NHS Community Mental Health Nurse (CPN)
Job Description
Job title: NHS Community Mental Health Nurse (CPN)
Company: Sanctuary Personnel
Job description: Sanctuary Personnel is currently looking for an experienced Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse (CPN) to take on a new ongoing contract role.
Location: Southall
Pay Rate: £26.69 – £27.00 per hour (assignment rate)
Contract Type: Locum, 3-month contract
Shift Pattern: Monday – Friday, 09:00 am – 17:00 pm. 37.5 hours per week.
Duties:
- Undertake holistic assessments of service users with mental health issues
- Promote the work of the Community Mental Health Hub (CMHH)
- Maintain up-to-date clinical records and documentation in line with agreed local policies and procedures, NMC guidelines and policy
- Respond to duty referrals on a daily basis and ability to prioritise urgent referrals
- Ensure that own professional practice and clinical knowledge is maintained at all times in accordance with NMC guidelines and policies and procedures
Work in partnership with the primary care team, statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure that the appropriate care needs are met * Maintain patient safety, in collaboration with patients, carers and other team members
Responsible for recognising the potential for or signs of patient harm, abuse or neglect and taking all reasonable steps to protect the patient
Provides clinical advice on complex issues to other members of the clinical team and staff from other disciplines * Undertakes urgent and priority assessments, including comprehensive risk assessments
- Responsible for decision making and coordination in a crisis situation
- Support service users’ short term who present to the team when their Care Coordinator / Lead
- Liaise with other services i.e. Police, A & E, Single Point of Access
Responsible for participating in the setting of quality standards and offering a consistent approach to people open within the team * Maintain an effective reporting standard, verbally and in writing on patient conditions
Support members of the team with other specialist assessments, as required for example, application of the Mental Capacity Act 2005; Knowledge of Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, s42 Care Act regarding Safeguarding Adults and Making Safeguarding Personal * Maintain professional standards of care at all times
- Supervise junior staff members and to support students on placement
- Undertake and maintain all essential training to role
Requirements of the Community Mental Health Nurse:
- Degree or equivalent in Mental Health Nursing
- Experience working as a Mental Health Nurse
- NMC Registration
Have an in-depth understanding of mental health issues to manage service users with complex mental health problems
Have a sound understanding and knowledge of current legislation and its application to service users with mental health problems e.g. Mental Health Act, Care Act, Freedom of Information Act, Data Protection Act
Contact:
This Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse job is adve
Expected salary: £69 – 27 per hour
Location: Southall, West London
