Job responsibilities

Undertake comprehensive mental health assessments for patients with complex mental health needs.

Utilise recognised assessment tools including 6CIT, PHQ-9, GAD-7, GDS-15, MoCA, DASS-21, MCA and Trusted Assessment documentation.

Assess emotional, psychological and cognitive needs and their impact on managing long-term conditions.

Complete risk assessments, including suicide, self-harm and safeguarding risks, escalating concerns appropriately.

Develop person-centred care plans with realistic and achievable goals.

Refer and coordinate care with secondary mental health services, GPs and other agencies where required.

Contribute to discharge planning, best interest meetings and multidisciplinary care planning.

Discharge and Case Coordination

Support patients through the Enhanced Discharge to Assess pathway.

Attend ward rounds, discharge planning meetings and multidisciplinary team meetings.

Monitor patient progress, engagement and outcomes following discharge.

Coordinate care across acute, community, social care and mental health services.

Communication and Partnership Working

Provide specialist mental health advice to healthcare professionals, patients, carers and families.

Develop effective working relationships with GPs, CMHTs, social services, voluntary organisations and acute services.

Facilitate collaborative, person-centred approaches to care across agencies.

Maintain accurate, timely and confidential clinical records.

Education, Training and Supervision

Deliver mental health education and training to healthcare professionals and partner organisations.

Provide supervision, mentoring and support to staff and students.

Participate in clinical and managerial supervision and maintain professional registration requirements.

Promote evidence-based practice and psychosocial interventions.

Service Development, Audit and Governance

Participate in service improvement, policy development and clinical governance activities.

Contribute to audits, research projects and quality improvement initiatives.

Support the development of services for older adults with mental health needs.

Monitor and evaluate outcomes including patient experience, reduced emergency department attendance and reduced length of stay.

Professional Responsibilities

Maintain compliance with NMC standards, Trust policies and mandatory training requirements.

Maintain up-to-date knowledge of mental health legislation, dementia care, safeguarding and best practice.

Demonstrate accountability, professional leadership and adherence to ELHT values.

Engage in continuing professional development and appraisal processes.

Key Performance Outcomes

Improved patient experience and satisfaction.

Reduced hospital length of stay.

Reduced emergency department attendance.

Effective discharge planning and community support arrangements.

Improved staff knowledge and confidence in managing mental health needs.

Positive multidisciplinary and stakeholder feedback.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN) - current NMC Registration
• Evidence of professional updating and development in the nursing care of patients in an acute or community setting.
• Diploma in Professional Studies (Nursing) - or equivalent.

Desirable

• Teaching & Assessing qualification (or equivalent).
• CBT/PSI qualification
• Non-Medical Prescribing V300 or working towards

Knowledge

Essential

• A minimum of two years post-registration mental health nursing experience
• Involvement in innovative nursing practice and multi-cultural nursing environments
• Team leadership
• Evidence of practicing in an acute mental health inpatient/community care setting.

Special requirements

Essential

• Imagination and determination.
• A questioning attitude.
• A concept of own nursing philosophy
• Enthusiasm.
• Flexibility.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• A problem-solving approach to professional practice.
• Ability to meet contractual requirements
• Full current driving licence

Desirable

• Ability to assimilate new concepts and approaches to care.
• Ability to respond positively to constructive criticism.

Experience

Essential

• Skills in assessing, planning and evaluating mental health nursing interventions.
• Skills in interacting therapeutically with distressed and/or disturbed individuals
• Skills in individual nursing interventions.
• Skills in teaching, supervision and self-appraisal.
• Skills in multi-disciplinary team-work.
• Skill in interacting effectively with colleagues.
• Ability to cope with stress.
• Excellent presentation skills - both verbally and non-verbally.
• Skill in report writing.
• Skill in chairing meetings
• Skill in motivating and managing change in others.

Desirable

• Skill in basic research process.
• Skill in audit and quality assurance programmes.
• Skills/training in a psychological therapy

Knowledge

Essential

• Extensive knowledge of the various approaches to mental health assessment.
• Knowledge of key areas of liaison psychiatric nursing practice, including the psychological effects of physical illness
• Knowledge of nursing and psychiatric interventions with patients in an acute phase of mental illness/distress.
• Knowledge of risk assessment and management, particularly in relation to suicide
• Knowledge of the clinical and demographic risk factors associated with suicide and self-harm.
• Knowledge of Common Law and issues relating the Mental Health Act (1983).
• Knowledge of the teaching process.
• Knowledge of team-work and staff development.
• Knowledge of the various therapeutic approaches in the care and treatment of patients with delirium, dementia and depression.

Desirable

• Knowledge of basic research methodology

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).