Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Community Mental Health Nurse - Older People
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Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner
Role Overview
This is an exciting secondment opportunity for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Practitioner role working within Older Adult Services in Stockport.
Responsibilities
This role involves providing interventions to identified people in a community setting, with severe and enduring mental health issues and/or an organic diagnosis. We work with particularly challenging and complex cases.
- To work in the community and liaise with in-patient areas assessing and prioritising patients appropriately.
- To manage a caseload of patients with complex and challenging mental health needs.
- To assess people in the most appropriate location, often in their own home, working in accordance with the Lone Working Policy.
- To plan and implement appropriate person-centered interventions to meet the needs of the individual. Contribute to making decisions regarding patient care in consultation with the multi-disciplinary team.
- Undertake the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care. Maintain standards with regards to the quality of interventions provided. Work within the framework of the All Agency Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults Policy and be willing to undertake relevant training.
- To carry out a thorough holistic assessment of the person's current mental health needs, including risk assessment and psychological needs.
- To demonstrate the ability to make decisions in relation to the clinical management of individual patients and make critical clinical judgements in relation to mental health and care provision within the community setting.
- To be able to assess and manage patients presenting with co-morbidities of physical and mental health needs including the impact of medication. Maintain confidentiality and a high professional standard at all times.
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Team and Collaboration
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to join Stockport Older Peoples CMHT as a Band 6 Nurse. You will be joining a full team of highly experienced practitioners which includes Nurses, Older Peoples Clinical Psychologists, Support Workers, Psychiatrists, OT's, and Qualified Assistant Practitioners. The role is to support the older peoples community mental health nursing team in managing the care and treatment of older people in the community. This will involve working with patients diagnosed with both organic and functional illness. The post-holder will also support the duty system that is operated within the team in response to crisis calls that they receive.
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We work closely with our Home Intervention Team, our CERN pathway, our Memory Assessment Services, and our inpatient wards. Communication with other local agencies is a key part of the role.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Julie Forrester
- Job Title: Older People's Service Manager
- Email Address: julie.sheppard2@nhs.net
- Telephone Number: 0161 716 3400
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