Senior Mental Health Nurse

The Methodist Church in Britain; Burslem; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellness opportunities

Flexible working

Job summary

The Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team at Harplands Hospital is seeking a Band 6 mental health nurse to assess individuals in crisis, create recovery-focused care plans, and lead the shift in a busy Crisis Care Centre. The role involves multi-disciplinary collaboration and leadership within a supportive team.

You will work with GPs, police, ambulance and housing colleagues, supervise junior staff, and ensure safe, person-centred care with electronic record-keeping.

Qualifications

• Registered mental health nurse at diploma or degree level.
• Experience in assessment and care planning in health or social care.
• Multi-agency working and safeguarding awareness.
• Knowledge of personalisation and equality in care.

Responsibilities

• Assess mental health needs and risk for individuals in crisis or deterioration.
• Create and review care plans including safety planning.
• Act as duty lead on shift and allocate team workload.
• Record assessments and care plans in electronic systems.
• Supervise and caseload manage junior staff.
• Collaborate with GPs, police, ambulance and housing partners.
• Maintain regular supervision and report major concerns.

Skills

Assessment & care

Care planning

Risk assessment

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

IT literacy

Education

NMC registered nurse (diploma/degree)

Job description

This band 6 post sits in the Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team, based in the Crisis Care Centre at Harplands Hospital. The work centres on assessing people in crisis or with worsening mental illness, including risk, and agreeing care and safety plans, whether they are seen on the unit or at home. The post includes acting as duty lead on shift, allocating and prioritising work, and supervising and guiding more junior staff. An NMC-registered mental health nurse at diploma or degree level is required.

What the job involves

• Assess mental health needs and risk for people at first contact, at crisis point or deteriorating, on the unit or at home
• Create care plans with individuals to aid recovery, including a safety plan, and review their effectiveness where appropriate
• Act as duty lead on shift, allocating and prioritising work for the team so the shift runs safely and effectively
• Manage own allocated work and respond speedily and appropriately to all referrals taken by phone, fax or post
• Complete assessments and maintain records on electronic systems in line with departmental requirements, stored and accessible to the line manager
• Supervise and caseload manage more junior staff
• Work in partnership with individuals to agree a plan of care they accept
• Work with other professionals, including GPs, police, ambulance and housing, and build good working relationships with agencies and colleagues
• Have regular supervision with the line manager and inform the team manager of major issues or concerns
• Promote anti-discriminatory and non-oppressive practice and service delivery
• Carry out other duties commensurate with the grade of the post

What’s required

Qualifications

• Registered mental health nurse at diploma or degree level

Registration & licences

• Registration with the NMC

Experience

• Assessment and care planning in health or social care, including needs-led assessment, reviewing care plans and monitoring care arrangements
• Community mental health services and other health and social care services
• Multi-agency working
• Paid or voluntary work with adults

Skills & knowledge

• Understanding of the personalisation agenda in health and social care
• Contributing to plans and service developments for people with changing health and social care needs
• Understanding of equality issues and anti-discriminatory practice
• Knowledge of mental and physical health policies, alcohol services and how substances affect mental health
• Good working knowledge of the legal framework for assessment and care management and the principles of care planning
• Good organisational skills, managing time and meeting deadlines, with IT ability or willingness to learn

Other

• Working as part of a team, including multi-disciplinary working with professionals, carers and service users
• Working creatively within resource constraints

Nice to have

• Ability to prescribe medication
• Safeguarding level 3
• Ability to use an electronic patient records system, for example Lorenzo
• Experience in physical health assessments
• Ability to resolve a problem with a positive and safe outcome

What’s offered

• Wellness opportunities
• Flexible working