Community Psychiatric Nurse

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

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Job summary

(working across 24 hr shift pattern including early, late and night shifts)

The North East Kent Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team is looking for a Community Psychiatric Nurse to join their team which provides a responsive assessment and home treatment service to those experiencing an acute mental health crisis in the community. You will be expected to work collaboratively with Service Users, Carers and other professionals, offering home treatment interventions as an alternative to hospital admission across the areas of Canterbury and Coastal.

Main duties of the job

Assessment and home treatment service to those experiencing an acute mental health crisis in the community.

To work as a member of the Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team, providing intensive home treatment to patients and support for their families using evidence based, profession specific and general mental health knowledge providing client centred, recovery orientated principles and practice for individuals, families and carers referred to the Service.

To work in accordance with Trust and Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team Policies and Procedures and the Care Programme Approach

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Date posted

17 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

380-RB000600-AA

Job locations

Eastern and Coastal Area Office, Canterbury

Littlebourne Road

Canterbury

CT1 1AZ

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working with service users referred to Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Service
To screen and work with all newly referred service users experiencing acute mental health crisis providing assessment or short term interventions until crisis is resolved.
To provide short-term specific psychosocial interventions for those who would benefit from crisis interventions
To contribute to the planning and implementation of induction, training and education of students and staff.
To contribute to the delivery of specialist/ professional training packages of in-service training and staff development when necessary.
To fulfil the role of mentor/practice educator, maintaining own update training and ensuring responsibility for regular placement provision and ensuring supervision and written assessment of students whilst on placement.
To assist the band 7 senior practitioner by identifying personal and professional training needs in order to appropriately plan for future training and development.
To provide effective supervision, support, and guidance for support /STR/ peer workers and any work delegated to them.

Please see job description for full details.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working with service users referred to Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Service
To screen and work with all newly referred service users experiencing acute mental health crisis providing assessment or short term interventions until crisis is resolved.
To provide short-term specific psychosocial interventions for those who would benefit from crisis interventions
To contribute to the planning and implementation of induction, training and education of students and staff.
To contribute to the delivery of specialist/ professional training packages of in-service training and staff development when necessary.
To fulfil the role of mentor/practice educator, maintaining own update training and ensuring responsibility for regular placement provision and ensuring supervision and written assessment of students whilst on placement.
To assist the band 7 senior practitioner by identifying personal and professional training needs in order to appropriately plan for future training and development.
To provide effective supervision, support, and guidance for support /STR/ peer workers and any work delegated to them.

Please see job description for full details.

Person Specification

Essential

Experience within acute MH services

Desirable

Crisis team experience

Essential

Knowledge of mental health disorders

Desirable

knowedge of treatment

Person Specification

Essential

Experience within acute MH services

Desirable

Crisis team experience

Essential

Knowledge of mental health disorders

Desirable

knowedge of treatment

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.