Registered Mental Health Nurse

Reporting to the Contract Manager, the Mental Health In Reach Nurse is responsible for managing their own caseload of patients within HMP Altcourse. Most of these patients will be open to CPA.

They will be required to liaise with the Forensic Psychiatrist and Primary Care nurses to review patients in need of Mental Health Support. Acting autonomously within their professional boundaries, the Clinical Practitioner will provide care and onward referral to Community Mental Health Teams and Psychiatric Units if necessary. They will be expected to act as an advocate for their patient.

The job holder will demonstrate safe, clinical decision making and demonstrate critical decision making and will work collaboratively within the team to meet the needs of the patient, working closely with the Forensic Psychiatrist, Primary Care and custody staff at HMP Altcourse.

Role & Responsibilities
•    Communication/Relationship Skills
•    To lead and present complex, sensitive and challenging clinical and professional communication processes that may impact on service users, carers, staff, the team, the organisation, partner agencies and members of the public, where there are barriers to understanding.
•    To communicate complex information to users and carers regarding personal, psycho-social problems in an emphatic and supportive way. This will involve using inter-personal skills where agreement or co-operation is required, e.g. impact of diagnosis.
•    To support the specialist nurse, peers, other colleagues, patients/clients and provide effective communication within the team/unit.
•    To maintain, as part of continual professional development, up to date clinical knowledge/skills in this clinical field, using information to effect change in practice and ensuring the effective dissemination of new knowledge.
•    Demonstrate a range of clinical interventions, procedures and practices which are evidence based and relevant to the clinical area.

Analysis, Problem Solving and Service Planning
•    To assess the needs of patients and their carers’ based on the analysis of a range of facts or situations. Interventions will be planned on the assessment information and the interpretation of this e.g. Mental Health assessment/risk assessment.
•    To contribute to assessment and management plan for patients with high risk clinical needs to ensure safety of patients, carers, staff and the general public.

Planning and Organisational Skills
•    To plan care for patients e.g. organising appointments, treatments, interventions, care programme approach (CPA) reviews.
•    Responsible for managing and prioritising own workload, balancing the needs of patients and service requirements/competing priorities.

Patient Care
•    Develops and maintains the patients control over decision making, assess the patient’s commitment to the jointly determined plan of care, and fosters personal responsibility for health.
•    Deliver care interventions and nursing advice in a variety of settings, that promote patient flexibility and choice, and which are sensitive to cultural preferences.
•    To act as a (CPA) care co-ordinator for patients.

Responsible for Information Resources
•    To provide accurate and timely information to inform PCT and HMP as required.
•    Maintain up to data training and basic IT skills, and demonstrate a good working knowledge of confidentiality and data protection.

Qualifications & Experience
Essential:
•    A broad understanding of relevant policy, legislation drivers and their application to clinical services area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion.
•    An understanding of relevant clinical practice/standards within identified clinical areas.
•    Appropriate knowledge/experience of working in mental health/learning disability clinical practice areas.
•    Part III or 13 of NMC live register.
•    Degree or equivalent knowledge/experiential learning in either nursing, mental health, learning disability or related area.
•    Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity.

Desirable:
•    Full understanding of relevant policy, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. NSF, Social Inclusion.
•    Full understanding/application of relevant clinical practice/standards/audit within identified clinical area.
•    Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care.
•    Evidence of specialist practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development.
•    Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement/participation.
•    Act as Care Programme Approach (CPA) co-ordinator.
•    Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures.

For more information about the role and package details please apply online today or email Lynn on lynn.heathcote@alliedhealthcare.com for an informal discussion.



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