Community Mental Health Nurse - Home Treatment Team (South West Essex) inBasildon inBasildon PUBLISHED
TUE 29 OCT 2024
The successful candidate will enjoy access to clinical supervision, career development opportunities, and enhancements for unsocial working hours. Daily responsibilities include maintaining care standards, fostering inter-disciplinary collaboration, and contributing to a coordinated care approach within the community mental health framework. This role is pivotal in delivering effective home treatment services and ensuring that clients receive the support they need in the least restrictive environment possible.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Mental Health Nurse position within the Home Treatment Team - West, based in Basildon. We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic individual who is passionate about community mental health. The post holder will join an evolving team, and will be jointly responsible for the delivery of a high standard community care, forming part of a coordinated plan of home treatment to Service Users predominantly within their own homes.
*Previous applicants need not apply*
We provide intensive home support to service users aged 18 and over, through a range of referral routes, which include work with our community teams; liaison services and partner organisations to provide a range of support options for people experiencing mental health crisis.
The service 'gate keeps' all admissions to acute mental health wards, we endeavour to provide care in the least restrictive manner by offering an alternative to hospital admission through intensive home treatment. Where required, the team support planned admission to wards and facilitates timely discharge from inpatient care, working closely with wards to identify patients who could be better supported in their communities.
We are seeking a Community Mental Health Nurse to join our team of Consultant Psychiatrists, Junior Doctors, Nurses, and Support Workers providing rapid response for adults who are experiencing an acute psychiatric crisis
Appointed applicants will have access to clinical and managerial supervision, career development opportunities, enhancement for any unsocial hours of working.
About us
The post holder carries responsibility for the assessment of care needs and their development, implementation and evaluation of programs of care for clients with mental health problems who are referred to the Home Treatment Team Service.
The post holder is responsible on a day-to-day basis to the Clinical Lead but ultimately accountable to the Matron for the overall service. In addition, they will be a member of a multi-disciplinary team and work in close co-operation with wards and community teams. They will be responsible for the maintenance of standards of care within the Home Treatment service; sharing responsibility for an integrated service provision to the clients and ensuring that a good inter-disciplinary working environment is maintained.
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