Senior Mental Health Nurse

To carry out mental health assessments including risk to service users that are having first contact with Mental Health services that are at the point of crisis / or suffering a deterioration and decline in their mental illness. As a band 6 nurse you will be expected to take the lead in decisions and supervision and guide more junior staff. The role will include you acting as a duty lead and organising work and prioritising work to other team members. As a band 6 nurse you will be seeing services users that are referred to services either in the unit or at home to assess for mental health needs. You will work closely with the service user to provide them with the right pathway for them to follow.

To assess and manage mental health needs, including risk, to create care plans with the individual that will lead to recovery whilst supporting them with a safety plan.

To act as the duty lead on shift and allocate work to other team members as appropriate, to run the shift in a safe and effective way.

To manage and prioritise work that is allocated to you, to complete the assessment of mental health and risk and record on electronic systems as needed.

To be able to supervision and caseload mange more junior staff.

To take referrals over the phone, via fax or by post.

To work in conjunction with other professionals E.g. GPs, Police, Ambulance, Housing

To works in partnership with the individual to develop a plan of care that the service user agrees with.

To review the effectiveness of the care plan where appropriate.

To make a speedy and appropriate response to all work referred.

To maintain client records in accordance with Departmental requirements and to ensure that they are properly stored and available to the Line Manager at all times, including the appropriate use of Information Technology.

To undertake regular supervision or consultation with the Line Manager and to ensure that the Team Manager is made aware of any issues of major importance or concern.

To carry out such other duties as may be required from time to time and which are commensurate with the grade of the post.

To develop good working relationships with other agencies and other colleagues.

To promote anti-discriminatory and non-oppressive practice and service delivery.

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike.

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

The Trust is committed to the Step into Health scheme and actively encourages applicants from the Armed Forces Communities to apply.

Qualifications

Essential: - Recognised qualified i.e. Registered Mental Health Nurse at either Diploma/Degree level; - To be registered with the NMC.

Desirable: - To be able to prescribe medication; - Safeguarding level 3; - Ability to use electronic patient records system E.g. Lorenzo

Experience

Desirable: - Experience in physical health assessments.; - To be able to resolve a problem with a positive and safe outcome.

Knowledge