Job summary

Calling band 6 Community Mental Health Nurses!

Do you aspire to change people's lives for the better? To work flexibly in a highly regarded team who strive to provide high quality care primarily to older people, alongside their family and carers by ensuring they experience positive mental health care? We are looking for passionate nurses who will focus on providing support and high-quality nursing care for clients and carers, targeting and prioritising people with severe mental health problems to join the NW Community Mental Health Team for Older People (CMHT OP).

Based at Unither House in Chertsey, the CMHT OP service offers assessment, diagnosis, treatment and support for people over 65 who present with functional mental health illnesses; deterioration in cognition and/or dementia. We work closely with other services, such as social care and also with the voluntary sector, particularly the Alzheimer's Society, to provide positive support for people using services and their carers, ensuring effective forward signposting where appropriate.

Main duties of the job

• To act as key worker / care co-ordinator for named individuals, within the Care Programme Approach process, including Single Assessment
• The ability to work alone
• To provide high standards of care, which are delivered in a professional manner.
• To ensure that the care delivered is based on best practice, and is regularly reviewed.
• To ensure all records and reports are kept up-to-date, and up to the standard expected of this grade of nurse, in accordance with the Caldicott Report.
• Keep an accurate, up-to-date diary and record of visits.
• Be responsible for the continuous overall management of a defined caseload.
• To receive and give clinical and management supervision / guidance
• To supervise juniors / other staff in the delivery of care and treatment to individuals and groups
• To support junior staff to manage caseloads effectively
• To act as a positive role model for junior staff, assisting / guiding them in their duties
• To provide information to the Line Manager, if any incidents that may affect the standing or running of the service
• To develop close working relationships with voluntary / statutory services, in particular Social Services and members of the Primary Care Team, and participate in the system of integrated team working
• To educate and train junior staff / student nurses and other professionals around competencies of a Community Mental Health Nurse
• To participate in the Duty Rota to manage new referrals

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Home Working Contract Only - Eligibility to high cost area supplement is conditional upon candidates residence and will be discussed on offer.

We look forward to receiving your application!