Overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Community Mental Health Nurse to join our Adult Community Mental Health Services Team in North Hertfordshire / Stevenage.
The area is well served with transport links to Hertfordshire and beyond. We are looking for a Community Mental Health Nurse who is passionate about delivering care to adults with mental health issues.
About HPFT
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country. We offer a competitive salary, staff benefits package, and excellent career development and training from HPFT.
While it is a challenging period for the NHS, there has never been a more exciting time to join HPFT. We are on a “Good to Great” journey as we continue to innovate, improve, transform and deliver the very highest standards of care to the service users and communities that we serve.
Main duties of the job
The Community Mental Health Nurse will be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for a defined caseload of people with complex mental health and/or social care needs; and maintaining associated records. They will also act as mentor for Student Nurses as required.
Responsibilities
* Support the CMHT Team Leader in establishing and maintaining effective inter-team and inter-agency communication.
* Provide effective liaison/communication relating to referrals to and discharge from the CMHT across in-patient, primary care and community services.
* Maintain effective joint working with Sector EPMHS, CATTs, EIPs, AOTs and other community-based teams according to local circumstances.
* Ensure that all relevant information regarding client care is communicated to the appropriate persons within and outside the team, bringing to the CMHT Team Leader’s attention issues of concern regarding practice or workload.
* Ensure effective communications with relatives, visitors, voluntary organisations and the general public, thus encouraging participation in care delivery.
* Respond sensitively to the needs of relatives and carers, often in a highly emotive setting.
* Liaise with other professionals in relation to client care, actively coordinating care planning and review meetings, and case conferences as appropriate.
Trust values
* Welcoming
* Kind
* Positive
* Respectful
* Professional
Contact for further details / informal visits
Name: Karen Howard
Job title: Head Of Service North & East/South-East ACMHS/PATH
Email: karen.howard1@nhs.net
Telephone: 01462 407790
E‑mail is quickest and most direct method of contact.
Job details
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Health Care Provider
* Industries: Mental Health Care
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