Angela Scott

• Working as a member on the trusts temporary staffing team I have been working in an extended contract role from November 2021 until now and work very much as a welcome member of the team in a part time role.
• I have been employed continuously in a top Band 6 to match my significant and wide ranging amount of clinical experienc.
• Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams for holistic patient care.
• Handling high-stress situations calmly fostering an environment that promoted healing.
• Assisting in crisis situations, resulting in deescalation and safer environments.
• Liaison with family members providing them insights into the condition of their loved ones.
• Developing coping mechanisms with patients, aiding successful reintegration into society.
• Administration of depot medication for improved patient stability.
• Tailoring of therapeutic strategies to individual patient needs, optimising recovery outcomes.
• Managing caseloads efficiently whilst prioritising urgent cases appropriately .
• Promoting patient autonomy through personalised treatment plans.
• Establishing trusting relationships with patients by delivering consistent, compassionate care.
• Offering psycho-educational advice for better management of mental health conditions.
• Providing emotional support to patients, enhancing mental wellbeing.
• Advocating on behalf of patients, ensuring their rights and interests are protected.
• Maintaining accurate records to track patient progress effectively.
• Conducting comprehensive patient assessments to diagnose mental health conditions accurately.
• Communicating and collaborating with patients to plan, assess and evaluate effective care programmes.
• Encouraging patients to engage in therapeutic and creative activities to assist healing process.
• Completing accurate, detailed patient records to carefully monitor progress and improvements.
• Consulting with psychiatrists and other behavioural health staff in designing appropriate treatment plans for clients.
• Recording reactions to psychotropic drugs and other medications.
• Briefing patients regarding de-escalation methods to help manage emotions.
• Consulting with healthcare team to assess and execute proper patient care plannning
• Offering psychoeducation to enable families and patients to cope mental health challenges
• Mentoring and supervision of mental health support workers to uphold best practices in dealing with patients.
• Strictly following medicines management requirements to consistently meet professional standards.
• Attending case conferences and meetings to assess treatment success rates.
• Explaining the nature of emotional disturbances and emphasised need for treatment.
• Staying up-to-date with latest developments in nursing practice to contribute to medical research.
• Working with clinical team to carry out prescribed treatments addressing individual patient needs.

• Day to day management responsibility for the staff and effectiveness of the single point of access for CPFT Talking Therapies
• I was tasked with creating a new team and developing effective processes to support the service
• Acting as a senior clinician to educate , advise and support more junior staff
• Telephone assessments, often for more complex self referrers in high risk situations , identifying safeguarding issues, safety and risk management and ensuring a positive outcome for the patient.
• To liaise with wider mental and physical health services
• Monitor referrals, data collection, determine enhancement of service, and service improvement strategies
• Recruitment , HR management, clinical and managerial supervision
• Supporting staff with coroners reports etc
• SI investigations
• Safeguarding, clinical effectiveness and governance, training.
• Multidisciplinary liaison and liaison with third sector and primary care
• Diverting and making referrals to other agencies
• Working to maintain smooth processes for patient benefits
• Complaints investigations
• Mediation training for CPFT. Trained and passed shortly before the pandemic.
• Delegated responsibilities efficiently amongst team members.
• Fostered a positive work environment through effective communication and conflict resolution tactics.
• Achieved higher team efficiency with regular training and mentoring sessions.

• Triage of routine and urgent referrals into CPFT
• Liaison with primary care and third sector agencies
• Face to face assessments on behalf of MHLPs to assist with their workload
• Telephone assessment and triage
• Peer support, education and supervision of junior colleagues
• Support to team administrators
• Appraisals
• Clinical supervision
• Shift management and clinical leadership
• Handling of crisis support line
• Risk assessment, safeguarding, maintaining effective processes and clinical governance
• Maintaining information governance .
• Mandatory and additional training to improve knowledge and share with others
• Visiting other agencies and sharing information to improve services
• Recovery focused delivery of care
• Accurate effective and timely assessment and decision making through to a positive end result
• Liaison with crisis, home treatment and locality teams, Mental health liaison practitioners GPs, approved mental health practitioners and police etc.
• Maintained meticulous records of patients' progress for professional analysis and review.
• Conducted risk assessments to safeguard individuals from self-harm or harm towards others.
• Liaised with social services to secure necessary support systems for vulnerable individuals.

• Crisis assessment and management.
• Gatekeeping acute beds.
• Triage of referrals
• Admission avoidance, early discharge and home treatment.
• Liaison with primary care, secondary care, acute general hospitals , voluntary and statutory agencies. Also attending walk in centre, Emergency Department, acute hospital wards and Police custody suite.
• Maintaining information and clinical governance
• Medication management.
• Care planning
• Therapeutic interventions
• Risk assessment and management
• Student mentorship (sign off and standard practice)
• Senior practitioner on call for locality
• Coordination of 136 suite
• Day to day leadership for designated shifts.
• CPA and advanced risk assessment (HCR20)
• Recovery focused delivery of care.
• Time limited solution focused interventions
• Observed strict confidentiality protocols whilst dealing with sensitive client information.
• Participated in regular case reviews, ensuring updated treatment strategies were implemented.
• Engagement with carers, families, safeguarding of individuals
• Educating and enabling patients and families regarding their mental health.

