Community Psychiatric Nurse

NHS Jobs; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to manage community caseloads and act as a care coordinator. You will triage referrals, conduct initial assessments, and deliver one-to-one interventions while recording comprehensive needs and risk assessments.

The role requires application of specialist skills to maintain professional competence and to plan pathways within urgent care and the community, with strong communication across clients, carers and health

Qualifications

• Must demonstrate ability to manage caseloads in community settings.
• Ability to perform comprehensive needs/risk assessments and devise treatment plans.
• Strong communication with clients, carers and multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Caseload management for patients living in the community as care coordinator.
• Triage referrals and undertake initial assessments.
• Record comprehensive need/risk assessments and implement treatment plans.
• Establish and maintain channels with clients, carers and other health/wellbeing professionals.
• Possess driving licence and vehicle for business use; adjustments available under Equality Act 2010.

Job description

Day to Day Duties: Caseload management for patients living in the community, and acting as care coordinator. Triage of referrals, provision of initial assessments and one-to-one interventions with service users. To undertake and record comprehensive need/risk assessments, devise and implement treatment plans for service users. To demonstrate the application of specialist skills and knowledge in order to maintain professional competence and fitness to practice as a nurse practitioner. To establish and maintain robust communication networks with clients, carers, team members, other health care and social care workers within urgent care and the community To use interpersonal skills in diffusing potentially emotive situations while undertaking assessments and pathway planning within acute settings. A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust