Mental Health Practitioner (Community Psychiatric Nurse)

Job summary

Fenland Adult Locality Team is based in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. We are a small team and work in a rural catchment area.

The role will take on the care co-ordination for clients and provide leadership to support to others, to ensure that full assessment of individual care needs are undertaken, that care is planned, implemented and reviewed on a regular basis. Dialog + is supporting patients care plans and recovery goals which you will manage for patients on your caseload.

You will participate on the duty rota and be a member of the MDT.

Main duties of the job

• To participate on the duty rota.
• To act as a role model and promote effective teamwork across the service to meet individual client needs.
• To ensure that the CPA and Mental Health Act is adhered to at all times, and to work within the boundaries set out by the Trust' Policies and Procedures.

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

*DVLA have a number of reciprocal arrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

About us

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.

Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.

To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities' employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

All appointments for new employees to CPFT are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.

Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities.

1. The post holder will provide a good role model, develop and maintain good systems of communication, be able to communicate with a wide range of people in a range of situations

2. Reporting verbally and in writing with regards to clients progress, assessments and care planning to the wider multi-disciplinary team

3. Maintain accurate and complete records

4. Discussing with client and their families / carers regarding care planning, assessments and treatment

5. Be able to acknowledge the barriers to effective communication and adapt communication style in response

6. The post holder will be involved in self-development and contribute to the development of others.

7. Engaging in reflective practice and implement evidence-base to practice, linking to appraisal standards.

8. Identification of individual development needs and accessing learning opportunities available.

9. Encouraging and enabling others to develop and apply knowledge and skills, by acting as a supervisor and mentor.

10. Contribute to developing the workplace as a learning environment.

Person specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse Mental Health (RNMH)
• Current NMC Registration
• Evidence of continuing professional development

Desirable

• Post graduate qualification related to specialism
• Additional qualification for specialism

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working as part of an MDT
• Basic training in mental capacity act
• Experience of dealing with service users with complex mental health needs

Desirable

• Lived experience of mental health
• Experience of developing service user and carer involvement

Skills and abilities

Essential

• Effective communication skills both verbal, written and IT literacy
• Ability to work as part of a team, as a role model, empowering and motivating other team members
• Ability to work with minimum supervision
• Ability to advocate for the service users and colleagues you are supporting
• Ability to calmly manage complex and stressful situations, prioritising own work and the work of others

Desirable

• Ability to present complex information to various audiences

Knowledge and understanding

Essential

• Knowledge of physical healthcare needs
• Awareness of safeguarding issues and responsibilities under relevant legislation
• Understanding of legislation relating to care including: mental health act, mental capacity act, safeguards, Equality act, health and safety act, knowledge of NICE guidance

Other

Essential

• Continue professional development and participate
• Ability to travel independently around the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.