Clinical Specialist Nurse - Islington CMHT | North London NHS Foundation Trust

Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health service provider in London seeks a dedicated nurse to join the Islington Community Mental Health Teams. The role involves supporting older adults with mental illness and dementia, requiring excellent communication skills and the ability to work independently. Responsibilities include managing a caseload, collaborating with service users, and liaising with various health professionals. Opportunities for continuous training and involvement in quality improvement projects are included.

Qualifications

• Experience in working with older adults with severe mental illness.
• Ability to work independently and manage a caseload.
• Familiarity with Public Transport in Islington.

Responsibilities

• Visiting service users at home as part of the role.
• Carrying out interventions in collaboration with service users.
• Liaising with GPs and other health services.

Skills

Good organisational skills

Excellent communication

Interpersonal skills

Experience with older people

Understanding of the health and social care system

Tools

Electronic Patient Record

MS Word

MS Teams

Job description

We are the Islington Community Mental Health Teams (CMHT), servicing the London Boroughs of Islington, and we are passionate about supporting older adults with mental illness and/or people living with dementia.

We’re seeking to recruit a nurse who shares our passion to strive towards excellence in older people’s mental health and dementia care, with a keen interest in service development and quality improvement and who encourages a workplace based on our Trust’s culture pillars where staff and service users feel safe, valued and are empowered.



We are a busy service and caseloads are reflective of this. This requires you to have good organisational skills and an ability to work independently. The role involves visiting service users at home and, therefore, you must be able to get around Islington using Public Transport and/or walking/cycling.

You’ll be able to demonstrate experience in working with older people with severe mental illness and/or dementia, and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You should have an understanding of the wider health and social care system. Being computer literate is a must as you will be using an Electronic Patient Record and MS Word, Teams and other software.

If you have the right values for the North London Foundation Trust you will be supported by a programme of continuous training and development. The position offers opportunities to get involved in Quality Improvement projects and to become champion/lead in specific area relevant to the role.

We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us deliver our Trust priorities:
• Early and effective intervention– we offer a range of evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Helping people to live well– we use the DIALOGUE+ approach for holistic care planning
• Research and innovation– we promote opportunities for research with our patients and carers
• Keeping our service users, carers and staff safe– we have several QI projects in the service to develop safe and effective ways of working

As a nurse within the Islington CMHT you will be responsible for a caseload of older adults who require secondary mental health care and treatment. You will carry out a range of interventions in collaboration with service users and their families/carers. You will be supported by a multidisciplinary team and work closely with the senior nurse in the team. You will also liaise closely with GPs and other primary care services, secondary health services, voluntary sector organisations, and Adult Social Care.


This advert closes on Monday 28 Jul 2025