Senior Community Mental Health Nurse

4 days ago

Wedmore, United Kingdom Somerset Nhs Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary Are you a Registered Mental Health Nurse looking for a new and rewarding challenge in crisis and urgent care services?Our Home Treatment Team in Bridgwater are recruiting Registered Mental Health nurses to join our friendly team.
You will act as a key member of our dynamic, multi-disciplinary team, responsible for ensuring urgent community assessments of clients presenting in an acute mental health crisis.You will have robust assessment skills, provide brief interventions to clients on the team caseload and have a passion for providing compassionate care to clients and their families and carers.This role will also enable you to work within our First Response Service in Somerset, providing telephone support and triage to individuals presenting in mental health crisis.
This team sits under the umbrella of the Home Treatment Service and is based in Taunton, so a willingness to travel to both bases is a must.As well as taking pride in caring for our patients, we also prioritise caring for our colleagues.
You will be part of a compassionate team who understand the challenges that arise when working and the importance of supporting one another through these.
Main duties of the job We recognise that recovery from acute mental illness is best met within a persons own home, so we strive to provide safe, intensive mental health treatment and intervention at home, as an alternative to admission to psychiatric hospital.You will be a key member of a skilled Multi Disciplinary Team who will offer a wide range of psychological, medical and social interventions to support recovery.As well as working with a clinical caseload and their families, the home treatment team gatekeep admissions to, and facilitate early discharge from mental health inpatient settings.This role will involve flexible working across a 24-hour shift rota (days and night shifts) in a 7 day a week service.
About us As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, fantastic pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines.
You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable.
You will to experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan -- there is truly something for everyone
Job description Job responsibilities The team act as a gatekeeper to admissions so the post holder will be able to consider referral information from other services and be able to contribute to decision making regarding the most appropriate treatment option.The post holder will also work in our triage hub, responsible for accepting and triaging urgent referrals from a variety of sources, for those experiencing a mental health crisis.You will be expected to maintain a high standard of electronic patient records.You will work collaboratively with colleagues in the team and across the community mental health service.
There will be an expectation that they will work flexibly across the service which covers a 24 hour period, 7 days a week.We are looking for someone who is professional in how they communicate, works with care and compassion and are competent, committed, trustworthy and dependable in undertaking allocated tasks and responsibilities.
Person Specification Qualifications Essential RMN Current registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council Evidence of Post qualifying professional development in an acute setting Experience Essential Significant post registration experience in multi-disciplinary community mental health services.
Experience of managing risk of clients in crisis.
Experience of assessment, care-planning, development and evaluation in conjunction with clients and carers.
Experience and knowledge of working with people with mental health problems.
Desirable Good knowledge of resources and working practices across health and social care Ability to be innovative in practice Additional Criteria Essential Able to carry out evidence based interventions Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively and empathically with patients, carers and relatives about complex and sensitive issues Excellent organisational skills, ability to manage own time and plan timed activities for staff and patients Ability to recognise and manage challenging situations in a calm and professional manner Ability to lead a team and work effectively as part of a team Experience of carrying out supervision to junior staff, coordinating the care of clients and delegating tasks Ability to inspire hope, support recovery and make a difference Act in a ways that support equality and diversity The ability to attend the necessary training with regard to personal safety Ability to work under pressure and on own initiative Flexibility and commitment to high standards of service for adults with mental health difficulties Ability to speak to distressed patients and their relatives in person and on the telephone Required to spend a considerable period of a working day in front of a VDU with expected high standards of written communication skills Ability to travel round Trust area to fulfil the requirements of the role.
Desirable Ability to work in partnership with other agencies Willingness to lead groups

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