Community Psychiatric Nurse - CMHT/Older Adults

Location High Wycombe
Job type Contract
Salary £28 per hour
Consultant Alex Meek
Call +44 7361 589414
Reference 213745

Sanctuary Personnel is currently looking for an experienced Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) to take on a new ongoing contract role within an CMHT/Older Adults Team.

Location: High Wycombe

Pay Rate: £28 per hour (assignment rate):

Main Duties:

  • Work as an autonomous practitioner an active participant of the multi-disciplinary team undertaking specialist nursing assessments in collaboration with the service user and their families/carers and presenting back to the wider MDT.
  • Work in partnership with service users and their families/carers to ensure the development of a treatment plan to facilitate their safety, promote their well-being and support their independence and inclusion in the community. This may include working closely with partner agencies.
  • Delivery evidence-based interventions following NICE guidelines to promote recovery and relapse prevention in a variety of settings.
  • Regularly review care and outcomes, supporting service users to complete clinical outcome measures and monitoring progress and adapting treatment options as required.
  • Knowledge of common physical health conditions and their management, and an ability to complete cardiometabolic assessments.
  • Extensive knowledge of medications including side effects, management, and the administration of medications within the NMC guidelines and Trusts policies.
  • Offer professional consultation to multi agency services/meetings/forums.
  • Contribute to the duty provision within the team

Requirements of the Community Psychiatric Nurse:

  • Degree or equivalent in Mental Health Nursing
  • Experience working as a Mental Health Nurse
  • NMC Registration

Contact:

This Band 6 Community Psychiatric Nurse job is advertised by Alex Meek; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from: PIP Assessors, Ward Managers, Deputy Ward Managers, CAMHS Practitioners, Community Mental Health Nurses, Mental Health Nurses, Nurses, Psychiatric Nurses & Community Nurses as we have vacancies that match with these job titles. Online remote nurse jobs are available from time to time so please get in touch.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Registered Mental Health Nurse role as we need to meet our clients’ requirements.

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Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into you work placement.