Community Mental Health Nurse

CNWL; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits you at a leading healthcare provider dedicated to delivering exceptional patient-centered care. Join a dynamic team focused on supporting older adults with mental health needs in the community. This role involves working closely with a multi-disciplinary team, conducting assessments, and providing tailored therapeutic interventions. With a strong emphasis on professional development and a commitment to diversity, you will play a crucial part in enhancing the well-being of vulnerable populations. If you are passionate about making a difference and thrive in a supportive environment, this position is perfect for you!

Benefits

Generous relocation package

Flexible working options

Opportunities for career development

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• NMC registered RMN with post-registration training required.
• Experience in multidisciplinary mental health teams is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive assessments for health and social care services.
• Deliver direct therapeutic care in community settings.
• Manage a caseload of older adults with mental health needs.

Skills

Verbal and written communication skills

Assessment and care planning

Leadership skills

Psychosocial interventions

Dual diagnosis/substance misuse

Education

RMN - currently NMC registered

Post registration training and CPD

Training in Psychosocial Interventions

Job description

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Become part of our team.
We care for you as much as you care for others.

There’s a place for you at CNWL.

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Site: St Charles Hospital Town: London Salary: £35,964 - £43,780 p.a inc HCAS (Pro rata if P/T) Salary period: Yearly Closing: 30/12/2024 23:59

Job overview

A fabulous opportunity has arisen for a band 5 CPN within the Kensington and Chelsea older adult community mental health team.

The post holder would work alongside an experienced MDT and you would be a named worker for a caseload of Older Adult service users with mental health needs in the community.

The multi-disciplinary team has close links and is co-located with our social work colleagues. It is a friendly and supportive team and is welcoming of new staff. Research and service development is encouraged and supported both by the team and the Trust.

You do not need to be a car driver for this community post as all visits are done by public transport in this interesting and diverse borough.

Main duties of the job

• To promote the health and wellbeing of users and to maintain a safe, caring and therapeutic environment for Older Adults with mental health needs in a community setting.
• To provide a high standard of nursing practice within a Multi-Disciplinary Model, in accordance with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate care in negotiation with Service Users, Carers and other services, considering the needs of a diverse community.
• To undertake key worker responsibilities for mental health service users with severe and enduring mental health needs, using evidence-based, client-centred interventions in accordance with Trust and Local Authority policy.

Working for our organisation

There’s a place for you at CNWL.

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To provide comprehensive, culturally appropriate, evidence-based assessments to establish eligibility for health and social care services and consult/refer to other services when appropriate.
• To key work an allocated caseload of service users with complex mental health, incorporating the following:
• To provide all service users with an adult mental health assessment encompassing health and social care needs in line with national and local policy; and Section 117; and any other relevant.
• To provide direct therapeutic care to users in their own home or other community settings, using evidence-based nursing skills and psychosocial interventions.
• To co-ordinate and manage all aspects of care, including overseeing work carried out by statutory and non-statutory agencies. To offer supervision, training, and guidance to external agencies and internal junior staff members as required.
• To identify cultural, spiritual and communication needs of users within a diverse community and ensure that these needs are addressed in the care plan.
• To co-ordinate a multidisciplinary response to crisis situations.
• To ensure regular reviews of the care plan and ongoing monitoring of all aspects of treatment and services provision.
• To provide evidence-based medication management in line with NMC guidelines and Trust Policy and to develop user-centred medication concordance.
• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care provided to users, in collaboration with users, carers, GPs and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
• To identify carers and to offer statutory Carers Assessments and Care Plans. To review Carers Care Plans in line with policy and statutory requirements.
• To work in partnership with other agencies (e.g. Housing, Benefits, Social Services, etc). To facilitate appointeeship, benefit claims and other financial and housing support.
• To identify substance misuse issues and work within a Dual Diagnosis model when required.
• To work as part of the Kensington and Chelsea Community Mental Health Duty System as required and to provide assessment and respond to mental health and social emergencies.

Person specification

Qualifications

• RMN - currently NMC registered
• Evidence of post registration training and CPD.
• Training in Psychosocial Interventions or Thorn Family Therapy/Work training; Other relevant training, e.g. substance misuse.

Experience

• Significant years post-registration experience
• Experience of working in a multidisciplinary mental health team with clients with acute/severe and enduring mental health problems
• Work with clients with acute/severe and enduring mental health problems who are Older Adults
• Work with people experiencing mental health crisis.
• Supervision of students and junior staff

Skills and Knowledge

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including report writing and presentations / IT skills.
• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive care package for the identified client group, using a wide range of resources.
• Able to develop a comprehensive programme of intervention and support for the identified client group and their families.
• Skills in leadership: ability to motivate others, use initiative and manage change.
• Basic counselling and group work skills.
• Dual diagnosis/substance misuse.

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page.

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.

If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name: Luke O'Connor Job title: Team Manager Email address: [e-mail]

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Address: Argo House 180 Kilburn Park Road
London
NW6 5FA