Community Psychiatric Nurse -Band 6
Job Description
Job title: Community Psychiatric Nurse -Band 6
Company: Athona
Job description: Job title: Community Psychiatric Nurse
Band: 6
Location: London
This Job is a CPN band 6 role working in the London community.
the position includes:
To get to know all patients on the team’s caseload, and to review those on their personal caseload at the frequency agreed by the team.
To plan, implement and evaluate nursing interventions delivered in the community, and participating in multidisciplinary care plans.
To keep in contact with patient’s relatives, friends, carers and professionals in other agencies as appropriate.
To administrate, order and maintain a stock of medication and other medical sundries, in accordance with relevant policies and procedures.
To co-ordinate the care of those patients for whom the CPN is the nominated care co-ordinator
To act as social supervisor for those patients for whom the CPN is the nominated supervisor, including producing pro-forma reports for the Ministry of Justice (after receiving appropriate training, if necessary).
To respond, sometimes at short notice, to requests to see the team’s patients either individually or jointly with other team members (e.g. when a patient is in the red zone).
To attend and participate in all daily team zoning meetings unless absent by prior arrangements.
Desired skills:
The ability to observe, assess and respond appropriately to patient needs
Effective team work skills
Carrying out Care Act assessments and Safeguarding work.
To be considered you must:
Be UK NMC Registered
Have a minimum of 6 months working in Mental health as a Qualified RMN in the NHS
Have an up-to-date DBS / DBS on the update system online
Why Athona:
Athona Recruitment is one of the UKs leading healthcare recruitment agencies, with a reputation for building professional and personable relationships with our candidates and Trusts nationwide. We work with all Trusts across London and the Home Counties and pride ourselves on our outstanding communication. You will always have one dedicated point of contact and out of hours’ support is available 24/7.
Negotiable excellent rates of pay, with weekly payroll
You’ll always have one point of contact and 24/7 out of hours support is available
Exclusive access to training webinars worth CPD points
Welfare and wellbeing support from our charity partner
Benefit from our exclusive discount codes
On-framework agency
Referral scheme – £300 for RMNs & £100 for HCAs
If this job sounds of interest to you, get in touch by applying today to find out more.
Expected salary: £28 – 43 per hour
Location: London
