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Job overview

NHFT have an exciting opportunity for a Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse within our Central Clinic Teams. The Community Central Team aims to provide planned and effective mental health support and interventions alongside the service user, their loved ones and other services in line with the goals and needs of the service user.

The Central Team is a key part of our community mental health service and provides depot medication and Clozapine treatment across Northamptonshire.

This post will be mainly based within the Northampton, although as the team is a countywide team, you will be expected to travel across Northamptonshire to meet the demands of the service. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder is responsible for providing treatment for service users who require a depot and Clozaril treatment

Responsible for ensuring care plans are co-produced with service users and carers and are kept up to date and relevant

To contribute to the delivery and development of the Community Mental Health Service by using effective evidence-based practice in line with agreed national standards for clinical practice

To undertake the role of keyworker for service users whose needs may be highly complex, liaising and sharing information with others involved in their care and in line with the Consent to Share Information Policy

To be accountable for the planning and delivery of all aspects of patient care in relation to the service as set out in the NMC Code of Practice.

To continuously improve clinical care standards in line with the clinical governance framework to ensure the highest quality of care is provided in safest manner

To work as an autonomous member of a team in the provision of specialist care and knowledge

To communicate effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary team, patients, carers and the public

Organise and provide relevant practical and theoretical teaching sessions for students, staff and other agencies users/carers as required

Working for our organisation

NHFT is an integrated primary care and mental health Trust, providing physical, mental health and specialty services in both hospital settings and out in the community. Because we put the person at the centre of all we do, we focus on delivering care that is as easy to access as possible. This means many of our services can be provided at home, work or in schools. We also provide health services to various prisons and detention centres in Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

NHFT promotes a culture of learning to improve the care and safety of our patients and staff, which focuses on people who enable our Trust to be ‘outstanding’ by supporting opportunity, innovation, development and growth.