Band 6 Depot Nurse RMN - Swindon

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Swindon recovery team for a full time band 6 depot nurse. The depot nurse sees a wide range of service-users and will be responsible for the running of the depot clinic. Depot nurse will work closely with band 5 depot nurse. It will be band 6 depot nurse to coordinate and oversee the running of the clinic. They will be responsible for completing CPA reviews yearly, ensuring service users under depot clinic are seen by physical health practitioner for yearly review. Any missed appointments will be followed up by depot nurse .,

• Senior depot nurse will liaise with CIT and facilitate a sensitive transfer of care when Service Users approach the age of 65 years old.
• Referrals made for short pieces of work where additional needs are identified.
This could include referrals to MHWP, PTS or MIND Senior Depot Nurse will provide carers support to family members if requested.
• Senior depot nurse to attend this annual review/CPA and to follow up with monitoring effectiveness of any medication changes/reductions made to prescriptions.
  
  We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust):a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care.
We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care. At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.