Community Mental Health Nurse

Description:

Intensive Home Treatment Team is a citywide service for older people experiencing an acute episode of a wide range of mental health difficulties and younger people with a diagnosis of Dementia who are in crisis. It is based at The Mount. IHTT is made up of Nurses, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists, Health Support Workers and Doctors. The team provide robust alternatives to admission; facilitate early transfer from hospital, as well as preventing the breakdown of a caring situation both at home or in a residential or nursing care setting when the Care Homes Service is unable to attend. It is of significant benefit for older people to have a range of Leeds services working collaboratively towards this shared goal of preventing avoidable admissions and facilitating timely transfer from inpatient settings. Service operating hours, 8am-9pm, 7 days per week.

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of a multi -disciplinary team providing assessment, care planning and care delivery, This will include the provision of highly skilled nursing care, psychological interventions, clinical assessment, developing plans of care and safety plans, risk assessments and carry out home based treatment interventions, assessments/risk management, and promoting recovery and inclusion. You will be involved in managing a team caseload and you will be required to work autonomously. IHTT operates over a 7 day week and you will be required to work extended hours (12 hours shifts) over this period.
 

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• Communication/Relationships - The post holder is expected to demonstrate articulate and effective written and verbal communication skills, with service users and their carer’s and a wide range of other people/professionals.
• I.T. - The post holder must maintain and produce detailed contemporaneous and accurate records and reports, in accordance with agreed procedures. IT literacy skills and the ability to work with electronic care records.
• Knowledge, skills, experience – Must hold a Registered Nurse Qualification for Mental Health with a live NMC registration. Must have experience and knowledge of the problems and difficulties experienced by older people with mental health illness. Must have an understanding of the MHA, MCA and DOLS. Knowledge / experience of partnership working with other services. Must have a good working knowledge of psychological approaches in mental health. (Has an understanding of the relevant skills required and a commitment to developing skills in psychological thinking and interventions (appropriate to skill level and in line with the serviced integrated care pathways). The post holder will engage in the learning of student nurses, professionals, carers and service users and support/supervise junior staff.
• Development – The post holder will participate in service development and ensure that own continuing professional development is undertaken.
• Planning and Organisational Skills - Ability to assess and plan to meet complex needs and manage complex situations
   

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of working with Older People in the community
   

Experience

Essential criteria

• Has experience of working with diverse populations and values the work associated to promoting diversity and social inclusion.
   

Skills

Essential criteria

• Is committed to person centred care and to promoting the use of the recovery model and social inclusion.
   

Skills

Essential criteria

• Must be able to drive and have a valid up to date licence.