Community Mental Health Nurse

To provide a high standard of clinical care ensuring safe and effective assessment, treatment and comprehensive discharge planning using highly developed clinical reasoning skills and appropriate assessment tools. To work flexibly across a 5 day-a-week service. To ensure the clinical caseload and clinical practice of nursing members of the Community Mental Health Team is of the highest standard of clinical care. To manage case-load and service delivery in accordance with and in order to contribute towards the attainment of Service/Trust productivity requirements. To act as care co-ordinator under the Care Programme Approach, ensuring up to date agreed care plans, risk assessments and reviews are in place. Work with individuals to assess their mental health, recognise mental illness and identify their related needs and circumstances; and enable them to understand, manage and where appropriate assist in change to their behaviours. Plan, implement, review and improve interventions to meet
peoples identified needs and manage their inherent risk. To assess carers and familys needs and develop, implement and review programmes of support for cares and families. Protect people from abuse, neglect and harm. Enable individuals to develop independent living skills and live in the community. To work collaboratively and promote effective working relationships with members of the multidisciplinary team, ensuring effective and appropriate clinical decision-making, both within the Community Mental Health Team and with external agencies. To maintain accurate and timely clinical records and to co-ordinate and monitor those of the team. To adhere N.M.C. codes of professional conduct and ethics, plus associated legislation. To develop clinical practice having due regard to guidelines of the N.S.F. for Older People, N.S.F for Mental Health, N.I.C.E. and N.I.M.H.E. To demonstrate developing leadership skills within the Community Mental Health Team and seek opportunities in local and national
area as to promote and develop the profession. To participate in Clinical Governance activities, including: induction, supervision, personal development review, health and safety, risk management and audit. To undertake specific project work or any other duties as negotiated with the Community Mental Health Team Coordinator. Develop effective and supportive links with other health and social care staff. To create networks that improve the pathway of care for clients referred to the Community Team. Participate in all clinical governance and audit developments including post registration education, training and continuing professional development.