Sanctuary Personnel, an innovative and committed recruitment agency has a job based in London for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse (CPN) to work 37.5 hours per week if full time or pro rota, within the Promoting Recovery Team.
The pay rate for this full-time role is £27.38 per hour (Assignment rate) and is an initial 1-month contract.
Duties:
- Deliver, or advise on the delivery of, high quality safe nursing care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct
- Promote and develop clinical leadership and clinical practice and be a positive role model to junior members of the team through the practice of evidence-based care
- Support professional development through clinical appraisal and supervision and contribute to the ongoing educational programme for staff, fostering a positive learning environment
- Further postgraduate study and you will be encouraged and supported by your line manager to undertake Master’s programmes
- Encourage and foster collaborative and cross organisational working
- Undertake additional duties appropriate to the clinical area/speciality in which they work
- Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise
- Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support
- Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT)
- Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers
- Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner organisations
- Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoring service user compliance
- Leading and supporting/teaching junior staff on risk assessment and risk management that involves making decisions based on knowledge of the research evidence, knowledge of the individual service user and their social context, knowledge of the service user’s own experience and clinical judgment
- Supporting and supervising junior staff to develop the management of care needs
- Initial data collection
- Monitoring of individual service user / patient progress
- Feedback and discussion
- Producing reports and in-care reviews
- Devising a plan of care and interventions in partnership with service user, carer and MDT
- Coordinating junior staff and the wider care team in providing hands-on care to service users and evaluating processes of care delivered
- Undertaking 1-1 engagement with service users in an honest, open and non- judgmental way
- Developing care plans that reflect service user needs and relevant patient care documentation working in partnership with service users, wider MDT and family/carers
- Ensuring the monitoring and recording service user clinical observations are undertaken, such as physical observations and vital signs and treating or escalating as appropriate any signs or symptoms of deterioration or that does not fulfil the personal parameters to the relevant professional for treatment
- Promote healthy lifestyles and give health promotion advice and support
- Implementing the principles of ‘recovery’: encouraging and supporting service users to engage with healthy lifestyles, facilitating psychosocial activities and other activities of their interest. Where appropriate contributing to psychological interventions
- Escorting service users, as required, in line with Trust policies
- Advocating for service users’ needs and rights within Trust policy
- Encouraging and empowering service users to have an optimum level of responsibility for their individual programme of care
- Supporting and teaching junior staff to develop understanding of mental health signs and symptoms and develop appropriate responses to these in practice
- Leading and coordinating junior staff and the wider care team in the management of difficult situations and de-escalation and developing resilience and strategies to manage, including on leading staff and patient ‘de-briefing’ sessions
Requirements of the Community Mental Health Nurse:
- Registered Mental Health Nurse and/or Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse
- Master’s degree
- Registered Mental Health Nurses who have successfully completed preceptorship and have registered as an approved NMC mentor
- Recognising and valuing service users as individuals, acknowledging the importance of maintaining the service user’s respect and dignity at all times and ensure that the care provided respects equality and diversity
- Demonstrating an enhanced understanding of Mental Health signs and symptoms and an understanding of how these may present in practice including recognition of impact on patient presentation and behaviour including risk factors
- Recognising and responding appropriately to challenging behaviour in line with Trust policies and training
- Demonstrating a depth of knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty and other legislation applicable to the practice area and how they are implemented in practice ensuring adherence to legislation at all times
- Demonstrating effective clinical communication and documentation to internal and external stakeholders ensuring: effective verbal and written handover of relevant and objective information
- Demonstrating ability to determine key information, ability to recognise and describe effectively symptoms of mental illness, distress or of a deteriorating patient, and ability to escalate issues of concerns effectively and in a timely manner
- Understanding and contributing to the Trust risk assessment policy, including being aware of the need to follow all safeguarding procedures; being aware of the necessity to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults at all times when working with service users
- Demonstrating and promoting a clear leadership role to others and acting as role model to others at all times in accordance with Trust values
- Be aware of Infection Control Policies, procedures and the importance of protecting themselves and their clients in maintaining a clean and health environment
- Be aware that patients’ care records will be subject to regular audit
- Have the essential IT skills
- Be familiar with and adhere to the Trust’s safeguarding procedures and guidelines
- Deal honestly with their employer, with colleagues and all others, including patients, relatives/carers and suppliers
- Mentorship qualification
- Experience of research based/reflective practice, e.g. understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice
- Experience of taking responsibility for a ward / clinical unit
Benefits of working for Sanctuary Personnel:
- Daily payroll
- Free DBS and compliance service
- Access to exclusive roles that aren't available with other agencies
- Your own dedicated consultant with extensive mental health nursing knowledge
- Refer a Friend bonus - get £250 for each candidate you refer who we successfully place
- Find your own job bonus - Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
- Clinical governance support
- In house payroll system
- Revalidation
- Industry-leading shift booking system
- Nationwide coverage including the Channel islands
Contact:
This Community Mental Health Nurse job is advertised by Andrew Cleeve; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.
Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients' requirements.
