Community Psychiatric Nurse - Mental Health And Recovery

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

The Role

The Community Mental Health Service provides a full range of secondary care to patient and community based mental health services for the adult population experiencing severe and enduring mental illness.

This care is based on the principles of equality, dignity and respect which take into account spiritual and cultural diversity. All patients are allocated a named nurse and/or a key worker who is tasked with working collaboratively with patients/carers to develop a therapeutic relationship and deliver high quality mental health care.

Within the CMHT setting, care is delivered by a multi-disciplinary team in collaboration with partner agencies. The clinical team works collaboratively with service users, carers and their representatives to ensure care needs are identified and met.

The successful candidate would be joining a friendly supportive and well established Multi-Disciplinary Team. East Renfrewshire is a dynamic and caring place to work. Our vision is to work together with the people of East Renfrewshire to improve their lives.

Duration, Location, and Working Pattern:

The hours for this post are full time, Monday to Friday 9am – 5pm

Base location - Barrhead Health And Care Centre

Key Responsibilities

• To be responsible for the assessment, care planning, review and discharge of individual caseload, management of a caseload or client group within a defined clinical area and to carry out regular reviews of the nursing team caseload within sphere of responsibility.
• To liaise with and act upon referrals from GP’s, other primary care workers, consultants, and other statutory bodies.
• To provide regular caseload management and clinical supervisory function to other nursing grades and facilitate the appraisal process for a team within sphere of responsibility. Ensure that the systems are in place for all grades of nursing staff within their area.
• To provide a leadership/developmental function to nursing staff within a defined sphere of responsibility with regard to career long learning, implementation of evidence based practice and innovation. This includes activity associated with continuous quality improvement such as the setting and monitoring of standards of practice.
• Provide as required, an extended supervisory role for nursing staff out-with the team, e.g. other nursing grades.
• Develop and maintain therapeutic collaborative relationships with service users, carers, relatives and fellow health and social care professionals who are involved in care delivery, this happening in often complex and contentious situations requiring specialist nursing skills
• Actively be involved in the development of local protocols and also participate in the development of clinical policy, procedures and guidelines, which may have an organisational or multi-professional focus.
• To support the effective management of clinical and environmental risk on a day to day basis including assessing and reporting risk, identification of safety issues in lone working practice and also working in complex situations where engagement with clients can be difficult.
• Maintain high quality, contemporaneous written and electronic clinical records and provide written reports for the service, as required
• Initiate and develop new ideas to improve patient care and provide specialist nursing advice to members of the community mental health team and to other health and social care professionals.
• To assess, critically appraise and apply the evidence base for practice within a specified clinical area and to promote the development of evidence based culture.
• Liaise with higher education institutions to ensure a meaningful learning experience for pre and post registration students and support the clinical area to meet defined standards for practice placements.
• Responsibility for the induction and preceptorship of nursing and participate in induction of other disciplines within the team.
• Act as a role model for nursing, modelling professional and leadership behaviours as an integral part of professional practice
• In the absence of the Nurse Team Leader respond to team issues thereby ensuring the safe delivery of services.
• To support and manage nursing staff as required ensuring that patient needs are assessed, care planned, implemented and evaluated, and that there is consultation and involvement of patient/carers and non-statutory agencies.
• To participate in the duty system. To additionally provide support to other members of the team during their duty cover.
• Perform an active role in the recruitment process as required.
  
  

Knowledge, training, qualifications and/or experience required to do the job:

• First level Registered Mental Nurse
• Post registration nursing experience with relevant competences.
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Excellent communication, organisational and analytical skills
• Ability to fulfil main duties and responsibilities as outlined in the job description.
• Current Driving licence
  
  

What We Offer

We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.

As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public holidays
• Membership of the NHS Pension Scheme, including life insurance benefits
• Salary Sacrifice Car Benefit Scheme
• Development opportunities including study bursaries, e-learning and classroom-based courses
• Enhanced pay for working public holidays
• NHS discounts on a wide range of goods and services
• Confidential employee support and assistance, including counselling and psychological therapies
  
  

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, we would love to hear from you.

For An Informal Discussion, Please Contact

Lynn Fairbairn, Nurse Team Lead - Lynn.fairbairn@nhs.scot - 0141 800 7809

Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service and the Recruitment Process: Information for candidates

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