Community Mental Health Nurse

Updated: April 27, 2024 03:59 AM GMT

NHS

Lytham St Annes, Lytham Saint Annes

Job summary

Network: Mental Health

Job Title: Fylde Coast Rapid Intervention and Treatment Team (RITT)

Community Mental Health Nurse Band 6

Hours: 37.5 hours - 1.0 WTE

Fylde Coast RITT is a crisis Older Adults Community Mental Health service based at the Lytham Unit, Lytham Hospital.

We are a 7 day a week service with operating hours from 8am to 8pm, shifts worked at present can be Early (8-4pm) Late (12-8pm), including weekend working.

We are a multi- disciplinary team, with close working links with other health departments, social services and voluntary agencies.

Our service users can present with both functional and organic mental health difficulties which are often combined with complex social care and physical health needs.

Main duties of the job

RITT has 2 core functions:
• Home treatment:

The provision of care coordination for patients who are experiencing acute mental health difficulties and who are presenting as high risk to themselves or others in the community... More Detail