Community Mental Health Registered Nurse

3 weeks ago

Stevenage Hertfordshire, United Kingdom Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We have an exciting opportunity for a Mental Health Nurse to take up a full time position with the Community Mental Health Older Adult Services in East Hertfordshire. As a multi-disciplinary team we provide holistic assessment and treatment pathways for older adults, and people with mental health and frailty needs.Our service provides seamless pathways between primary care and secondary care services for people with functional mental illness, and dementia.


We are looking for a dynamic Nurse who is passionate about the care of our older adult service users.We consider transferable skills from other areas of mental health services as valuable and a positive contribution to a well-rounded team.


As a team, we can offer multi-disciplinary support from Clinical Psychologists, Consultant Psychiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, as well as Mental Health Nurses. We also provide regular CPD sessions, reflective practice, staff support sessions, individual and group supervisions, and academic training, as well as access to external training resources.
As the band 6 Community Nurse, you will be expected to:


Take responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care and management of a defined caseload, including liaison with other agencies and, where appropriate, the supervision, development and teaching of staff and/or students.
Act as care co-ordinator to a case load of service users, ensuring the care plan is met at all times.
All staff should comply with the Trust's Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just fivemental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission , and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.


Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.


The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:


Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Be responsible for the full assessment of care needs and risk assessment of service users presenting with a wide variety of clinical conditions. Following thisthe post holder will be responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, without direct supervision (thoughclinical supervision is implemented as per policy to support you). To be named care coordinator, and act accordingly when applying care. To respond to any crisis that a service user may advise of, with the aimof promoting independent living in the community Work with the philosophy to support service users to remain in their own home. Participate fully in providing quality care in line with local and national guidelines. Act as a role model in providing a service for people with mental health problems. Participate in audit/research projects associated with the service. Be required to challenge practice that compromises or challenges high quality care to older people To advise Team Manager of any resource short falls. To partake in continuing professional development that will also benefit the evelopment and quality of the service. Remain updated with local and national guidelines and policies. KNOWLEDGE, TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE
Registered Mental Health Nurse
AMHP (or willingness to undertake training)


A minimum of two years post registration experience, one of which within older people's mental health services
Knowledge of legislation related to mental health and social care (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, National Service Framework, National Dementia Strategy, Care Programme Approach etc

Experience of: 1) ward based nursing 2) community based nursing 3) working with enduring mental health clients 4) working with older adults with mental health conditions
Care Coordination
Ability to balance safety/ risk.
Report writing skills

Ability to assess and manage risks

Understand the importance of other agencies in making project work
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

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