Community Psychiatric Nurse - Huddersfield, United Kingdom - South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Description

Job summary

Hours Per Week

The Kirklees Intensive Home Based Treatment are looking torecruit an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our multidisiplinaryteam as a band 6 practitioner.

The service is responsible for the rapidassessment of an individual and the provision of intensive home-based treatmentas an alternative to hospital admission.

As member of the team you will be integral to completingassessment and short-term treatment to services users aged 18-64 experiencingthe onset or relapse of severe mental distress, where a breakdown in normalcoping mechanisms or a change in circumstances necessitates a rapid, flexible, and intensiveapproach.

For full job description, please see attached supporting documents.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for assessments, riskmanagement, care-planning, and co-ordination of care delivery within a teamapproach.

You should be forward thinking, proactive and it is essentialthat you are willing to work flexibly as part of a 7-day week service, whichincludes shifts and working weekends and nights.

The role provides theopportunity to work across the health & social care spectrum as part of ateam which has strong links to wider multi-disciplinary services including thirdsector providers.

The ability to form effective working relationships withfellow professionals, your team colleagues and service users is an essentialrequirement of the job and its a key requirement that you bring compassion tothe role as the team engage with people in their daily lives.

Applicants should be a Registered Mental Health Nurse, QualifedSocial Worker or Occupational Therapist with relevant working age adultexperience and meet the essential requirements for the post in the personalspecification.

A car driver and access to a car is essential to this post. Aperiod of induction and preceptorship will be available for the successfulcandidate.

All employees of the Trust are stronglyencouraged to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

About us

Weare a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental healthand learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and arethe lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative .

Our mission isto help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do thisby providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employstaff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make adifference to the lives of service users, families and carers. We encourageand welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we valuediversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Beinga foundation Trust means were accountable to ourmembers, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people(including staff) are members of our Trust.

Joinus and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improvingthe mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet andhelp each year.

Weare committedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people andvulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share thiscommitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Job responsibilities

JOB SUMMARY

Has continuing responsibility for the provision of skilled interventions to people with mental health problems in the community. Works within a multi-disciplinary team as part of the Intensive Home Based Treatment Team and in the role of Senior Mental Health Practitioner for the Mental Health Liaison Service (if applicable to the business continuity of services).

Key Result Areas:

Management of team caseload in line with procedures and risk management protocols.

Provision of leadership to the Intensive Home Based Treatment Team in respect of psycho-social interventions to people and their carers in line with national and local practice standards NICE

Professional :

1. Assesses needs and identifies problems relevant to the care of people referred.

Administrative :

1. Maintains accurate patient care records in accordance with professional codes of conduct and trust procedures and ensures records are made available when required by the appropriate agency.

2. Participates in the formulation of policies at unit level.

3. Maintains accurate mileage records.

4. Manages caseload with due economy of cost and time.

5. Ensures safe carriage, storage and administration of drugs prescribed (registered nurses only).

6. Responsible for the ordering of stock with due economy.

7. Produces monthly statistics in line with trust directives.

8. Keeps the Management Team and colleagues informed of developments relevant to the area of responsibility.

Education :

1. Supervises students and trainees on placement.

Personnel :

1. Promotes an understanding of mental health and well being.

Trust Values:

The Trust is committed to ensuring the highest standards of care and treatment and expects that all staff treat people , service users, their carers, relatives, friends, colleagues, visitors etc, with dignity and respectat all time. The post holder must all time act in accordance with the Trusts Values:

Honest, open, transparent

Respectful

Person first and in the centre

Improve and be outstanding

Relevant today, ready for tomorrow

Families and carers matter

Safeguarding:

Report any concerns regarding the safety or wellbeing of children, adults service users, members of their families etc, in accordance with Trust Policy.

Prevent and respond appropriately to abuse and understand own role in this by undertaking Safeguarding training.

Trust policies and commitments to be read in line with the relevant Trust Policy:

All staff employed by the Trust must comply with the Trusts policies and procedures, undertake appropriate training required for their role and commit to:

ensure they are aware of the Whistleblowing Policy and how they raise concerns;

maintain confidentiality, in line with the Trusts Confidentiality Policy and Code of Conduct;

understand their personal responsibilities with regards to data quality for any information which they create, use or process in accordance with the Data Protection Act 1998 and Trust Data Protection Policy;

comply with the provisions of The Trusts Health and Safety Policy and Protocol. Ensuring their own safety and that of colleagues, service users and visitors. Know the action to be taken in the event of a fire and must undertake fire training annually;

receive supervision in line with the Trusts Supervision Policy and an annual Appraisal in line with the Trusts Appraisal Policy, during which mandatory, role specific and personal development needs should be identified and agreed;

understand their responsibilities under the Trusts Equal Opportunities in Employment Policy and ensure that they adhere to the provisions of the policy;

recognise, respect and support the equality diversity of staff, colleagues, service users, carers and the public. Contribute to a working environment which promotes and responds positively to difference and diversity;

ensure they carry out their duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and young people under the age of 18 years, as issued under Section 11 of The Children Act 2004, by being familiar with and adhering to Trust safeguarding policies and participatingin relevanttraining;

comply with their professional responsibilities to develop their practice and deliver care through a Clinical Governance framework ( CPD, Audit, Supervision);

demonstrate, through practice and practical understanding, the importance of the continual development of individual, team and service wide quality improvement;

abide by relevant codes of professional practice, with the organisation taking action when codes of conduct are breached;

work flexibly to meet the needs of the service/organisation, whilst working within a culture of progressive employment practices and commitment to the Investors in People (IiP) Standards.

adhere to the Trusts smoke free policies, which prohibits smoking anywhere on Trust grounds;

being socially responsible by complying with measures that support the Trust in reducing or offsetting our environmental impact;

Identify and report risks, hazards, incidents, accidents and near misses promptly;

In addition to the Trusts own responsibilities under the Health and Social Care Act 2008, Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance, for your safety, ALL staff (and contractors) are responsible for ensuring their work adheres to this Code in the delivery of safe patient care.

This job description is an outline of the main duties of the post. The postholder will be required to undertake other duties commensurate with the band as directed. The content of this post will be reviewed in consultation with the postholder when necessary and in line with the service developments.

Personal Attributes

Essential

Special Knowledge/Skills

Essential

Desirable

Physical Attributes

Essential

Qualifications

Essential

Experience

Essential

Desirable

Training

Essential

Desirable