Community Mental Health Nurse

  • NHS
  • Full Time
  • London
  • 44806.00 - 53134.00 a year
NHS

Job Description

Job summary

Across North-East London we have been developing new ways of bringing together health and social care professionals with our Voluntary sector and local communities to support people with severe mental health problems, including complex emotional needs associated with a diagnosis of 'personality disorder' and disordered eating.

Our transformation work aims for teams of clinical and non-clinical staff to work together to make a greater positive impact on the health and lives of groups and communities of people living with mental ill-health. Through providing more integrated care across mental and physical health services in inner London, we have been able to test new ways of working within our Neighborhood teams, to deliver improvements aligned to the implementation of the Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults.

This is a permanent community nursing and care coordinator role within the diverse Bethnal Green and Globe Town Neighborhood Mental Health Team.

The post holder will promote the needs of service users with mental health needs and to offer and provide training and education whenever possible. In conjunction with the crisis pathway services, provide a safe and effective urgent community assessment and treatment response service. Undertake comprehensive assessments, including risk assessment, effectively and efficiently. Formulate and agree crisis safety care plans and to support and advise relatives and care givers.

Main duties of the job

The Post holder willact as care coordinator for service users

To proactively involve people in their care, and to include them in decision-making processes

To assess, plan, set goals with the service user, carers and families; implement and evaluate care using psycho-social interventions and skills to meet individual needs.

To be responsible for accurate recordkeeping in line with Trust and NMC policy and procedures

To plan and prioritize own workload

To administer and/or monitor medication as prescribed in keeping with policies and NMC requirements.

To act as an assessor to student nurses on placement.

To contribute to establishing and maintaining liaison with the members of the primary/secondary healthcare team, voluntary agencies in the professional disciplines necessary to provide a comprehensive service to clients and their families

To participate in duty , organizing the work of the whole team as required and directed by the Operational Lead or Senior Mental Health Practitioners and in accordance with Team protocols.

About us

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description and person specification for full details on the post ..

Person Specification

clinical experience

Essential

  • community mental health experience

caseload and social care experience

Essential

  • post qualification experience

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Bethnal Green and Globe town Neighborhood Mental health Team

51 Three colts lane

London

E2 6BF

Employer's website

https://www.elft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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