Result Areas

1. To manage and lead on depot clinic to administer LAI to patients open to CIT service.

2. To undertake the full range of activities required to deliver ongoing comprehensive mental health assessment for service users with severe and enduring mental health needs living in the community and in a range of settings. This will include:

a. The use of standardized assessment tools, i.e. PWP

b. History, strengths and aspirations

c. Mental state

d. Impact of culture and diversity

e. Functional needs

f. The needs of family and carer

g. Evaluation of risk

h. Physical health

i. Complicating factors

j. The interventions and treatments required to enable positive change.

k. Safeguarding and public protection

l. Capacity under the Mental Capacity Act

3. To be responsible for developing delivering and reviewing comprehensive and complex treatment programs using appropriate frameworks in line with evidence-based practice, including strategies to manage risk for service users with complex needs and carers, bringing in other resources as required.

4. To act as a key worker for service users with the most complex needs, also providing defined interventions to individuals on other workers caseloads.

5. To plan, deliver and evaluate defined, specialist therapeutic interventions as indicated in the assessment process ,in line with personal recovery plans, including to service users who maybe on other caseloads. This might include:

a. Individual or group therapeutic intervention

b. Psychosocial interventions

c. Motivational and coping enhancement strategies.

d. Medication management

e. Interventions under the Mental Health Act,

6. To deliver a range of defined activities/interventions to improve the carersability to support the service user and to enable them in their relationship with the service user.

7. To develop and maintain good partnership working with other services throughout all treatment episodes, including regular liaison within Primary Health Care Team, inpatient and intensive services, day services, Local Authority Swindon Borough Council, voluntary sector and with nominated carers/advocates.

8. In collaboration with service users and carers, to be responsible for facilitating the development of complex comprehensive crisis contingency plans.

9. To personally build and lead others to build, hope inspiring relationships with service users, which acknowledge the personal journey of each person, and focus on strengths and aspirations to allow the creation of meaningful personal recovery plans.

10. To be responsible for maintaining own workload, as well as planning the workload of others, on a day to day basis, ensuring that time is prioritized effectively, utilizing of electronic resources such as diaries/scheduling.

11. To be responsible for the protection of individuals from abuse and harm in line with local safeguarding policies and procedures, including working with others in the planning development and review of protection plans, ensuring the appropriate sharing of information.

12. Coordinating and undertaking protective interventions which maybe required in the protection of others, as outlined in the protection plan, taking individual action where indicated.

13. Professionally leading others to collaboratively and sensitively work with individuals, with a range of mental health needs to develop skills to manage their own health, in accordance with their personal recovery plan, by actively promoting and using approaches which are affirming, build on strengths, identify past positive experiences and success, and use small steps to move towards the persons goal.

14. Undertake active clinical leadership and supervision within the team, covering for the colleagues as required.

15. To maintain the health and clinical records, ensuring both paper and electronic records are kept up to date in accordance with professional and organizational standards.

16. Report and record within agreed timeframes, all activity relating to information reporting and performance requirements.

17. To participate in management, caseload and clinical supervision in accordance with trust policy.

18. To provide mentoring/training for others in relevant practice areas, according to professional requirements, taking a collaborative approach to practice development and evidence-based care. Specifically this means providing a safe and effective learning environment for the mentoring and supervising of students, participating in their learning objectives and assessments

19. Demonstrate responsibility for developing own practice in line with professional qualifications and for contributing to the development of others, by making use of and providing, effective feedback, supervision, coaching and appraisal.

20. Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others, undertaking assessments and taking appropriate action where required.

21. Develop own knowledge and practice, and contribute to the development of others, making use of available feedback, supervision and appraisal to identify appropriate areas of development for this work role, taking responsibility for accessing identified learning and training opportunities.

22. Lead, maintain and participate in practices which enable effective team working.

23. To participate in duty rota as required.

24. To participate in local arrangements in order to ensure consistent care to service users across the local geography.

Person Specification

Essential knowledge, skills and experience

Essential

• Diploma / Degree and registration with the NMC
• Experience in administering depot injections
• Demonstrates a good understanding of recovery principles and the role of secondary mental health services in the delivery of care
• Able to articulate a sound understanding of the relevant legal frameworks/legislation including PWP process, Mental Health Act , Mental Capacity Act, and Safeguarding.
• Demonstrates significant experience of assessing risk and developing risk management strategies

Desirable

• Demonstrates post-registration experience gained working in front-line mental health services, undertaking assessment and delivering interventions.
• Ability to prioritise, particularly when working under pressure
• Well developed verbal communication skills, able to engage effectively with people at all levels including when a more assertive approach is needed.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Victoria Centre Swindon

53 Downs Way

Swindon

SN3 6BW

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)