Community Mental Health Nurse

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board; Lichfield; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Mental Health Nurse to lead care for clients through recovery within an integrated community team. The role emphasizes nursing leadership with the MDT, supporting junior colleagues and facilitating student nurses in training.

The post involves complex caseload management, quality assurance, medication administration, and delivering a range of pharmacological and psychotherapeutic interventions within established pathways and

Qualifications

• Registered mental health nurse (NMC) and active on NMC Register.
• Experience leading a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience working in community mental health settings.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for managing a complex caseload with assessments and care planning.
• Participate in setting quality standards and auditing of practice.
• Administer medications following Trust procedures and NMC guidance.
• Assess and develop individual care plans; deliver interventions.
• Deliver pharmacological and psychologically informed interventions.
• Contribute to risk assessments and risk management plans.
• Provide supervision and support within the team.
• Support staff wellbeing and professional development.

Skills

Nurse leadership

MDT collaboration

Mentor/training

Student supervision

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Mental Health Nurse who has a keen interest in working with this client group to provide a holistic overview and lead on the care and treatment of the person's journey through to recovery. The successful candidate will provide nursing leadership with the MDT, support junior colleagues in their development and facilitate student nurses in their training.,

• Take responsibility for the management of a complex caseload, which includes, specialist assessment (within service specification), care planning in conjunction with service user and carer and evaluation of individual treatment plans.
• Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring, and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance practice and policy.
• Administer medication, complying with relevant Trust procedures and NMC Guidance.
• Assess patient's individual care needs, develop, implement, and evaluate programmes of care.
• Deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care and Pathway guidance including; pharmacological and psychologically informed interventions.
• Complete and contribute, where appropriate to robust risk assessments and risk management plans. Deliver and promote positive risk taking, where appropriate, to improve quality of life and maximise occupational performance/independence., Check out the below videos showcasing why you should grow your career at MPFT:
• Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube What is it like to be a Mental Health Nurse in a community setting at MPFT? - YouTube

The Integrated Mental Health Team is an innovative secondary care community team that is guided by collective leadership, providing evidence-based psychological and medical interventions to patients with a wide range of complex mental health needs. The IMHT supports service users with a wide range of mental health needs from anxiety and depression to severe and enduring mental illness. The successful candidate can expect the following:

• Support with settling into the team and developing into the role.
• Right from the start of joining the team, a clear and ongoing conversation about your skills and personal career progression, which is managed through the Trusts appraisal process.
• A commitment to supporting you to remain up to date with your practice and develop skills through formal and informal training.
• Regular, high quality clinical and managerial supervision.
• Warm, friendly and supportive colleagues.
• Collective leads who are committed to the psychological and physical wellbeing of staff in the pathway.
• A continual commitment to embrace lean methodology to improve the quality of the services provided for patients/their carers and the experience of staff working within the pathway.
• You will belong to a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team which includes nursing colleagues, allied health professionals, psychologists, psychiatrists, support workers and peer support workers.
• Our last CQC inspection achieved Good throughout the trust making us a great trust to work for.
• Staff wellbeing is at the heart of the organisation with regular events held throughout the year. See our twitter feed @mpftBigShoutOut and #mpftBigSoothe

The usual hours of work are Monday to Friday 9am 5pm. You will also be required to have access to suitable transport as this role will require you to travel over a large geographical area. Please see attached documents for the full job description and person specification for both Band 5 and Band 6 role dependant on your route. If you would like to view the Core Competencies Framework as part of the development role, please contact Vickie Griffiths on the details attached.

• Registered mental health nurse (NMC)
• Active on NMC Register

Desirable

• Psychological interventions qualification (CBT, EMDR, CAT, DBT, Family Therapy)
• Registered practice assessor for students
  Evidence of extensive post registration experience of working with adults experiencing mental health related difficulties
• Experience of working with people who have difficulty in engaging with services and have complex mental health needs
• Experience of assessing, planning, coordinating and managing people with mental health problems in a community setting, Experience of working in community setting and making decisions autonomously
  Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.

We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems. We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow. We are 'United in our Uniqueness' and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.