Sanctuary Personnel is currently looking for an experienced Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse (CPN) to take on a new ongoing contract role within the Rec Hub.
Location: Kingston upon Thames
Pay Rate: £29 per hour (assignment rate)
Contract Type: Locum, 3-month contract
Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week if full time, or pro rata
Duties:
- Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise
- Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support
- Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT)
- Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers
- Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner organisations
- Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoring service user compliance
- Safety; safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all incidents following policy
- Leading and supporting/teaching junior staff on risk assessment and risk management that involves making decisions based on knowledge of the research evidence, knowledge of the individual service user and their social context, knowledge of the service user’s own experience and clinical judgment
- Supporting and supervising junior staff to develop the management of care
- Coordinating junior staff and the wider care team in providing hands-on care to service users and evaluating processes of care delivered
- Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non- judgmental way
- Developing care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patient care documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT and family/carers
- Ensuring the monitoring and recording service user clinical observations are undertaken, such as physical observations and vital signs and treating or escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that does not fulfill the personal parameters to the relevant professional for treatment
- Promote healthy lifestyles and give health promotion advice and support
- Implementing the principles of ‘recovery’: encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest
- Where appropriate contributing to psychological interventions
- Escorting service users, as required, in line with policies
- Advocating for service users’ needs and rights within Trust policy. Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care
Requirements of the Community Mental Health Nurse:
- NMC Registration
- Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the importance of maintaining the service user’s respect and dignity at all times and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity
- Registered Adult Nurse and/or Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse
- Mentorship qualification
- Master’s degree
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Experience of research-based/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice
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Significant relevant clinical experience
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Evidence of continuing professional development
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Experience as a preceptor / mentor
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Knowledge of clinical governance and audit
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Knowledge of relevant Professional and Clinical legislation
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Understanding of Care Co-ordination under CPA
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Experience of Interagency working
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Experience of managing a caseload
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Experience of working in the community
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Experience of supporting practice development in clinical areas
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Awareness/knowledge of the issues surrounding social inclusion for mental health service users
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Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user’s needs, without close supervision
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Skills in clinical assessment/baseline mental health assessment
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Skills in risk assessment and risk management and crisis management
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Resilient: able to cope with difficult interpersonal situations.
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IT skills
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Skilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback
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Problem solving, ability to identify problems, review options and take
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Approachable
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Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others
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Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems.
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Loyal and able to advocate for and show pride in the work area and organisation
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Flexibility to work shift patterns across 24hrs, 7 days a week and across all clinical areas as required
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Ability to fulfil all the requirements of the role (including physical)
Contact:
This Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse job is advertised by Deane Garrard; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
We welcome applications from: PIP Assessors, Ward Managers, Deputy Ward Managers, CAMHS Practitioners, Community Mental Health Nurses, Mental Health Nurses, Nurses, Psychiatric Nurses & Community Nurses as we have vacancies that match with these job titles. Online remote nurse jobs are available from time to time so please get in touch.
Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Registered Mental Health Nurse role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements.
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Reasonable Adjustments:
If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into you work placement.
