Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Community Mental Health nurse to work on a full time basis in the Peterborough South Adult Locality Team for one year.
The practitioner will provide specialist advice, assess, plan and implement care to a designated caseload whilst working at all times to promote the safety and wellbeing of service users and their families/carers.
The individual must be compassionate, committed and have good working knowledge of Psychosis and Affective Disorders. If you are passionate about promoting Recovery values and supporting service users throughout this journey, then we look forward to meeting you.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner and responsible for a defined caseload of service users by undertaking these duties:
1. To undertake assessments of individuals and their families in the designated care group with complex health presentations, including those service users presenting with higher levels of risk
2. They will work alongside the service user to develop their care plan along the recovery principles.
3. To offer specialist assessment and advice where required.
4. To assess, manage and regularly review on going risks as identified during the assessment, ensuring that this is done in collaboration with the service user and carers.
5. To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.
6. To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate (mentorship and preceptorship qualifications)
7. To act within the relevant Code of Conduct dependent on your Registration Body.
Working for our organisation
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.