Clozapine Link Nurse

London Ambulance; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 54,000; Part time

Job summary

London Ambulance Service invites applications to join the Newham Clozapine Clinic team on a part-time, fixed-term basis. This specialist role offers a chance to develop skills in mental and physical health care within a supportive team, with varied weekly patterns.

You will run a Phlebotomy Clinic for patients on Clozapine, provide high-standard mental health care to a defined caseload in Newham, and work with other providers to coordinate comprehensive care.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• To run the Clozapine clinic and take blood of patients on Clozapine medication.
• Able to work jointly with team colleagues or agencies in a clinical capacity.

Responsibilities

• To run a Phlebotomy Clinic for patients on Clozapine medication in Newham
• To provide a consistently high standard of mental health care to people in Newham, working with a defined caseload based on up-to-date nursing theory.
• To liaise with other care providers in Newham to facilitate a comprehensive service for individual clients.
• To promote and maintain a specific focus and interest in the care of people with long term and service mental health needs.
• To liaise and work closely with in-patient services in Newham to promote a seamless service.

Skills

Clozapine clinic

Blood sampling

Teamwork

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Job description

This is an opportunity to join the Newham Clozapine Clinic team on a part-time and fixed term basis initially. If you are interested in trying out being part of a specialist team that provides high standards of both mental and physical health care, then this might be for you. It may also suit someone looking to develop their skills or wanting to introduce some variation into their working week. You will be joining the team at an interesting time, with the opportunity to be part of thinking about how specialist teams like this organise effectively alongside emerging neighbourhood working.

Main duties of the job

• To run a Phlebotomy Clinic for patients on Clozapine medication in Newham
• To provide a consistently high standard of mental health care to people in Newham, working with a defined caseload based on up-to-date nursing theory.
• To liaise with other care providers in Newham to facilitate a comprehensive service for individual clients.
• To promote and maintain a specific focus and interest in the care of people with long term and service mental health needs.
• To liaise and work closely with in-patient services in Newham to promote a seamless service.

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

• To run a Phlebotomy Clinic for patients on Clozapine medication in Newham
• To provide a consistently high standard of mental health care to people in Newham, working with a defined caseload based on up-to-date nursing theory.
• To liaise with other care providers in Newham to facilitate a comprehensive service for individual clients.
• To promote and maintain a specific focus and interest in the care of people with long term and service mental health needs.
• To liaise and work closely with in-patient services in Newham to promote a seamless service.

Education

• Registered Mental Health Nurse

Experience

• To work effectively as part of a team and facilitate productive working relationships
• Able to engage with serious mental health problems in a holistic manner

Skills

• Able to run the Clozapine clinic and take blood of patients on Clozapine medication.
• Able to work jointly with team colleagues or colleagues from the statutory/non-statutory agencies either through direct client contact or in a clinical consultative capacity.

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.

£45,953 to £54,254 a yearper annum pro rata Inc HCA