Community Mental Health Nurse

West London NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking healthcare provider as a Community Mental Health Nurse, where you'll play a vital role in supporting individuals with mental health conditions. This position involves working within integrated mental health teams to deliver holistic care that bridges gaps between community and primary care. You'll provide expert assessments, advise on treatment options, and ensure that care plans are tailored to meet each individual's needs. With a commitment to professional development and a diverse working environment, this role offers the chance to make a real difference in the lives of those you support. If you're passionate about mental health and community care, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with NMC registration.
• Experience in psychiatry and primary care settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide holistic assessments for individuals with mental health difficulties.
• Collaborate with patients and carers for risk assessments.

Skills

Mental Health Nursing (RMN)

Counselling Skills

Cognitive Behavioural Skills

Risk Assessment

Crisis Intervention Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Degree or Diploma in Mental Health

Professional Development in Mental Health

Job description

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Site: Hounslow West MINT Town Feltham
Salary: £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/02/2025 23:59

West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community, and physical healthcare services for children, adults, and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, and Hounslow.

Job overview

Community Mental Health Nurse B6

This role will involve supporting people with mental health conditions in the integrated mental health teams. These roles will be key in providing professional nursing support to the new primary care network-based teams, offering mental and physical health support to help individuals engage with their local communities and access available resources.

The objectives of the services are:

1. To consider an individual’s needs holistically – mental and physical health as well as social needs.
2. To reduce the need for repeated long assessments and storytelling.
3. To provide early advice and guidance with signposting to the relevant services where appropriate.
4. To bridge the gaps between community mental health care and primary care, acute care, and social services.
5. To ensure easier access to the right level of care such as group programmes and therapy.
6. For care plans to be person-centred – developed with the individual and others involved in their care.

Main duties of the job

The Integrated Mental Health Team mental health nurse will undertake the following duties:

Clinical

1. Provide holistic and specialist bio-psycho-social assessment for anyone experiencing mental health difficulties.
2. Provide advice to primary care to help them meet patients' mental health needs.
3. Carry out robust risk assessments, collaborating with the patient and their carer.
4. Provide access to specialist psychosocial interventions for individual patients.
5. Provide expert advice regarding pharmacological treatment options to patients and non-mental health professionals.

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Professional qualification in mental health - Mental Health Nursing (RMN) with current NMC registration.
• Educated to degree or diploma level with courses relevant to primary care mental health services.
• Evidence of recent and ongoing relevant further professional development.

Experience

• Demonstrable experience of post-qualifying work in psychiatry.
• Experience of supervising junior staff.
• Evidence of experience in a Band 6 position or equivalent.
• Other relevant post-registration experience.
• Audit and research experience.
• Experience of teaching/training in a formal or informal setting.
• Experience of working in a primary care setting/social care/voluntary sector.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of counselling skills/cognitive behavioural skills, psychosocial interventions.
• Knowledge of recovery approaches for those with mental health conditions.
• Ability to interpret research and apply it to practice.
• Specialist knowledge of mental health conditions and their relationship to physical disorders.
• Assessment and treatment of Deliberate Self Harm.
• Risk assessment/management and crisis intervention skills.
• Use of psychosocial assessment methods.
• Higher level communication skills, both written and oral.
• Ability to engage challenging and/or acutely distressed patients.
• Sufficient clinical knowledge to make autonomous decisions with senior clinical support.
• Team/self-management and organisation skills.

Personal Qualities

• Ability to frequently work under pressure and maintain concentration.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Commitment to equal opportunities.
• Self-motivated, able to work autonomously.
• Willingness to use peer and group supervision creatively.

As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.

West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020.

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