Community Psychiatric Nurse

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) is one of the largest healthcare systems in the United Kingdom, employing approximately 40,000 staff across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical professions and roles. We deliver acute hospital, primary, community and mental health services to a population of over 1.15 million people, and to a wider population of 2.2 million when regional and national services are included.

The Mental Health Service provides a full range of secondary care to patient and community based mental health services for the population.

Permanent, Full time

Base location - Riverview Resource Centre, Dumbarton Joint Hospital

Shift Pattern - Monday - Thursday 9am-5pm, Friday – 9am-4.30pm

• To be responsible for the assessment, care planning, review and discharge of individual caseload, management of a caseload or client group within a defined clinical area and carry out regular reviews of the nursing team caseload within sphere of responsibility.
• To liaise with and act upon referrals from GP’s, other primary care workers, consultants, and other statutory bodies.
• To provide a regular caseload management and clinical supervisory function to other nursing grades and facilitate the appraisal process for a team within sphere of responsibility. Ensure that the systems are in place for all grades of nursing staff within their area.
• To provide a leadership/developmental function to nursing staff within defined sphere of responsibility with regard to career long learning, implementation of evidence based practice and innovation. This includes activity associated with continuous quality improvement such as the setting and monitoring of standards of practice.
• Provide as required, an extended supervisory role for nursing staff out-with the team, e.g. other nursing grades.
• Develop and maintain therapeutic collaborative relationships with service users, carers, relatives and fellow health and social care professionals who are involved in care delivery, this happening in often complex and contentious situations requiring specialist nursing skills.
• Actively be involved in the development of local protocols and also participate in the development of clinical policy, procedures and guidelines, which may have an organisational or multi-professional focus.
• To support the effective management of clinical and environmental risk on a day to day basis including assessing and reporting risk, identification of safety issues in lone working practice and also working in complex situations where engagement with clients can be difficult.
• Maintain high quality, contemporaneous written and electronic clinical records and provide written reports for the service, as required.
• Initiate and develop new ideas to improve patient care and provide specialist nursing advice to members of the community mental health team and to other health and social care professionals.
• To assess, critically appraise and apply the evidence base for practice within a specified clinical area and to promote the development of evidence based culture.
• Liaise with higher education institutions to ensure a meaningful learning experience for pre and post registration students and support the clinical area to meet defined standards for practice placements.
• Responsibility for the induction and preceptorship of nursing and participate in induction of other disciplines within the team.
• Act as a role model for nursing, modelling professional and leadership behaviours as an integral part of professional practice.
• In the absence of the Nurse Team Leader respond to team issues thereby ensuring the safe delivery of services.
• To support and manage nursing staff as required ensuring that patient needs are assessed, care planned, implemented and evaluated, and that there is consultation and involvement of patient/carers and non statutory agencies.
• To participate in Resource Centre duty system ensuring gate keeping for locality adult mental health beds; interfaces with Primary Care for assessment and advice, providing a crisis service to local adult population and carers. To additionally provide support to other members of the team during their duty cover.
• Perform an active role in the recruitment process as required.

• First level Registered Mental Nurse
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Excellent communication, organisational and analytical skills
• Ability to fulfil main duties and responsibilities as outlined in the job description.
• Current Driving licence

We offer a wide range of supportive policies designed to enhance your employee journey, including a comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme, Cycle to Work Scheme, bursary scheme and extensive learning and development opportunities.

As an NHS Scotland employee, you will be entitled to:

• A minimum of 27 days annual leave, increasing with length of service, plus public…