Posted November 26, 2024
Athona are looking for an experienced RMN to work as a Care Coordinator within a Specialist Community Mental Health Team within Colchester.
You will hold a caseload of service users and have a number of responsibilities that include assessment and coordination of care needs. Once needs are identified, you will be expected to plan and implement evidence-based care to the service users and their carers. You will be expected to act as a supervisor and resource for junior or less experienced staff.
Duties Include:
- Assessing new referrals to the team and ascertaining whether they have care needs that need to be addressed within the service
- Coordinating the care and assessment under the Care Programme Approach (CPA) of a designated caseload
- Creating and continually updating person-centred careplans and building therapeutic relationships with your clients.
- Continually assess risk and design personalised risk management plans
- Facilitate referral to crisis teams or admission to hospital where necessary, plus providing presence and involvement in inpatient careplan and discharge planning.
- Administration of long-acting anti-psychotic depot injections in a community setting
- Monitoring of medication adherence and any potential side-effects. Organising medical reviews when indicated.
- Identify any possible safeguarding concerns and be responsible for the completion of safeguarding investigations.
- Ensure that the requirements of the Mental Health Act 1983 are observed, adhered to and implemented
- Support the promotion of carer and service user involvement within the service and for its provision plus ensuring carer’s needs are identified and responded to.
Essential
- Registration Mental Health Nurse RMN Part 3
- Good written and spoken English
- UK NMC Pin
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