Community Psychiatric Nurse

Job overview

An exciting  opportunity has arisen within  the Daventry Community Mental Health Team for Older People, based at the Danetre Hospital for a band 6 CPN. The post holder must be enthusiastic and dedicated to working with older adult service users who have Dementia or a Functional illness such as Depression and Bi-Polar disorder. The post holder will be required to work within the community ,  it is essential that you can drive and have access to a vehicle,

The successful candidate will need to have a genuine interest in caring for the older person and the ability to work within a multidisciplinary team providing intervention to this client group. You should be highly motivated with excellent communication skills along with a positive outlook. You should be able to demonstrate the ability to work with clients and carers from a diverse population towards quality service delivery.

Within your role you will need to demonstrate leadership skills and be able to manage others within the team providing them with supervision and mentorship to students.

Main duties of the job

As a senior Nurse, to act as a keyworker in the community with individuals (and their support networks) who have complex mental health problems.

To assess needs, plan, implement and evaluate treatment packages in line with service policies providing comprehensive care packages to those individuals who are experiencing problems with mental health.

To supervise and support junior practitioners/students within a designated locality.

The role also includes the training and education of relevant others and developing a working relationship between the service and its partners and various agencies within Northamptonshire.

To work as a member of the specialist Community Mental health Team, ensuring the highest standards of care, by maintaining the quality of own work by developing skills and knowledge, making changes to practice and contributing to the development of others within the team.

Contribution to service improvement is a necessity of the role, through participation in implementation of improvements and changes to practice.

Within the workplace the individual must monitor and maintain the health and safety of both self and other and also support equality and diversity.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on the advertised role, please refer to the job description located under the Supporting Documents heading. The full person specification can be accessed under the ‘About You’ Section of the document.