Community Mental Health Nurse

The team provides the crisis function to our community team and is responsible for the support and treatment of older adults who are experiencing a mental health crisis - with people that have either a functional or organic condition. The team also has responsibility for assessment and gatekeeping people who may require admission to a mental health inpatient unit. Mental Health Services for Older People are comprised of a community team, a crisis function, a social work function and a therapy function that work in an interlinked way to provide care to people. As a professional you will have regular supervision and a Personal Development Performance (PDP) that aims to work with your strengths and to develop your skills. As a team we also hold reflective sessions. Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)Main duties of the job We would welcome applications from people looking for a full time and able to work shift pattern (early shift, late shift and weekends). The crisis function works across 7 days, providing a service between 09:00 and 21:00hrs on weekdays and between 11:00 and 19:00hrs on weekends. The post holder will therefore be required to work within the shift pattern. The post holder is required to take responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care and management of a defined caseload, including liaison with other agencies and, where appropriate, the supervision, development and teaching of staff and/or students. The post holder will act as care coordinator to a case load of service users, ensuring the care plan is met at all times. To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team and complete initial assessments for the community team as required. As a staff member you are representatives of Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) and play a vital role in fostering positive relationships and communication between the Mental Health Trust and not only the service users and their carers and relatives, but also other agencies, charities and providers.,

• Be responsible for the full assessment of care needs and risk assessment of service users presenting with a wide variety of clinical Following this the post holder will be responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, without direct supervision (though clinical supervision is implemented as per policy to support you).
• To be named care coordinator, and act accordingly when applying
• To manage one self in a professional manner, responding to requests, enquiries etc in a timely manner
• To respond to any crisis that a service user may advise of, with the aim of promoting independent living in the community
• Work with the philosophy to support service users to remain in their own
• Administer and/ or supervise medications and to have a sound knowledge of medications and their desired and undesired effects,
• Be required to provide education, advise and guidance to service users and their carers and
• Provide a range of clinical interventions and treatments appropriate to the individuals
• Participate fully in providing quality care in line with local and national
• Act as a role model in providing a service for people with mental health
• Participate in audit/research projects associated with the
• Be required to challenge practice that compromises or challenges high quality care to older people
• To advise Team Manager of any resource short
• To partake in continuing professional development that will also benefit the development and quality of the
• Remain updated with local and national guidelines and
• Partake in home visits with other professionals such as Consultant Psychiatrist, Specialty Doctors, Social Workers etc
• Partake in clinical and management supervision
  
  Degree, diploma or equivalent in Nursing (Mental Health Nursing)
• Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Mentorship Preparation Course.
• post registration experience, Adult Mental Health Care.
• Willingness to train in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
Desirable criteria
• Pre or post registration training / short courses in mental health
• Community and inpatient nursing experience
• AMHP qualification
• Successful completion of Intensive Training in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy, Knowledge of legislation related to mental health (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act, Care Programme Approach etc)
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Ability to manage distressing and challenging situations.
Desirable criteria
• Supervision skills
• Leadership skills, Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing
• Ability to feedback and discuss cases within the multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent report writing skills
• Excellent documentation of duties performed.
• Confidence to work autonomously in the community
ANALYTICAL SKILLSEssential criteria
• Good range of problem solving skills
• Good range of information gathering skills
• Ability to assess and manage risks
• Fine attention to detail
• Experience in working with service users with personality disorder.
• Maintaining a positive, non - judgemental attitude and therapeutic optimism towards working with people with personality disorder, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission.
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout, Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as an Outstanding provider of mental health and learning disability services. In 2021, we won the prestigious Health Service Journal award for Mental Health Trust of the Year, with the judges saying they were "blown away" by our people's achievements and that everything they saw "sings and hums". This year, our staff rated us the 4^th best mental health and learning disability trust to work for out of all 52 trusts in the country. Our staff tell us that they are proud to be part of the HPFT team, proud of the standard of care we provide and proud that service users are our top priority. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional