Community Nurse

NHS; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization in Plymouth seeks a professional to join their Community Mental Health Team. This role focuses on improving the physical health of individuals with Severe and Enduring Mental Health Illness (SMI) through various interventions. The ideal candidate will have experience in mental health, effective communication skills, and a passion for community health. Competitive benefits and development opportunities are offered in this rewarding position.

Benefits

Protected CPD time

Funding for training and qualifications

Diversity and inclusivity focus

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 months experience of community health promotion work.
• Experience working with individuals with mental health issues.
• Ability to manage own caseload and work autonomously.

Responsibilities

• Conduct one-to-one and group interventions for behavior change.
• Undertake physical health monitoring and outreach.
• Support multi-disciplinary team to promote wellbeing.

Skills

Knowledge and understanding of mental health issues

Ability to deliver training sessions

Medication management

Self-motivation

Project planning and management

Data analysis and interpretation

Education

RGN/RMN/ Dip HE - NMC Registration

Health promotion certificates

Motivational Interviewing training/qualification

Tools

IT literate

Job description

Anexciting opportunity has arisen to work within the Community Mental Health Teamat a time of innovation and service development.

As afully integrated member of the Community Mental Health Team, the post holderwill support the implementation of the Community Mental Health Framework with afocus on supporting the delivery of interventions aimed to address the physicalhealth inequalities faced by people with Severe and Enduring Mental HealthIllness (SMI) The post holder will seek to influence, improve, and promotepositive lifestyle choices and behaviours, which will lead to better healthoutcomes and a reduction in preventable ill health. Key lifestyle behavioursinclude being smoke free, eat well, move more and drink less.

This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route; please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.

Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

All Livewell staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7-day service.

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

The Community Mental Health Team work with individuals who experience complex mental health difficulties as well as other challenges, which at times prevent them from accessing mainstream services. This role will involve supporting the physical health needs of our patient group both in a clinical setting as well as outreach work within the community and within peoples own homes.

The post holder will work alongside mental health nurses, health improvement practitioners, occupational therapists, support workers, psychologists, substance misuse worker, assistant practitioners, social worker and social inclusion worker.

About us

Livewell Southwest is an independent, award-winning socialenterprise delivering integrated health and social care services acrossPlymouth, South Hams, and West Devon, with specialist services in parts ofDevon and Cornwall. Our teams work in community hospitals, GP practices, sportscentres, and health hubs.

As an organisation with a strong social conscience we are guided by our values,kindness, respect, inclusivity, ambition, responsibility, andcollaboration. We focus on transforming services to ensure sustainability, whileempowering staff and those we serve.

We involve the people we care for, along with their families and carers, inshaping the care they receive, striving to deliver the right care at the righttime and place. Centering our work on individual needs helps people leadhealthy, independent lives.

We prioritise employees' development, offering protected CPD time, trainingpathways, leadership programs, and funding for qualifications like the CareCertificate and Nurse Training Scholarships. Our induction and preceptorshipprograms ensure a smooth transition into our organisation.

Livewell Southwest values diversity and encourages applications from allsections of the community, including those with armed forces experience, lived experience of mentalhealth, neuro-diverse conditions and learning disabilities. If you need assistance or reasonable adjustments during theapplication process, contact the Recruiting Manager listed in the job advert.

Job responsibilities

MAIN DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES

Carryout specialist one-to-one and group interventions for behaviour change.

Undertakephysical health monitoring, including outreach for those who are difficult toengage.

Towork in partnership with members of the multi-disciplinary team to promote thephysical health and wellbeing of service users within specialist mental healthservices.

Liaisewith partners to help reach target populations and communities.

Activelyseek out Hard to Reach populations and help them to engage in healthlifestyle initiatives.

Supportthe development and delivery of training programmes for other professionals /interestedparties internally and externally.

Supportthe development, promotion and co-ordination of health activities and othercommunity engagement events.

Signposting/referralinto the One You Plymouth service and/or partner services such as IPS, andHarbour.

Contribute at appropriate network meetings and multi-disciplinary teammeetings.

Monitorand evaluate outcomes via processes, procedures and systems.

Givefeedback on performance and local intelligence to senior management team.

Ensurethat all stakeholders receive up-to-date information on a wide range of healthimprovement topics.

Contribute to thecommunications and marketing strategy by collecting case studies and photos.

Develop fact sheets andresources.

Contribute to researchand development as directed.

Act as a HealthChampion, Making Every Contact Count.

Be up to date with arange of health improvement topics through competency-based learning.

Support the nursingteam in daily medication management

Support the team indelivering medication interventions such as depot medication administration

Assess and utilizerelevant clinical tools to support with monitoring side effects of medicationand addresses as clinical indicated with the wider team

Complete relevantmental health clinical competence to support practice.

