Job summary
An exciting opportunity to join the team at PCDU as a Band 6 Nurse, with opportunity to help support the change of PCDU to Mental Health Crisis Assessment Service.

Full time

We are looking for a registered nurse who are compassionate, motivated and approachable. In return you will be working within a supportive team with strong commitment to excellent customer care.

They will need to work across a multi-professional/ disciplinary internal and external workforce engaging service users in an enhanced assessment service to resolve immediate crisis and build towards recovery. Creative and comprehensive problem-solving capabilities for service users who require urgent assessment and brief stay at PCDU unit and or signposting.

Main duties of the job

• Liaison with Urgent care teams to identify suitable candidates for PCDU
• Provide therapeutic input to resolve immediate crisis
• Create solid care plans for building resilience in the community and reduce risk of representing at Acute A&E for a mental health need.

About us
Candidate Information Pack Dec 24

At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.

We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group

We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.

Job responsibilities

• Liaison with Urgent care teams to identify suitable candidates for PCDU
• Provide therapeutic input to resolve immediate crisis
• Create solid care plans for building resilience in the community and reduce risk of representing at Acute A&E for a mental health need.

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Registered with NMC
• First level degree or equivalent
• Mentoring & Assessing Qualification

Knowledge & skills
Essential

• Demonstrates a comprehensive knowledge of nursing assessment and care.
• Demonstrates competence and sound decision-making in the assessment of acutely ill patients
• Expert competence in the clinical skills required within the co-ordinator role
• Must be able to contribute to supervisory process for junior staff and learners
• Must demonstrate a high standard of written and verbal communications skills
• Able to use computer systems to access and retrieve formation

Other
Essential

• Must be able to travel across sites and hold a UK driving licence.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.