Community Mental Health Nurse

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT); Borehamwood; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity as a Community Mental Health Nurse is available at a leading trust in Borehamwood. The role involves supporting patients with complex mental health needs, working within a dedicated team, and mentoring student nurses. This position is ideal for a motivated healthcare professional looking to make a positive impact.

Qualifications

• Excellent communication skills essential.
• Ability to work independently within a team environment.
• Motivated and enthusiastic about supporting mental health care.

Responsibilities

• Assess care needs and develop care programmes for complex mental health needs.
• Act as a mentor for student nurses.
• Provide education, advice, and guidance to service users and their families.

Skills

Communication

Independent working

Team support

Job description

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An exciting opportunity has risen for the post of a band 5-6 development Community Mental Health Nurse in Borehamwood ACMHS Team Adult Community Divison 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 enthusistic 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.
• 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) 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.

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 Are

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.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Gillian Gunzo Job title: Service Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02087313000

Izah, Ikechukwu Dominic CNS

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