Older Adults Community Mental Health Nurse

NHS Jobs; Oldham; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

The Older Adults Community Mental Health Nurse role advertised through NHS Jobs involves holistic assessment of service users and development of care and risk management plans. You will provide evidence-based interventions, support carers, and liaise with GPs and other professionals to promote recovery and re-enablement.

You will maintain confidential records, comply with safeguarding, and contribute to PARIS data input and Mental Health Act-related reports.

Responsibilities

• Assess health and social care needs of service users holistically
• Conduct specialist mental health and risk assessments and devise care plans
• Provide evidence-based therapeutic interventions
• Support carers and offer carers assessments and signpost to agencies
• Maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical records following governance guidelines
• Report safeguarding concerns and complete Mental Health Act related reports
• Liaise with GPs, families, and other professionals and provide feedback
• Input data into PARIS and support clustering of service users

Job description

Older Adults Community Mental Health Nurse

Main Duties and Responsibilities To assess the health and social care needs of service users referred to the service, holistically, under the agreed procedures.To conduct specialist Mental Health Assessment and Trust Approved Risk Assessment of Service users and devise appropriate are plans an risk management plans.To provide evidence based therapeutic interventions appropriate to the service users assessed needs.To ensure where appropriate that service users are screened for Continuing Health Care Funding and support them in applying for this funding using the Decision Support Tool and by presenting to the CHC Funding panel under the CHC Framework. To provide direct intervention, including education and advice, emotional and psychological support in those referred to the team with the aim of promoting re-enablement and recovery.To promote choice and service user involvement in care planning and risk management.To ensure practice is in line with social inclusion and recovery models.To support and work with colleagues, other MDT members and outside agencies collaboratively and in the best interests of the service user.To liaise with and provide written and verbal feedback to clients, carers and relevant professionals (e.g. GPs) throughout involvement of the case, giving due regard to consent, confidentiality and information Governance guidelines.Ensure Carers are supported and offered a Carers Assessment and signposted to relevant agencies.To report and investigate concerns identified under Safeguarding Adults procedures.To complete social circumstances reports for Mental Health Act Review Tribunals and Hospital Managers Hearings.To observe the legal requirements of the current Mental Health Act Review Capacity Act and other relevant legislative frameworksTo maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical records on all service user contact, in accordance with current Trust documentation standards, and with due regard to confidentiality and information Governance guidelines.To complete all necessary inputting, training and documentation related to PARIS and the clustering of service users.