Community Mental Health Nurse / CPN (NMC)

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Redhill; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a registered Mental Health Nurse to assess and support older individuals with mental health issues. You will provide psychological interventions, liaise with professionals, and safely administer medications in community settings. Ideal candidates are committed to working with older people and possess excellent communication skills. This role includes travel, so a valid driving license is required.

Qualifications

• High level of commitment and motivation to work with older people with severe and enduring mental health problems.
• Ability to provide clear information regarding health promotion and psychoeducation.
• Hold a full and valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work purposes.

Responsibilities

• Assess and support older people referred to the service.
• Provide low-level psychological interventions and/or memory assessments.
• Liaise with other professionals to coordinate care.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Ability to safely administer medications

Commitment to working with older people

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Job description

Overview

This post will include assessing older people referred to our service and working with an allocated caseload of existing service users, providing low level psychological interventions and/or memory assessments, and liaising with other professionals to coordinate care. You will need to safely administer medication in a community setting, engage in medicines management, and monitor physical health.

Responsibilities

• Assess and support older people referred to the service with an allocated caseload.
• Provide low level psychological interventions and/or memory assessments as appropriate.
• Liaise with other professionals to coordinate and monitor care.
• Safely administer medications in a community setting and engage in medicines management and physical health monitoring.
• Work within a multidisciplinary and collaborative team, in the Team Base and in clients\' homes.
• Assess risk dynamically and act to safeguard clients at all times.
• Provide health promotion, psychoeducation, and educational input to service users, nursing students, and junior colleagues.
• Be flexible and collaborative with the multidisciplinary team and external agencies.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Be a registered Mental Health Nurse with a high level of commitment and motivation to work with older people with severe and enduring mental health problems and/or dementia.
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills and the ability to provide clear information to service users about health promotion and psychoeducation.
• Demonstrate the ability to safely administer medications in a community setting and undertake medicines management.
• Be able to provide educational input and supervision to nursing students and junior colleagues.
• Hold a full and valid driving licence and have access to a vehicle for work purposes due to the community element of the role.

About the Trust

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We actively engage people who use our services and our communities in improving mental wellbeing. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support for service users and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in countryside, with excellent road and rail networks. For international travel, Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.