Discharge & Assess Mental Health Nurse

You will be employed by Mental Health Services for Older People (MHSOP), but will primarily work within the Discharge to Assess and Post Hospital Review Teams to:

• Provide mental health assessment, and risk assessment (to people in Discharge to Assess beds, or open to the Post Hospital Review Team)
• Provide support, advice and guidance to the Discharge to Assess and Rapid Response Teams, and to the Post Hospital Review Team
• Support the Discharge to Assess Single Point of Access
• Support ward staff at the district general hospital with risk assessment, risk management, and positive risk taking where people are under 1-1 observations
• Review people for MHSOP who have previously been seen by Mental Health Liaison, who are now in a Discharge to Assess bed.
As part of MHSOP you will have access to the supervision, support and training that we offer, but as part of the Discharge to Assess and Post Hospital Review Teams, you will also develop your knowledge and skills in physical health and social care. This really is an exciting opportunity to work in an integrated way, not only across the organisations that provide Physical and Mental Health as well as with Social Care; but also across a number of sites - for example district general hospital, Nursing and Residential Homes, community health buildings and in people's own homes., 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 hold 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. Job Responsibilities: The post holder will:
• Be responsible for the full assessment of care needs and risk assessment of service users presenting with a wide variety of clinical conditions following discharge from hospital. 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 clinician, and act accordingly when applying care.
• To manage one self in a professional manner, responding to requests, enquiries etc in a timely fashion.
• 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 home.
• Administer and/ or supervise medications as required. 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 families.
• Provide a range of clinical interventions and treatments appropriate to
the individuals needs.
• Participate fully in providing quality care in line with local and national guidelines.
• Act as a role model in providing a service for people with mental health problems.
• Participate in audit/research projects associated with the service.
• Be required to challenge practice that compromises or challenges high quality care to older people
• To advise Team Manager of any resource short falls.
• To partake in continuing professional development that will also benefit the development and quality of the service.
• Remain updated with local and national guidelines and policies.
• Partake in home visits with other professionals such as Consultant Psychiatrist, Specialty Doctors, Social Workers, community Matrons, Occupational Therapists etc
  
  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.
• Knowledge of legislation related to mental health and social care (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Care Act, Care Programme Approach etc)
Desirable criteria
• Pre or post registration training / short courses in mental health
• Community and inpatient nursing experience
• AMHP qualification
• Supervision skills
• Leadership skills, Good knowledge of Microsoft Word PowerPoint and Excel.
• Ability to manage distressing and challenging situations, Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing.
• Ability to feedback and discuss cases within the multi disciplinary team.
• Excellent report writing skills
• Excellent documentation of duties performed
• Confidence to work autonomously in the communit
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
• Maintaining a positive, nonjudgemental attitude and therapeutic optimism towards working with People mental health diagnosis, 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