Community Psychiatric Nurse - Older People
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Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a mental health nurse to take up a full time position with the Community Mental Health Older Adult Services at the Springwell Centre in Barnet Hertfordshire. As a multi-disciplinary team we provide holistic assessment and treatment pathways for older adults, and people with mental health and frailty needs. Our service provides seamless pathways between primary care and secondary care services for people with functional mental illness, and dementia.
We are looking for a dynamic nurse who is passionate about the care of our older adult service users. We consider transferable skills from other areas of mental health services as valuable and a positive contribution to a well-rounded team.
We cover London Borough of Barnet, and our based at the Springwell Centre at Barnet General Hospital and the post is to cover Hendon and surrounding area locality, with flexibility to support other areas of the East locality if needed.
As a team, we can offer multi-disciplinary support from Clinical Psychologists, Consultant Psychiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, as well as Mental Health Nurses. We also provide regular CPD sessions, reflective practice, staff support sessions, individual and group supervisions, and academic training, as well as access to external training resources.
If you are interested in our service then please call Michael Benson on 0208 702 6194
Main duties of the job
The post holder to demonstrate expert practise in the care of clients with mental health needs and maintain clinical expertise. taking responsibility for initiating risk assessment, mental capacity, best interest assessments, crisis planning, dialog plus and core assessment, ensuring the care and interventions provided within the older people service are evidence based and in accordance with NICE guidance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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