Community Mental Health Nurse

The Community Mental Health Assessment Team offers a screening and assessment service to adults (aged under 65) in the Bradford District and Craven region. Those referred to our team are those felt to be potentially experiencing complex or severe mental health difficulties and who may need specialist support.

The team is comprised of Community Mental Health Nurses, Social Workers, a Nurse Prescriber, and Psychological Therapists.

We are closely linked with Community Mental Health Teams in the Bradford District and Craven region. When mental health needs are identified that may need support from one of these teams, we are able to plan and transfer care to them.

We carefully consider each referral. Where appropriate we are able to give advice to Primary Care or help people to access other forms of support available in the local community.

The Community Mental Health Assessment Team works alongside all CMHTs in the Trust with a need to work flexibly at sites, home visits as well as home working.

The post holder will provide high standards of skilled mental health care and assessment to individuals and their families. The role will include active participation in the service delivery and development alongside multi-disciplinary teams.

The Community Mental Health Nurse will be an active member of the multi disciplinary team and will work in close co-operation with secondary and primary care based professionals, other community agencies and voluntary and third-sector services., To triage and assess routine referrals into CMHT.To support service users' access into CMHT where appropriate.To be aware of other forms of support in the community and assist service user access to this where needed.To attend internal and referral meetings.To input data in the clinical information system: e.g. including risk assessments, initial assessments, crisis and contingency plans.To work as a part of duty/day coordinator service within CMH ATTo supervise and mentor student nursesTo demonstrate effective networking skills and ensure a holistic approach to meet service user needs.To work to ensure the safety and wellbeing of service users and their familiesTo work in partnership with service users and carers to achieve goals and to support recovery and reintegration within communitiesTo provide appropriate feedback and liaison with MDT on all aspects of service user care.To ensure that agreed standards of nursing care within the team are achieved.To actively participate in the
flexible formats of team supervision and support.To initiate, develop and assist in the trial of new ideas for the improvement of services to service users in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team.To ensure that nursing policies are implemented and maintainedTo comply with legal and professional requirements.

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value differenceWe Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needsWe Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partnersWe will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :Increase mileage rates for > 3500A wide range of health and wellbeing support packagesA range of internal and external development and learning opportunitiesPlus many more.We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and
to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.The Trust reserves the right to close this position early if a significant number of applications are received.