Community Psychiatric Nurse Crisis Function

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 co-ordinator 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. 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. All staff should comply with the Trust's Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.,

• Devise care plans that promote patients independent living in the community.
• Complete risk assessments that are clear, concise and detail plans to safely manage any risks that are identified.
• Use a variety of clinical skills appropriate to the needs of the individual and the clinical setting in which they are seen.
• provide ongoing interventions for people where assessment indicates this to be relevant to their needs.
• Where indicated by assessment to discharge with appropriate care provisions and follow-up, with future review dates booked as appropriate.
• Demonstrate a high standard of record keeping and documentation with adherence to Trust policies.
• Work with colleagues to develop and promote the service's philosophy, framework of care delivery and strategic objectives.
• Contribute to Mental Health strategy discussions/steering groups
• Deliver care that is person centered reflecting current best practice, and challenges practice that may be detrimental to older people receiving high quality care.
• Demonstrate a working understanding of the legal and ethical issues in providing mental health care, in particular having a good knowledge of the Mental Health Act (1983) and its use in non-mental health areas., As the post holder will be working within the community most of the time, they will be need to be establishing and maintaining positive relationships with people, agencies, charities and other providers whom also provide services to Older People in that community area. These relationships are vital and team members should bear in mind that they will be representing HPFT Close working relationships should be developed with other parts of HPFT notably Crisis teams, Intensive Outreach Team and SMHTOP's; as well as Hertfordshire County Council's Health and Community Services.
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 co-ordinator 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. 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. All staff should comply with the Trust's Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity.


• Degree, diploma or equivelent in Nursing (Mental Health Nursing).
• Registration with Nursing and Midwifery Council
• Mentorship Preparation Course.
• Two years post registration experience, with at least one year post registration experience in Adult Mental Health Care.
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel.
• Knowledge of legislation related to mental health and social care (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act, Care Programme Approach etc)
• Experience working with persons with Personality Disorder
• Experience working with person with Dementia
Desirable criteria
• Pre or Post registration training/ short courses in mental health
• Community and InPatient nursing experience
• Supervision skills
• Successful completion of Intensive Training in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
• AMHP qualification, Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing
• Excellent report writing skills
• Excellent documentation of duties performed., Computer literacy skills in order to enter data onto electronic client records.
• Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving), Good range of problem solving skills.
• Good range of information gathering skills.
• Ability to assess and manage risks
• Fine attention to detail.
• 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