Community Mental Health Nurse

To contribute to the maintenance and development of the Trust nursing strategy.

To ensure that clinical practice is evidence based and consistent with relevant NICE guidelines and Trust policies and procedures.

To provide supervision of junior staff and trainees where appropriate.

To act within the NMC code of conduct at all times.

To manage a caseload of clients with complex health needs.

To work in partnership with the individual service user and their families and carers as appropriate to ensure the delivery of the care plan, and to enable the development of a plan to facilitate their safety, promote their well being and support their independence and inclusion in the community, by using recognised age appropriate self management tools where applicable. This may include working closely with partner agencies such as voluntary sector agencies, schools and colleges which may be able to more appropriately help the service user complete these tools.

To develop care plans that meet the needs of the individual and their family/carers as appropriate and that are focused on strengths and are outcome based.

To plan and implement client centred individual, family and group interventions, using graded activity to achieve therapeutic goals.

To monitor, evaluate and modify treatment in order to measure progress and ensure effectiveness of intervention.

To administer and monitor medication prescribed to individual service users, providing information and advice.