Job summary
Come and work for Kingslea House Community Mental Health Team in Withington Manchester. We are looking to recruit a Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse to work within the Teams.
North Mersey CMHTs are fast paced, dynamic, supportive, well performing teams within the South Manchester directorate of GMMH covering a wide geographical area and varying service user and carer needs.
We are looking for an enthusiastic mental health nurse who has some experience/knowledge of working with service users in community setting, however consideration will be given to candidates who have experience and transferable skills from other areas.
This post provides a challenging opportunity to work within an established fully integrated supportive Community Mental Health Team.
We are seeking to appoint individuals who will work proactively with service users and their carers, within a multi-disciplinary setting.
We provide a really supportive working environment to assist with the transition from inpatient nursing to community.
Main duties of the job
You will hold and manage a caseload of service users and have Care Coordinating responsibilities under the Care Programme Approach Guidelines. By assessing your service users and carers needs you will be able to access and sign post to a wide range of community resources and provider services available in the Manchester area. The post holder will be expected to participate in providing quality first line psychosocial assessments as part of GMMH's Functional CMHT's duty role and work proactively in forging professional working relationships with multi-agencies. There is an expectation to work weekends /BH's as part of GMMH's Acute Care Pathway provision of care. This is on a rota basis.
The post is challenging and rewarding and the successful candidates will enjoy an excellent practitioner experience within a large and friendly team. Supported by a friendly and always available senior team.
They will also receive regular supervision and developmental appraisal thus enhancing your current practice and future career prospects.
About us
Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over6,400members of staff, who deliver services from more than160locations.
We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford,Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.
Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.
Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.
Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Be a full member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
- Effectively manage own caseload accepting referrals from agreedagencies in accordance with agreed operational procedures.
- Undertake formal mental health nursing assessments of new clientswithin own caseload.
- Undertake assessments of clients as part of the CMHT duty system in accordance with agreed operational procedures.
- Assess, care-plan, provide interventions and evaluate and recordcommunity mental health nursing delivered to clients on own caseload.
- Act as Care-Coordinator for appropriate clients under the CareProgramme Approach (CPA).
- Provide Specialist Mental Health Nursing Assessments, Continuingcare Assessments and advise mental health nursing managementplans as requested e.g. from Local Authority Social Workers, Medical, Nursing or Social Workers from Trusts, and nurses from the PCT.
- To promote positive mental health and physical care to clients in allsituations.
- To encourage and support clients to collaborate in their treatment programme and recovery.
- To encourage self-help as much as possible, promoting the maintenance of skills and independence in clients.
- To support health promotion and act in a consultative role/advisor to other community services/agencies and personnel in relation to individual clients and their mental health issues.
- To undertake specialist mental health nursing assessments when required in line with the Mental Capacity Act 2007, The Mental Health Act and Local Authority Safeguarding Adults Procedures.
- To undertake and record comprehensive risk assessments, devise and implement risk management plans for clients at risk of vulnerability, self-harm or risk of physical, sexual or emotional harm to others, using the STAR Risk Assessment Tool.
- To personally regularly participate in Line Management and Clinical Supervision.
- To provide clinical supervision to other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- To supervise junior members of staff in their Risk Assessment and Formulation of risk.
- Deal personally with patients, their families or carers who make a complaint.
- Demonstrate advisory skills to junior staff in dealing with complaints.
- Ensure, as far as practicable, the full involvement of service users and where appropriate, relatives and carers in the assessment of their needs and the formulation and review of their care plans.
- To act as Practice Educator for Nursing students on clinical placement within the team.
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, wed love to hear from you. Please contact Denise Gleave, Recruitment & Retention Advisor 0161 358 1448 or email denise.gleave@gmmh.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Be a full member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
- Effectively manage own caseload accepting referrals from agreedagencies in accordance with agreed operational procedures.
- Undertake formal mental health nursing assessments of new clientswithin own caseload.
- Undertake assessments of clients as part of the CMHT duty system in accordance with agreed operational procedures.
- Assess, care-plan, provide interventions and evaluate and recordcommunity mental health nursing delivered to clients on own caseload.
- Act as Care-Coordinator for appropriate clients under the CareProgramme Approach (CPA).
- Provide Specialist Mental Health Nursing Assessments, Continuingcare Assessments and advise mental health nursing managementplans as requested e.g. from Local Authority Social Workers, Medical, Nursing or Social Workers from Trusts, and nurses from the PCT.
- To promote positive mental health and physical care to clients in allsituations.
- To encourage and support clients to collaborate in their treatment programme and recovery.
- To encourage self-help as much as possible, promoting the maintenance of skills and independence in clients.
- To support health promotion and act in a consultative role/advisor to other community services/agencies and personnel in relation to individual clients and their mental health issues.
- To undertake specialist mental health nursing assessments when required in line with the Mental Capacity Act 2007, The Mental Health Act and Local Authority Safeguarding Adults Procedures.
- To undertake and record comprehensive risk assessments, devise and implement risk management plans for clients at risk of vulnerability, self-harm or risk of physical, sexual or emotional harm to others, using the STAR Risk Assessment Tool.
- To personally regularly participate in Line Management and Clinical Supervision.
- To provide clinical supervision to other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- To supervise junior members of staff in their Risk Assessment and Formulation of risk.
- Deal personally with patients, their families or carers who make a complaint.
- Demonstrate advisory skills to junior staff in dealing with complaints.
- Ensure, as far as practicable, the full involvement of service users and where appropriate, relatives and carers in the assessment of their needs and the formulation and review of their care plans.
- To act as Practice Educator for Nursing students on clinical placement within the team.
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, wed love to hear from you. Please contact Denise Gleave, Recruitment & Retention Advisor 0161 358 1448 or email denise.gleave@gmmh.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Nursing Qualification
Essential
- Qualified nurse
- Professional registration
Nursing experience
Essential
- Experience working as a qualified nurse
Desirable
- Experience working in the community
Evidence of further study
Essential
- Evidence of mentorship etc
Desirable
- Interest in further development
Person Specification
Nursing Qualification
Essential
- Qualified nurse
- Professional registration
Nursing experience
Essential
- Experience working as a qualified nurse
Desirable
- Experience working in the community
Evidence of further study
Essential
- Evidence of mentorship etc
Desirable
- Interest in further development
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
