Nurse Practitioner (Kingston HTT)

Job overview

Nurse Practitioner Band 6 (RMN)

If you want to live locally and work locally, with an employer that offers flexible and agile working with great development and career progression opportunities, then this may be the role you!

The post holder MUST have a valid driving licence and access to a car to enable them to carry out home visits. Please do not apply if you do not fit these criteria.

Kingston Home Treatment Team (KHTT) is a multidisciplinary, community based mental health team that aims to provide a safe and effective home based assessment and treatment service as an alternative to in-patient admission, and for early discharge from the ward in the least disruptive and restrictive environment. It works in conjunction with, and is integrated with, other local service elements. The workload is team-based and team members do not carry a specific caseload.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be based at Tolworth Hospital and work across the borough of Kingston. There is an expectation that the post holder is able to work shifts.

Early Shift: 08:30 to 16:30

Late Shift: 14:30 to 22:30

Key areas of responsibilities:-

• -         engaging clients in crisis -         participating in assessment and treatment -         providing a range of bio/psycho/social interventions for service users and carers -         planning for robust and sustainable discharge/transfer and aftercare -         involving clients in planning and evaluating care given -         working as part of the team to achieve the best possible care for clients

support clients in developing a Collaborative Crisis Plan

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• The post holder will be based in the Home Treatment Team (CHTT) and be the first point of contact for all referrals.
• The post holder will be directly accountable for care planned and implemented within the limits of his/her professional competence.
• To develop and maintain a high standard of practice based on assessment, through the use of psycho-education, the Recovery Model, and supportive clinical management.
• To communicate/liaise effectively within relevant agencies and teams to ensure that an integrated programme of care is provided throughout.
• To attend clinical meetings to provide the team with relevant information in relation to caseload and to feedback on new assessments and use of zoning.
• To identify and support carers’ and facilitate assessments where appropriate.
• To offer advice and support to other professionals on issues of referrals to HTT or signposting if not appropriate for HTT.
• To undertake home visits (single or joint) single visits only when there are no health, risk or safety issues evident.
• To actively participate in relapse prevention work
• To actively support the client in self- management of their symptoms and diagnosis and with the formation of their collaborative crisis plan.
• To provide comprehensive risk assessments in accordance with the Trust Guidelines.
• To ensure all Key Performance Indicators are assessed, recorded and updated regularly on RIO.
• To work flexibly in ensuring maximum efforts are made to engage service users/carers.
• To ensure effective communication with the inpatient service, social services, CMHT’s and to include other statutory and non statutory organisations including the voluntary sector to provide continuity of care.
• To have knowledge of the legal requirements of the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act Care Programme Approach, Care Act, Deprivation of Liberty, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults and Community Treatment Orders.
• To maintain confidentiality at all times, and ensure accurate records are maintained in accordance with NMC guidelines and Trust Policy.
• To manage medicines in accordance with the NMC guidelines and The Trust Medicines Policy
• To ensure effective communication with Children & Families Teams when safeguarding children
• To report to Team manager any incident or Serious Untoward Incidents that may take place and