Community Mental Health Nurse Older Adults

The Community Mental Health Nurse is a key clinical leader within the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility to assess, plan, coordinate, deliver and evaluate care, communicate findings, influence and drive change and promote health and best practice, patient safety and experience. The Mental Health Nurse will be professionally accountable to the Executive Director of Nursing, and operationally accountable to the Matron / Locality Manager. Main duties of the job

• Carry out and coordinate comprehensive, systematic nursing assessments which take account of relevant mental, physical, social, cultural, psychological, spiritual, and environmental factors, in partnership with service user and others through interaction, observation and measurement.
• Work collaboratively with other disciplines, service user and their carers to agree a holistic person centred care plan that addresses the needs identified through assessment.
• To deliver and evaluate safe, person centred care in partnership with the service user and their carers to support recovery.
• To act as a clinical leader supporting best practice in line with NICE guidance.
• To facilitate and review approved Quality Improvement initiatives within the care setting, To support and uphold the most current NMC Code of Conduct at all times.
• To support the implementation of current and future Nursing Strategy.
• To promote and to adhere to KMPTs strategies, policies, procedures and guidelines.
• To support and behave in a way that upholds KMPT Trust values.
• To carry out specific duties relevant to the setting e.g. nurse in charge, medicines clinic management, etc.
• To practise safely by being aware of and educating on the correct use, limitations and hazards of common interventions, including nursing activities and treatments.
• To report any concerns promptly through the appropriate channels and modify care when necessary to maintain safety, acting to keep patients and others safe.
• To provide educational support to optimise health and wellbeing; promoting self-care where possible, helping people to make choices about their needs and involve their carers where appropriate.
• To safely manage and administer medications and monitor their effects.
• To carry out specific duties relevant to the setting e.g. nurse in charge, medicines clinic management etc.
• Recording and reporting accurately any changes related to the patient's current behaviour and/or risks to Nurse/healthcare professional in Charge in a timely manner.
• Recording care given in a timely manner as per professional and local standards using approved KMPT systems.
• Supporting and carrying out therapeutic observations as required and instructed.
• To coordinate and make recommendations to the care plan process
• To mentor, supervise and line manage staff.
• To assess, act on and report any safeguarding concerns.
• Promoting a healthy, safe and secure environment by adhering to Trust statutory health and safety requirements and maintaining confidentiality of information at all times in compliance with Trust policies, procedures, protocols and guidance.
• Acting as a role model and supporting new team members through demonstration and explanation of tasks and techniques.
• Facilitating, supporting and assessing staff undergoing personal and/or professional development.
• Undertake and maintain all essential training to role.
• Working confidently in a variety of environments according to changing service needs which present different challenges whilst continuing to act in a professional manner.
• Balancing all aspects of the job role across the 7 day working pattern.
• Being flexible and responsive to competing demands to ensure safe delivery of services.
  
  NMC Registered Mental health Nurse
• Practice Assessor
• Completed Preceptorship
• Completed Edward Jenner Programme
Desirable criteria
• Evidence of continued professional development, Significant knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Mental Capacity Act
• Significant awareness of clinical governance and its relationship to clinical effectiveness and patient safety and patient experience
• A comprehensive understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management.
Desirable criteria
• Ability to support and develop an environment which ensures effective clinical care and innovation
  
  Working for our organisation
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life. We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC. Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community. We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas. You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones. The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service. Our strategy Our mission is what we set out to do every day We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people Our vision is where we want to be in the future To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

NHS pension scheme Your employer pays 20.6% towards your pension and life assurance benefits. Please see Apply. Apply/Pensions.aspx for more details. Annual leave for Agenda for Change On appointment to NHS 27 days for full time or pro rata if part time After 5 years NHS service 29 days full time or pro rata if part time After 10 years NHS service 33 days full time or pro rata if part time Plus bank holidays, that's up to 41 days - more than 8 weeks paid time off! Medical staffs have national Terms and Condit