Community Psychiatric Nurse

Band 6 Community Psychiatric Service
Older Persons Community Mental Health Team
The Meadows West Park Hospital, Horton Lane, Epsom, London KT19 8PB
Monday to Friday 09:00 - 17:00
£30ph Weekdays
(No WFH, Car Driver Essential)
Job Overview
* To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the nursing care needs of a specific group of people who use our services.
* To mentor, supervise and teach qualified and unqualified staff including students * To lead the care for a specified group of service users.
* To participate in the recruitment, deployment and management of staff.
Key Responsibilities
* To lead the clinical management of a care package to an individual who uses our services.
* To co-ordinate and monitor the delivery of person cantered healthcare to a designated group of people who use our services, using complex clinical decision making where appropriate.
* To deliver individual and group therapy utilizing CBT skills.
* To work as a member of the MDT in assessing and planning care and responding to changes in people who use our services health.
* To ensure provision of the necessary physical care to help people who use our services i.e: personal hygiene, diet and fluid intake, clothing and laundry, personal environment, manual handling, elimination, maintaining rest and sleep and activity, physical observations.
* To act in a manner to respect the customs, individuality, values, sexuality and spiritual beliefs, actively supporting the individual to fulfil these.
* To ensure provision of therapeutic activities, emotional support and stability to clients to ensure effective engagement whilst maintaining professional boundaries.
* To ensure prescribed physical observations are undertaken as follows: blood pressure, temperature, pulse, respirations, blood sugars, urinalysis, weight and height and act upon exceptions appropriately
Requirements for the Role
Mental Health Nursing Degree
Previous Community Mental Health Experience
Car Driver
We also offer a £250 bonus for starting a contract with SCS. Furthermore, if you know anyone looking for work and you refer them across, we offer a £450 referral bonus per person.
If this role is of interest please apply with an up to date copy of your CV or call Jake for more information on