Community Rehab Cpn - Stoke-on-Trent, United Kingdom - North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust

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Rehabilitation CPN - Band - Part Time 22.5 hours/week - Community Rehabilitation Team


An Exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and skilled practitioner who wants to be part of an exciting, developing service to provide rehabilitation to adults with mental health needs (primarily psychosis) accessing our community rehabilitation services.


Community rehabilitation, based at Hilda Johnson House, offers intensive rehabilitation interventions for living in the community who are ready to move forward with their recovery journey.

The successful applicant will work their 22.5 hours between Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm (working days and hours negotiable upon successful appointment)


The post holder will be given a full induction, regular supervision and personal development reviews with opportunities to work in other areas of the rehabilitation service to gain experience and development.

This is a part-time 22.5 hours per week post that will involve working as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The post holder will be care coordinator/key worker for an identified caseload of individuals accessing the service.

This will include co-producing care plans, rehabilitation programmes, risk assessments and goals/outcomes for our service users; providing clinical intervention and input when required, as well as input into our MDT and the rehab pathway.

The post holder will also provide supervision of our STR team and have the opportunity to supervise students of all disciplines.

Experience of working in mental health and a knowledge of working with people with psychosis is essential.

The team have an extended range of multi-disciplinary members including nurse practitioner, CPN, psychologist, Support Time and Recovery workers, Occupational Therapists and health care support workers.

You will need to demonstrate enthusiasm, innovation with an appreciation and understanding of the concept of person centred recovery.

AWARDED "TRUST OF THE YEAR"


Our vision is 'To be Outstanding in all we do and how we do it.' Our team prides themselves on compassion, team work and resilience.

The Team will offer a full induction package.

Our Trust is on an incredible journey of innovation and we'd like you to be part of it.

To excel you will be an enthusiastic, caring and compassionate person who is looking to work within a Trust that is ambitious to perform well and has been told by the Care Quality Commission that it is the fastest improving Mental Health Trust in the Country.

In return we offer;
A competitive progressive salary

We cover the cost of your DBS Check (£44)

Competitive staff benefits such as weekly offers and discounts

Individual Personal Development Plan and Career Progression

Excellent pension scheme available

27- 33 days annual leave, plus statutory bank holidays (pro rata)

Free parking

To act as a care co-ordinator for an identified group of patients within the overall community team caseload. To ensure that appropriate interventions are planned and delivered according to assessed need.

To promote a positive, service user relationship and to engage with carers/relatives as appropriate.


To have responsibility for documenting the plans of care and ensuring that plans remain current and that standards for record-keeping are adhered to.

To take an active role in auditing and maintaining standards of record-keeping for this group of patients. To ensure the client has a signed copy of their agreed care plan.


To have responsibility for seeking support and advice from the Community Rehab Team Lead in respect of issues and difficulties with individual patient care.


To attend regular decision-making meetings with the Community Rehab Team Lead in order to caseload management issues such as acceptance of assessments, the provision of ongoing care, discharge planning, face-to-face contacts and patient mix.

To administer and manage medicines according to policy and local protocol. To assess patient response and provide advice and education to both patient and carers in respect of prescribed medicines.


To provide support to other patients within the community team caseload at times when the names nurse/worker is unavailable e.g.

periods of annual leave, sickness, etc.


Taking prompt action on changes in condition, liaising with other care givers, members of the clinical (multi-disciplinary) team and/or other agencies when necessary, reviewing nursing care and communicating any amendments to the care plan.


Develop skills in respect of specific interventions that are appropriate to the clinical area and act as the lead in developing nursing practice in relation to this.


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