Community Psychiatric Nurse inSleaford inSleaford PUBLISHED
FRI 10 JAN 2025
Key responsibilities include risk assessment and management, medication administration, MDT participation, and providing supervision to team colleagues. The nurse will also facilitate the Relationships and Emotional Skills Group and address the needs of carers through supportive programming. Additional benefits for employees include a competitive leave allowance, access to psychological services, and discounts on various retailers, bolstering a supportive work environment within the Sleaford healthcare community.
An exciting opportunity is available for an experienced and enthusiastic registered Mental Health Nurse to join the newly developed Sleaford CMHT. This role will suit a band 5 wishing to develop or someone who already has experience at band 6.
This role provides the opportunity to be involved in the journey of transforming adult community mental health services within LPFT. It offers the practitioner opportunities for creative approaches to working, ensuring the patient remains central in the care and intervention planning. The support and interventions delivered are recovery focused, promoting independence and resilience to ensure high quality outcomes for patients and carers.
You will work co-productively within Lincolnshire healthcare including Primary and Secondary care services, social and voluntary care system and patients, and carers. This enables individuals to achieve their optimum physical, psychological, and social wellbeing and improve the lives of people who access healthcare services within the locality of Sleaford
The role involves acting as the lead in the care and treatment required to support clients with complex mental health needs and facilitating the new Relationships and Emotional Skills Group.
Main duties of the role will include:
Conduct assessments and to deliver specific therapeutic interventions. Including liaising with other professionals regarding progress and outcomes to provide a link between hospital and community and/or primary and secondary services.
To have responsibility for documenting the plans of care and ensuring that plans remain current and that standards for record-keeping are adhered to. Risk assessment, and risk management is an essential requirement.
Administer prescribed medication and assess the service user for desired and non-desired effects.
To delegate aspects of the patient treatment plan to other members of the team, whilst maintaining overall responsibility for patients care, where appropriate.
To attend regular MDT meetings with the team manager to address caseload management issues such as acceptance of assessments, the provision of ongoing care, discharge planning, face-to-face contacts and service user mix.
Supporting clients with their physical health awareness and some health education.
To assess carers and family's needs and develop, implement, and review programmes of support for cares and families.
Allocate diary time to cover to the Duty rota.
To provide managerial supervision to colleagues in the team.
About us
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for complete details regarding this post.
When completing your application, please demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
We can also offer you many staff benefits to help support you which include:
Early access to Psychological Therapies and Physiotherapy
Competitive annual leave allowance
Car leasing scheme
NHS pension scheme
Free eye tests
Money saving options through our salary sacrifice scheme
Discounts on major high street retailers and restaurants
Get in touch today:
Our friendly team is here to answer any questions you may have about our roles. For more information, please contact Lucy Alder, via email at or by telephone
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