Senior Community Mental Health Practitioner

Description:

As part of our Community Transformation programme, we have an opportunity for a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our established Multidisciplinary team. The aim of the service is to provide recovery-focused treatment and support via personalised care plans for individuals who are presenting with a range of mental health disorders: supporting them from diagnosis to recovery, to enable them to lead the lives they wish to live.

You will work with a Multidisciplinary Team: a spectrum of clinical professionals, which includes Nurses, Psychologists, Support Time Recovery workers, etc: as well as a range of collaborative system partners.

Main duties of the job

Provide and oversee the management and care of service users.

Produce accurate and timely documentation, conduct and manage the maintenance of records on all service users in line with your professional Code of Conduct and Trust policy.

Undertake comprehensive assessments: formulating personalised care plans which reflect the needs of the service user, their family and wider support networks

Conduct risk assessment of the individual and of the potential hazards in the service users environment

Attend the weekly Multidisciplinary team meeting

Conduct and oversee physical health care checks and act upon the findings

Act as a Care Co-ordinator/Lead Practitioner

Responsible for administration of medications, assessment of side effects, review concordance and clinical effectiveness of medication regime in line with Trust policy

Provide education around the medication prescribed, side effects, actions and aids to compliance

Provide education and support to develop service users understanding of mental illness and training packages for staff

Provide psycho-social interventions, education and support to develop service users and their carer’s understanding of mental illness with the aim to prevent relapse and admission

Undertake Mental Health Nursing Needs Assessments – contributing to Self-Directed Support assessments/packages

Provide supervision for lower banded staff

Working for our organisation

EPUT are looking for motivated staff who shares our Trust values of Care, Learn and Empower. In return, EPUT can offer you a range of benefits and development including;
 

• Season Ticket Loans
• NHS discounts for staff
• Excellent Training facilities and opportunities
• Buying and Selling annual leave scheme
• The opportunity to work bank shifts and expand knowledge and experience in other areas
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work
• Day One Flexible Employer