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RMN - Mental Health Nurse

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

Main Responsibility

  • Caseload management of service users with complex needs.
  • Building relationships with patients to encourage trust, while listening and interpreting their needs and concerns.
  • Working within a CPA framework. (CTO, MHA, MLA, MOJ)
  • Manage your time efficiently including diarising appointment and logistics of getting to and from your appointments
  • Ensure up-to-date risk assessments and recovery plans are in place
  • Report writing
  • Liaise with relatives of the person we support.
  • To communicate within the wider GHC team ensuring best level of care for the person and support for the staff
  • To motivate person we support to ensure they have a full weekly activity plan
  • Ability to use initiative and problem solving skills to assist with crisis intervention
  • To maintain CPD
  • To access and offer supervisions as appropriate

The Ideal Candidate

Essential:

  • Minimum  1year post registration experience within both an inpatient and community services.
  • Experience with working with challenging behaviours, personality disorder, serious mental illness.
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excellent IT skills
  • Knowledge and ability to undertake the following assessments as required.
  • Have the ability to manage crisis
  • Experience working with a multi-disciplinary team along with other professions such as OT and psychology, care coordinators and health commissioners.
  • Knowledge of Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act. (This includes DOLS, CTO AND MOJ)
  • Driver with own transport (car allowance provided)
  • We no longer have any certificates of sponsorships available.

Package Description

Gray Healthcare is the UK's leading specialist provider of individually tailored community-based support. Here at Gray Healthcare we believe that no person should remain in an acute or long stay hospital environment for a day longer than is necessary. We do not discriminate with risk history; we work beyond the label and prioritise the individual and their right to live in the community. 

Reporting to: Clinical Lead / Registered Manager

Location: Home-based covering Manchester / Lancashire / Liverpool

The overall aim of the role is to achieve the highest possible standard of care in a professional manner, through providing direct nursing care to, including but not limited to, clients experiencing mental health problems, challenging behaviours and acquired brain injuries.

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