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As an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team you will have the responsibility for clinical nurse leadership, managing and supporting the ongoing team development to fulfil the key functions of the Community Mental Health Team. (CMHT) In you will be responsible for the safe and effective deployment and management of the nursing resource to ensure robust risk assessment/ risk management, implementation of complex programmes of care using a strength based recovery focused approach that proactively involves the person and optimises self-management across the service. You are required to undertake caseload management and line management responsibilities of senior nursing staff with overall responsibility for monitoring nursing activity related to CMHT key performance indicators. You wil have lead responsibility for profession specific clinical governance activity and monitoring which includes care assurance; standards compliance; professional regulation; responding to complaints; staff governance; Clinical Supervision; Line Management Supervision; legislative frameworks; national and board policy/ guidelines implementation. This involves working in a variety of home/ near to home community environments. You will participate as a key member of multi-disciplinary decision making with regards to referral screening/ patient allocation and reviews as well as monitoring nurs ing workload (clinical activity) /workforce issues and ensuring resource efficiency are critical aspects of the role. You will support the service manager, contributing to health and social care agenda, leading on professional, practice and service improvements to ensure safe effective person centred care delivery and the CMHT key functions are important aspects of this role. It is essential that you are currently a Registered Mental Health Nurse with the NMC and the you can show completion of an evidence based psychological therapies/psycholigcal approaches to care formal programme of study. The shift pattern for this post is Monday - Friday.
Informal Contact: Tracy Buchanan, Tel No: 0141 244 1430
Details on how to contact the Recruitment Service can be found within the Candidate Information Packs .