Community Mental Health Nurse

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

To actively promote teamwork, respect, integrity, accountability, excellence and compassion within the clinical team in accordance with the Trust values and code of conduct.
To provide nurse leadership within the multidisciplinary team and ensure the effective assessment formulation planning, monitoring of care given to service users.
To undertake mental health assessments including Risk assessments within a multidisciplinary assessment team.
To be proficient in referring to other clinicians within the service or referring to other services/agencies where necessary.
To provide a fast, responsive service to assess individual's needs.
Providing a communication structure between GP's , IAPT and non IAPT services in LCFT, non-statuary service, as a means of ensuring the highest possible standards of patient care
To provide mentoring and clinical supervision to other staff and trainees on placement.
Where the post holder is a non-medical prescriber, practice responsibly and maintain competence to effectively prescribe from the relevant prescribing formulary.

Main duties of the job

RITT has 3 core functions:

Single Point of Access:

The gateway for new referrals for Older Adults in the Fylde Coast into secondary mental health services. This part of the team provides triage of referrals and assessment of patients who meet service criteria.

Home treatment:

The provision of care coordination for patients who are experiencing acute mental health difficulties and who are presenting as high risk to themselves or others in the community and so require intensive home support from community services. Conducting Gatekeeping assessments for mental health inpatient admissions is a core component of this role as is facilitating early discharge from inpatient units.

Care Home Liaison Team:

Providing support for service users and carers for people who live in a residential home and are presenting with Behavioural and or Psychological Symptoms of dementia.

The Band 6 Nurse's will have the opportunity to consolidate their skills in mental health nursing as well as developing the specialist skills needed in an older adults mental health.

There is an expectation that the successful applicants would be able to act up in the absence of the Deputy Manager and Manager, they would also have some supervision responsibilities to more junior team members.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Date posted

19 January 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£33,706 to £40,588 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

351-FYL309-AF-E

Job locations

L7F9 L5178 RITT Blackpool Fylde & Wyre (25-65)

Lytham St Annes

FY8 5EE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oRegistered Mental Health Nurse Degree
oOn-going registration with the NMC.
oSpecialist qualification or equivalent level in skills and development
oEvidence of commitment to continuing professional development
oMentorship qualification

Knowledge

Essential

oUnderstanding of Health and Safety policies and procedures
oKnowledge and practice of Mental Health Act 1983
oKnowledge and practice of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
oDemonstrate understanding of how research has influenced practice
oDemonstrate understanding of how research has influenced practice

Experience

Essential

oPost graduate experience
oSupervision and management of staff
oAble to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
oExperience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

oRegistered Mental Health Nurse Degree
oOn-going registration with the NMC.
oSpecialist qualification or equivalent level in skills and development
oEvidence of commitment to continuing professional development
oMentorship qualification

Knowledge

Essential

oUnderstanding of Health and Safety policies and procedures
oKnowledge and practice of Mental Health Act 1983
oKnowledge and practice of the Mental Capacity Act 2005
oDemonstrate understanding of how research has influenced practice
oDemonstrate understanding of how research has influenced practice

Experience

Essential

oPost graduate experience
oSupervision and management of staff
oAble to work as part of a multidisciplinary team
oExperience of assessing, planning and implementing and reviewing care needs

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).