Community Mental Health Nurse

Job overview

We are a countywide service providing a highly skilled and supportive Home Treatment team. We are the team that builds relationships, problem solves, listens, assesses multiple care needs, direct plans of care, provide signposting, advice, education and support to the person living with dementia and their families, carers and loved ones.

We are looking for a highly motivated individual who is passionate about working with individuals living with dementia, promoting the concept of living well with dementia. You will need to hold excellent communication skills, be enthusiastic, flexible in your approach and demonstrate an understanding of the complexities involved in this specialist area.

As part of our team, you will be working autonomously and have a varied role allowing plenty of scope to both demonstrate and develop your skills. You will work closely with and be supported by our multi-disciplinary team. Whilst working alongside the immediate team you will also work with our wider health and social care community, in particular our colleagues in general practice, care homes, social care, admiral nurses and our 3rd sector services such as the Alzheimer’s Society.

This is a community-based role that requires frequent travel within a wide geographical area to support service delivery.

We welcome applicants from both experienced and newly qualified nurses.

Main duties of the job

1. Take responsibility with supervision and support from a Band 6 Nurse, for the management of an identified caseload, which includes specialist assessment (within service specification), care planning in conjunction with service user and carer, and evaluation of individual treatment plans.
2. Participate in the setting of quality standards, including the auditing, monitoring and reviewing of practice in line with current clinical guidance and policy.
3. Assess patient's individual care needs, develop, implement and evaluate programmes of care.
4. Deliver a range of interventions in accordance with the agreed plan of care and Pathway guidance including pharmacological and psychologically informed interventions.
5. Complete and contribute, where appropriate, to robust risk assessments and risk management plans.
6. Deliver and promote positive risk-taking, where appropriate, to improve quality of life and maximise occupational performance/independence.
7. Maintain an effective reporting system by observing and reporting verbally and in writing on patient conditions.
8. Utilise agreed outcome measures to review the effectiveness of interventions, as part of the care planning and evaluation process.
9. Support in the provision of formal and informal training of pre/post registration students, staff members, carers and service users.
10. Participate in the development of the service to ensure clinical governance processes are actively implemented at team level.