- JOB PURPOSE
- ORGANISATION
- PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES
- Ensure the care of patients is implemented according to their care plan and to the patient's individual needs.
- Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary/agency, providing a nursing contribution to the team's functioning.
- To provide backup/support for Duty Worker as required.
- Apply appropriate skills of prioritisation, decision making and implementing interventions taking account of clinical risk factors and personal safety.
- Apply assessment, interpretation and judgement skills in assessing and managing clinical risks.
- Manage a defined caseload fulfilling the role of care co-ordinator and controlling entry and discharge to and from the caseload.
- In collaboration with service users maintain packages of care formulated to meet their individual mental health needs.
- Encourage service user and carer involvement in all aspects of implementation and evaluation of care.
- Undertake carer's assessment where necessary.
- Delegate, oversee and monitor care provided by support staff to ensure required standards are maintained and delivered.
- Ensure care packages are regularly reviewed and evaluated under the Care Programme Approach framework.
- Participate in multi-disciplinary ward reviews.
- Liaise with statutory and non-statutory agencies to provide holistic care related to service user choice.
- Act as link-worker to GP surgeries to offer screening of referrals to the Community Mental Health Team.
- Provide specialist information, education and advice within the primary care setting including information regarding resources within the local area.
- Administration and monitoring of medication to facilitate compliance and adherence to treatment.
- Participate in the depot clinic
- Provide treatment through deep intra-muscular injection for service users attending the depot clinic or requiring depot administration in their home following principles and guidance from the Royal Marsden Clinical Procedures Manual.
- Use skills to measure, assess and monitor Service Users basic physical observations such as temperature, pulse, blood pressure, respirations, BM levels, urinalysis and body mass index
- Monitor service users' response to medication providing information and advice and taking action as necessary.
- Recognise and respect the rights of the service user and the care provided.
- Ensure the service meets the needs of the service user cultural/religious beliefs, recognising the personal preferences of the patients and identify any unmet needs.
- Encourage service users to maintain personal contacts.
- Compiles reports for various legal processes in relation to the MHA 1983.
- To support Mental Health Act Assessments with the appropriate members of the Multi-Disciplinary Team/General Practitioner.
- Compiles and submits Social Service Panel Reports for service users requiring nursing/residential home placement.
- Maintain systems that allow a two-way flow of information.
- Ensure an integrated approach to service delivery by maintaining close working links with other areas of the trust.
- Attend local meetings as agreed with the team manager.
- Provide and receive complex, sensitive or contentious information where persuasive, motivational, negotiating, training, empathetic or reassurance skills are required.
- Maintain the confidentiality of all information relating to service users and the organisation.
- Produce comprehensive, accurate and up to date service user records based on personally generated observations and which conform to agreed protocols.
- Provide timely and accurate statistical information as required.
- experience
- NMC registration
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Forensic Community NurseNHS AfC: Band 6 - Walsall, United Kingdom - Black Country Job Support
Description
Job overview
A permanent post to work as a member of Walsall North Community Mental Health Team to provide community psychiatric nursing care to people with severe mental health needs in the context of the care programme approach in secondary care. As a qualified nurse, the post holder will carry a caseload provide care co-ordination, implement and evaluation of care for people with mental health problems in the community.
They will work in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to the continuing development of the service.
Main duties of the job
Ensure the care of patients is implemented according to their care plan and to the patient's individual needs.
Work as a member of the multi-disciplinary/agency, providing a nursing contribution to the team's functioning.
To provide backup/support for Duty Worker as required.
Apply appropriate skills of prioritisation, decision making and implementing interventions taking account of clinical risk factors and personal safety.
Apply assessment, interpretation and judgement skills in assessing and managing clinical risks.
Manage a defined caseload fulfilling the role of care co-ordinator and controlling entry and discharge to and from the caseload.
Working for our organisation
The post holder will report directly to the Team Manager and will work in partnership with members of the multi-disciplinary team consisting of community psychiatric nurses, Occupational Therapists, Nursing Assistants and the wider medical team.
In the absence of the Team Manager, the job holder will report to the Clinical Lead or Service Manager.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work as a member of a multi-disciplinary Community Recovery Service (CRS) to provide community psychiatric nursing care to people with severe mental health needs in the context of the care programme approach in secondary care. As a qualified nurse, the post holder will carry a caseload provide care co-ordination, implement and evaluation of care for people with mental health problems in the community.
They will work in partnership with the multi-disciplinary team and contribute to the continuing development of the service.
The post holder will report directly to the Team Manager and will work in partnership with members of the multi-disciplinary team consisting of community psychiatric nurses, Occupational Therapists, Nursing Assistants and the wider medical team.
In the absence of the Team Manager, the job holder will report to the Clinical Lead or Service Manager.
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