Band 5/6 Community Mental Health Nurse

Job summary An exciting opportunity has arisen for a community mental health nurse (Care Co-ordinator) to join the later life Complex Intervention and Treatment Team (CITT) based in NHS House in Bath.
The appointment could be made at a Band 5 or Band 6, depending on the experience of the applicant, and is therefore offering an exciting development opportunity.The team provides a range of key interventions which can include: The assessment, formulation, treatment & therapeutic support for older people with severe & enduring mental health problems, either with a functional illness or with a dementia.Pharmacological interventions - medication management, prescribing and monitoring.Psychosocial and psychological interventions.Working in collaboration with AWP MDT and non AWP services.Complex organic and dementia presentations, including behavioural and psychological symptoms associated with dementia (BPSD).Statutory work under the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.Working in partnership to promote safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and public protection.Recognition of carer's needs, signposting and help in accessing other services.
Main duties of the job Applicants will need to demonstrate knowledge in the areas of the delivery of mental health care in the community, with particular reference to the needs of Older People, together with an understanding of both the CPA and Care Management processes.You will be required to provide care co-ordination for an allocated caseload of service users with substantial and complex mental health needs.
This will include key tasks of undertaking high quality assessments, developing care plans, delivering and reviewing therapeutic interventions.
You will act as a supervisor and role model to others.Applicants will be expected to demonstrate a high level of decision making skills and to work independently.
Applicants will also need to be proficient with the use of IT systems for both data and documentation purposes.
About us We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.We provide services from a range of locations to approximately million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing.
The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees.
We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community.
We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Job description Job responsibilities 1.
To contribute to the full range of activities required to deliver ongoing comprehensive mental health assessment for service users with severe and enduring mental health needs living in the community and in a range of settings.
This may include:a.
The use of standardised assessment tools such as Cluster Allocation Support Tool (CAST), Recovery History, strengths and Mental Impact of culture and Functional The needs of family and Evaluation of Physical Complicating The interventions and treatments required to enable positive Social Care Safeguarding and public protection.
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Triage of new referrals made into secondary mental health services.
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Completion of high quality comprehensive mental health needs assessment, including risk assessment, for service users.
Signposting of assessed individuals to appropriate services according to their needs.
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To contribute to planning, delivering and reviewing treatment programmes using appropriate frameworks in line with evidencebased practice, including strategies to manage risk for service users with complex needs and carers, bringing in other resources as required.
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To act as care coordinator for identified service users, also providing defined interventions to individuals on other workers caseloads.
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To contribute to the planning, delivery and evaluation of defined, therapeutic interventions as identified, in line with personal recovery plans, including to service users who maybe on other caseloads.
This might include:a.
Individual or group therapeutic Psychological treatments such as CBT, DBT approaches , family Psychosocial Motivational and coping enhancement Medication Interventions under the Mental Health Act.
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To deliver a range of activities/defined interventions to improve the friends/relatives/carers (carers) ability to support the service user and to enable them in their relationship with the service user.
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To develop and maintain good partnership working with other services is maintained throughout all treatment episodes, including regular liaison within Primary Health Care Team, inpatient services, day services, voluntary sector and with nominated carers/advocates.
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In collaboration with service users and carers, to be responsible for facilitating the development of comprehensive crisis plans, rapid access plans, advance statements etc, involving other agencies such as primary care etc where appropriate.
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To personally build, hope inspiring relationships with service users, which acknowledge the personal journey of each person, and focus on strengths and aspirations to allow the creation of meaningful personal recovery plans.
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To be responsible for maintaining own workload, on a day to day basis, ensuring that time is prioritised effectively, making full use of electronic resources such as diaries/scheduling.
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To be responsible for the protection of individuals from abuse and harm in line with local safeguarding policies and procedures, by contributing with others to the plans to protect people at risk, ensuring the appropriate sharing of information.
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To facilitate access for service users and carers to appropriate community services and interventions outside secondary mental health services and across the complete recovery pathway.
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Personally working collaboratively and sensitively with individuals with a range of mental health needs to develop skills to manage their own health, in accordance with their personal recovery plan, by actively promoting and using approaches which are affirming, build on strengths, identify past positive experience and success, and use small steps to move towards the persons goal.
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To maintain the single health and social care record, ensuring both paper and electronic records are kept up to date in accordance with professional and organisational standards.
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Report and record within agreed timeframes, all activity relating to information reporting and performance requirements.
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To proactively participate in management, workload and clinical supervision in accordance with trust policy, taking personal responsibility for making appropriate arrangements.
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To provide mentoring/ training for others in relevant practice areas, according to professional requirements, taking a collaborative approach to practice development and evidence-based care.
Specifically this means providing a safe and effective learning environment for the mentoring and supervising of students , participating in their learning objectives and assessments.
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Demonstrate responsibility for developing own practice in line with professional qualifications and for contributing to the development of others, by making use of effective feedback, supervision, coaching and appraisal, and by providing appropriate information to help others.
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To adhere to professional codes of conduct ensuring required skills and competencies required are maintained.
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To participate in local arrangements in order to ensure consistent care to service users across the local geography 23.
To show willingness to support practices which foster and maintain team working.
Person Specification Essential Essential Essential knowledge, skills and experience Diploma / Degree and registration with the NMC Demonstrates a good understanding of recovery principles and the role of secondary mental health services in the delivery of care Able to articulate a sound understanding of the relevant legal frameworks/legislation including CPA process, Mental Health Act , Mental Capacity Act, and Safeguarding.
Demonstrates significant experience of assessing risk and developing risk management strategies Demonstrates post-registration experience gained working in front-line mental health services, undertaking assessment and delivering interventions.
Desirable Demonstrates experience of supervising others, monitoring their performance and ensuring delivery of activity.
Ability to prioritise, particularly when working under pressure Well developed verbal communication skills, able to engage effectively with people at all levels including when a more assertive approach is needed.