• Ward and staff management
• Counselling and mental health interventions.
• Delivery of group work and individual sessions
• Appraisals and clinical supervision.
• Student mentorship
• Assessment , care planning, CPA, advanced risk assessments (HCR20)
• Use of assessment tools
• Maintaining clinical and information governance
• Risk assessment and management
• Liaison with MDT, Primary care, wards, third sector agencies, social care.
• Ward rounds and decision making / planning.
• Supporting physical health needs
• Responsibility for urgent and planned admissions, comprehensive assessment and management.
• Ministry of Defence and United States Airforce specific paperwork and liaison. The team was highly commended by the MOD for its work during my time there.
• Senior Nurse on call (rota) for Cavell Centre : primarily staff, patient and bed management.
• I also spent a period of time working in the Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit - ward and staff management role (deputy)

• Coordinating safe discharge from acute hospital inpatient wards.
• Complex discharge planning ensuring support needs such as equipment, palliative care and numerous other needs were in place.
• Continuing care assessments and review meetings.
• Mental capacity assessments.
• Liaison between wards, primary care and community services. Also District nurses, hospice,
• Palliative care provision and liaison.
• Requisition of equipment.
• Safeguarding of vulnerable adults.
• Mental health advice to colleagues and inpatient wards where there was comorbidity.
• Advice for complex mental health needs: management of, making referrals, medication advice to medical staff.
• Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards Best Interest Assessor role

• Includes a secondment of 12 months to OPMH Locality Team as a CPN
• Main role in crisis team (new service)
  Older adults in crisis situation providing urgent care, advice, home treatment or admission. Use of mental health act.
• Managing case load - post discharge/non urgent/non intensive
• Urgent crisis assessment and intervention.
• Bed management and gate keeping
• Hospital liaison assessments in inpatient settings
• Education of staff, colleagues, students, carers and patients
• Care coordination
• Carer support and assessment
• Information and clinical governance
• Assisting in clinical research trial for dementia
• Safeguarding
  Liaison with primary care, acute care, physical health community, intermediate care, third sector
• Use of assessment tools to support assessment and monitoring
• Mandatory and additional training
• Peer group and individual supervision

• Clinical leadership and management role in delivery of care to older people with organic and functional mental health concerns.
• Management responsibility across two day hospitals on different hospital sites
• Student education and mentorship
• Staff appraisal, supervision and line management
• Facilitating group and individual work
• Management of complex and chronic mental illness
• Carer support and assessment
• Multi disciplinary liaison - police, social care, acute and mental health hospitals, community teams, third sector.
• Developing new protocols, standard setting, positive role modelling, clinical leadership and acting up for Ward Sister
• Development of an outreach support service from Day Hospitals. Coordinating service provision. Offering assertive outreach to patients and carers in their own homes.
• Use of assessment tools to aid interventions and to refer for appropriate care.

• Working as a CPN in a specialised mental health unit as a new service in South Lincolnshire

I had a role in :

• Home Treatment
• Urgent assessment and response
• Crisis management and planning
• Client reviews
• Care coordination and caseload management
• Group work and individual interventions
• Student mentorship assessment and supervision
• Day hospital and inpatient admissions.
• Secondment to community for 20 months managing a case load under CPA.
• MDT liaison and liaison with primary care, inpatient units, acute hospital, police, social care and third sector agencies

• First role as a qualified mental health nurse
• Inpatient acute ward with Low Secure Unit
  Case management
• Ward rounds
• Medication administration
• Therapeutic Interventions
• Supervision of others and my own
• Student mentorship
• Good governance, confidentiality
• Multidisciplinary liaison
• Management of very acute and complex presentations

• Maintained high standards of cleanliness and hygiene within the ward.
• Improved patient comfort by providing expert bedside care.
• Facilitated smooth discharge processes for a seamless transition home.
• Administered intravenous fluids, achieving correct hydration levels in patients.
• Managed wound dressings, promoting healing and preventing infection.
• Assisted doctors during examinations for efficient healthcare delivery.
• Collaborated with multidisciplinary team to enhance patient care.
• Adhered strictly to safety guidelines minimising workplace incidents.
• Provided compassionate emotional support to patients, easing their anxiety.
• Monitored vital signs, identifying any significant changes in condition.
• Assessed, planned and implemented treatments with precision and care, prioritising patient wellbeing.