Community Mental Health Nurse in Welwyn Garden City inWelwyn Garden City PUBLISHED TUE 11 FEB 2025 Jump to job information section

The Community Mental Health Services for Older People are looking to recruit an experienced Mental Health Nurse to join our Team. The Crisis Function team is made up of a already established multi-disciplinary team. The Post is based in East Hertfordshire, which includes Welwyn Garden City, Cheshunt, and Bishops Stortford.

The team provides the crisis function to our community team and is responsible for the support and treatment of older adults who are experiencing a mental health crisis - with people that have either a functional or organic condition. The team also has responsibility for assessment and gatekeeping people who may require admission to a mental health inpatient unit.Mental Health Services for Older People are comprised of a community team, a crisis function, a social work function and a therapy function that work in an interlinked way to provide care to people. As a professional you will have regular supervision and a Personal Development Performance (PDP) that aims to work with your strengths and to develop your skills. As a team we also hold reflective sessions.Car driver (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2which prevents you from driving)

We would welcome applications from people looking for a full time and able to work shift pattern (early shift, late shift and weekends). The crisis function works across 7 days, providing a service between 09:00 and 21:00hrs on weekdays and between 11:00 and 19:00hrs on weekends. The post holder will therefore be required to work within the shift pattern.

The post holder is required to take responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care and management of a defined caseload, including liaison with other agencies and, where appropriate, the supervision, development and teaching of staff and/or students. The post holder will act as care coordinator to a case load of service users, ensuring the care plan is met at all times. To work as a member of the multi-disciplinary team and complete initial assessments for the community team as required.

As a staff member you are representatives of Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) and play a vital role in fostering positive relationships and communication between the Mental Health Trust and not only the service users and their carers and relatives, but also other agencies, charities and providers.

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The post holder will:

• Be responsible for the full assessment of care needs and risk assessment of service users presenting with a wide variety of clinical Following this the post holder will be responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care, without direct supervision (though clinical supervision is implemented as per policy to support you).
• To be named care coordinator, and act accordingly when applying
• To manage one self in a professional manner, responding to requests, enquiries etc in a timely manner
• To respond to any crisis that a service user may advise of, with the aim of promoting independent living in the community
• Work with the philosophy to support service users to remain in their own
• Administer and/ or supervise medications and to have a sound knowledge of medications and their desired and undesired effects,
• Be required to provide education, advise and guidance to service users and their carers and
• Provide a range of clinical interventions and treatments appropriate to the individuals
• Participate fully in providing quality care in line with local and national
• Act as a role model in providing a service for people with mental health
• Participate in audit/research projects associated with the
• Be required to challenge practice that compromises or challenges high quality care to older people
• To advise Team Manager of any resource short
• To partake in continuing professional development that will also benefit the development and quality of the
• Remain updated with local and national guidelines and
• Partake in home visits with other professionals such as Consultant Psychiatrist, Specialty Doctors, Social Workers etc
• Partake in clinical and management supervision