Community Psychiatric Nurse

• To screen, and work with all newly referred service users experiencing acute mental health crisis providing assessment or short-term interventions until crisis is resolved
• To provide short-term specific psychosocial interventions for those who would benefit from crisis interventions
• To ensure documentation is reviewed and updated in line with quality improvement standards
• To shift co-ordinate lead the shift, allocate work to the wider MDT and prioritise workloads.
• To contribute to the planning and implementation of induction, training and education of students and staff.
• To contribute to the delivery of specialist/ professional training packages of in-service training and staff development when necessary.
• To fulfil the role of mentor/practice educator, maintaining own update training and ensuring responsibility for regular placement provision and ensuring supervision and written assessment of students whilst on placement.

Essential

• Experience working in mental health service
• Experience of prioritising casework and allocation /delegation of tasks to others.
• Experience of liaising with a variety of stakeholders both internal and external to organisations.
• To be able to work a 24hr shift pattern including day shifts, nights shifts and weekend shifts

Essential

• Knowledge of and ability to apply relevant legislative frameworks and policies relating to care e.g. Care programme approach, Mental Capacity Act, Safeguarding, Consent to Treatment.
• An understanding and ability to apply principles of risk assessment and risk management.
• Understanding of the impact of mental health crisis on lifestyle and function for clients, family and carers and common pharmacological and psychosocial treatments
• Ability to maintain a high degree of professionalism at all times, especially in complex/challenging situations
• Ability to work autonomously and cooperatively as part of an interprofessional team.