Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT)
Community Mental Health Nurse
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An exciting opportunity for the post of a Band 5-6 Development Community Mental Health Nurse in Borehamwood ACMHS Team Adult Community Division Services
We have a number of vacancies within the Adult Community Mental Health Service giving you the opportunity to quickly progress to the next position that you aspire.
We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic person who will be able to support the lead in all aspects and clinically support the nursing team. You must have excellent communication skills and the ability to work independently and with strategic intent within the supportive environment of the ACMHS.
As the Community Mental Health Nurse you will be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for a defined caseload of people with complex mental health and or social care needs; and maintaining associated records. You will also act as mentor for student nurses as required.
The post holder will be responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, with direct supervision initially, and then taking responsibility for the assessment of care needs and risk assessment of service users presenting with a wide variety of clinical conditions.
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- 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 aim of promoting independent living in the community.
- Work with the philosophy to support service users to remain in their own home.
- Provide education, advice and guidance to service users and their carers and families.
- Provide a range of clinical interventions and treatments appropriate to the individual needs of service users.
- Be required to challenge practice that compromises or challenges high quality care to service users.
- Remain updated with local and national guidelines and policies.
- Partake in home visits with other professionals such as Consultant Psychiatrist, Specialty Doctors, Occupational Therapist and Psychologist, Physiotherapist.
- Partake in clinical and management supervision and attend all Fast Track training sessions including the mid-year and final review.
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT)
HPFT is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental 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.
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Our family of over 4000 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.
Our Trust Values
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:
- Welcoming
- Kind
- Positive
- Respectful
- Professional
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: John Oluseyi Oke
- Job title: Clinic Nurse Specialist
- Email address: johnoluseyi.oke@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 02087313000
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