South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust
Care Coordinator
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About the Role
We are looking for an enthusiastic Community Nurse to join our Kingston and Richmond Early Intervention Service (EIS). Applicants need to be professionally qualified and committed to providing responsive and high-quality clinical services to mental health service users and their carers.
About the Service
The Early Intervention Team provides a service for those people with first onset psychoses between the ages of 17 and 65 years. The aim of the service is to provide intensive care using the Assertive Community Team model, to prevent relapse, reduce the number of “revolving door” admissions, ensure effective treatment for resistant symptoms, reduce the incidence of suicide, and maximise an individual’s personal and social functioning.
Key Responsibilities
- Team Collaboration: The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary team comprising of Doctors, Psychologist, Social Workers, CPNs, OT, Support and Recovery Workers, Employment Specialists, a Team Manager and team administration staff.
- Autonomy and Leadership: 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.
- Fundamentals of Care: Leading On And Undertaking Activities To Ensure That The Fundamentals Of Care Are Met - Nutrition, Hydration, Hygiene, Comfort, Emotional And Social Support.
- Collaborative Care: Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
- Communication: Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers.
- Liaison: Liaising and working positively with members of the multi-disciplinary team and partner organisations.
- Medication Management: Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoring service user compliance.
- Safety: Safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all incidents following trust policy.
- Risk Management: 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.
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About Us
We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.
- Expert Services: We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health.
- Quality Care: The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.
- Transformation: This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together.
- Facilities: We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.
- Inclusivity: We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti-racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.
- Benefits: We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.
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Location
Between Tolworth Hospital and Maddison Clinic
Important Information
- Sponsorship: Unless expressly stated in the job advert the role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Grace Lai
- Job title: Team Manager
- Email address: grace.lai@swlstg.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 02035135000
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