Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Mental Health Depot & Clozapine Nurse

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Job summary

Join our team, we pride ourselves in providing outstanding care to patients across Herefordshire and Worcestershire. We will provide you with resources to develop and progress a long-term career as well as flexibility, continual professional development as well as a wide range of wellbeing and support.

This role is for a Band 5 Qualified Nurse in mental health for full time 37.5 hours over 5 days a week (working hours and days can be flexible in the hours of 9-5 Monday to Friday)

The role will be based at the Worcester Neighbourhood Community Mental Health team, which is a growing and dynamic team with a range of multi-disciplinary professionals with a wide range of knowledge and skills to welcome the new applicant for this role into the well establish and friendly team to ensure you feel welcome and empowered to take on a great opportunity within the team.

Do you want to be able to demonstrate and develop your autonomous skills as well as some leadership skills around leading on the depot, clozapine and physical health checks for the team, helping support other staff that can undertake and support in this role, being able to have the oversight of the clinics that are being ran as well as completing them yourself as part of the job role/description.

Are you enthusiastic and able to incorporate the trust values into a new innovative role for the team to lead on depot clinics, clozapine and physical health clinics then this role is just for you.

Main duties of the job

Clozapine clinic will entail the post holder to undertake 4 weekly blood monitoring for those patients that are on Clozapine medication, continual monitoring and ordering of the regular clozapine medication for patients, there may be some patients that have been on an inpatient ward and started on Clozapine or re titrated so may need weekly blood monitoring in line with our clozapine blood monitoring policy for up to 14 weeks to then reduce to fortnightly and eventually 4 weekly if all blood results are in range and safe to reduce to 4 weekly.

Conduct regular weekly physical health clinics for patients under the service that require physical health checks which includes bloods, ECGs, height weight and BMI checks to ensure we are checking patients especially on anti-psychotic medications, Depots and clozapine are having yearly checks for physical health.

Reporting the physical health checks back to the GP and if any have any concerns with physical health IE Blood pressure concerns, raise accordingly within the team but also the GP to continue to monitor if any blood pressure concerns needing further investigation/treatment through the GP in primary care.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. Its why we were named Large Apprenticeship Employer of the Year award at the 2022 Worcestershire Apprenticeship Awards. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer

  • 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
  • Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
  • Flexible and agile working opportunities
  • Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
  • Wide range of staff networks such as LGBT+ and ENRICH (Equality Network for Race Inclusion and Cultural Heritage)
  • Health service discounts and online benefits including excellent cycle to work and car salary sacrifice schemes
  • Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our careers website.

Details

Date posted

12 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year pro rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9798-0040

Job locations

Studdert Kennedy House

Spring Gardens

Worcester

WR1 2AE


Job description

Job responsibilities

Be the lead on Clozapine, Depot and physical health clinics.

Administer depot injections to all of the patients open to the team for depot medications this will include administering in our on-site clinic room or some may need outreach where you administer out in the community in patients homes for those that may not be able to come to a trust base for their medication to be administered.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Be the lead on Clozapine, Depot and physical health clinics.

Administer depot injections to all of the patients open to the team for depot medications this will include administering in our on-site clinic room or some may need outreach where you administer out in the community in patients homes for those that may not be able to come to a trust base for their medication to be administered.

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of current mental health issues
  • Knowledge of risk assessment
  • Knowledge of Common medications

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered NMC Nurse
  • I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
  • Role modelling good behaviour.
  • A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
  • Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
  • Ability to work alone and as a member of a team.
  • Ability to recognize own limits.
  • Adaptable/Flexible/Approachable

Experience

Essential

  • One years experience working with people with mental health (this can be pre-qualification experience)
Person Specification

Knowledge

Essential

  • Knowledge of current mental health issues
  • Knowledge of risk assessment
  • Knowledge of Common medications

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered NMC Nurse
  • I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to challenge poor behaviour.
  • Role modelling good behaviour.
  • A positive attitude and able to act on feedback.
  • Ability to praise and be supportive to others.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
  • Ability to work alone and as a member of a team.
  • Ability to recognize own limits.
  • Adaptable/Flexible/Approachable

Experience

Essential

  • One years experience working with people with mental health (this can be pre-qualification experience)

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).

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.

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

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Studdert Kennedy House

Spring Gardens

Worcester

WR1 2AE


Employer's website

https://careers.hacw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Studdert Kennedy House

Spring Gardens

Worcester

WR1 2AE


Employer's website

https://careers.hacw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Lead

Alex Pizzie

Alexander.pizzie@nhs.net

Details

Date posted

12 March 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year pro rata for part time

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9798-0040

Job locations

Studdert Kennedy House

Spring Gardens

Worcester

WR1 2AE


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