4.1 Responsibility forPeople Management

Thepost holder will be responsible for the induction of new team members.

Thepost holder may be responsible for the line management of junior staff,providing day to day management and supervision, absence management andappraisal.

Thepost holder will be responsible for ensuring that clinics run smoothly.

Thepost holder may be responsible for the delivery of training.

Thepost holder once trained may lead or support health walks.

Thepost holder will be responsible with supporting Students in practice

4.2 Responsibility forfinancial and/or physical resources

Collect information regardingpurchasing and invoicing to support managers budgetary requirements.

4.3 Responsibility for administration

Ensurerecords are up-to-date and stored as per record keeping policy.

Responsiblefor developing training and psycho-social education packs, presentation,leaflets and handouts.

4.4 Responsibility forpeople who use our services

Responsiblefor giving advice and support to service users and/or family members/carersover the phone, face to face and digitally.

Responsiblefor case load management.

Requiredto attend external events, speaking to members of the public or eventadministration.

Maybe required to present information at steering groups, forums, events, seminarsand conferences.

4.5 Responsibility for implementation of policy and/or service developments

The post holder will contribute to service development and implement changes to established working processes as appropriate.

4.6 Other Responsibilities

Share all data collection with the Business Hub for data analysis, performance and audit purposes,

5. COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS

The postholder will interact with the general public, work colleagues, stakeholders, LivewellSouthwest colleagues and workplaces.

Designand produce health promotion displays, presentations and publicity.

Establishand maintain effective channels of communication across Livewell Southwest andthe wider community.

Marketand promote the One You branding and underpinning health improvement messageswith a particular focus on priority areas.

Seekopportunities to raise awareness of health promoting messages through the Commsteam and wider partners such as national campaigns etc.

6. PHYSICAL DEMANDS OF THE JOB

Thisrole requires the post holder to engage in physical activity.

Thereis likely to be frequent sitting and standing.

Frequenteffort to lift and manual handing of equipment for health events, clinics andtraining etc.

Keyboardwork is likely throughout the working day.

Concentrationrequired when delivering client support and health improvement interventions.

Concentrationrequired for reading documents and assimilating knowledge.

Thepost holder will be required to keep up to date with public health documentsand NICE guidance.

Sometraining delivery may be emotive E.g.Suicide Prevention and Mental Health First Aid. The post holder may needto seek support from colleagues or line manager on such occasions.

Someone to one and group interventions may be upsetting for the client. The postholder may need to seek support from colleagues or line-manager on suchoccasions.

Thepost holder will use VDU for high proportion of time. However all staff will beentitled to a workstation assessment and VDU check.

Willwork in a variety of settings including home, office, community centres,outdoors at health events, traveller sites and inpatient settings.

Servicecore hours are 0900 to 1700.

Engagingservice users in treatment interventions in at times unsanitary environments

Person Specification

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of mental health issues/diagnosis and the effect on the individual, this includes impact to their physical health
• Knowledge and understanding of the psychology of behaviour change
• Knowledge of the benefits of health improvement interventions
• Understanding of determinants of health and health inequalities
• Understanding and commitment to Community Development approaches
• Knowledge of monitoring and evaluation methodology
• Awareness of sources of up to date relevant data/information i.e. national and local guidance relating to health promotion interventions
• Knowledge of the RETHINK tool.

Specific skills

• Able to deliver training sessions in group sessions using effective leadership and facilitation skills
• Medication management
• Ability to sustain good working relationships with local people, colleagues, external organisations and partnerships.
• Ability to self-motivate and motivate people to effect behaviour change
• Ability to prioritise plan and manage workload
• Project planning and management, including monitoring analysis and evaluation of projects
• Multi-media communication and presentation skills
• Development of health education resources
• IT literate
• Data analysis and interpretation
• Depot medication administration

Qualifications

• RGN/RMN/ Dip HE - NMC Registration
• Evidence of continuing professional/personal development in health improvements/ behaviour change/public health
• Evidence of competency in IT skills/ECDL or equivalent
• Some health promotion certificates such as Brief Interventions for Alcohol, Mental Health First Aid.
• Motivational Interviewing training/qualification.

Experience

• Minimum of 6 months experience of community health promotion work
• Minimum of 6 months experience working with individuals with mental health issues
• Experience and ability to work on a one to one basis and with local groups on specific health initiatives
• Demonstrable experience of working with a wide range of people and groups using a strengths based approach
• Experience of working with and sustaining partnerships with statutory, public, private and community voluntary sector
• Quantitative and/or qualitative research
• Experience of leading/developing and implementing Health Promotion initiatives
• Experience of delivering weight management interventions

Additional requirements

• Full current driving licence and access to a car or other appropriate form of transport.
• Ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team and manage own caseload

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.