Community Mental health Nurse

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust; Rainham; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

High Cost Area Supplement 15%

Job summary

NELFT NHS Foundation Trust in Barking & Dagenham is seeking a Band 6 Mental Health Community Nurse to provide treatment, assessment and holistic care in patients' homes, clinics and community settings.

The post requires RMN registration and will involve leading care as a keyworker with strong collaboration across multi-disciplinary teams, within the Mental Health & Wellness Team.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Mental Health) with RMN registration.
• Experience with adults with complex mental health needs.
• Experience working with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experience in assessing, planning and initiating care.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication.
• Car driver with full UK licence and access to a car.
• Understanding of Trust service structure and referral criteria and processes.

Responsibilities

• Organise and prioritise own and team workload in day-to-day allocations.
• Provide assessment and interventions for patients with complex needs across settings.
• Adhere to Trust protocols for medicines and moving and handling.
• Maintain accurate records for audit purposes.
• Support risk management and incident reporting.
• Supervise pre-registration students.
• Demonstrate professional curiosity and act on findings.

Skills

RMN Registration

Adults with complex mental health

MDT collaboration

Assessment planning initiation of care

Interpersonal communication

Engaging families and carers

Understanding Trust protocols

Verbal and written communication

Car driver and UK licence

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse (NMC)

Job description

BAND 6 Mental Health Community Nurse

Are you looking for a fresh challenge, are you committed to the delivery of high quality patient care and keen to be part of a team where your ideas and opinions are valued then look no further. NELFT are seeking an enthusiastic and highly motivated Registered Mental health Nurse to complement our skill mix within the Mental Health & Wellness Team in Barking & Dagenham. The post holder will be working as a keyworker/care co-ordinator responsible for patients allocated to them and will assess, manage, plan and deliver care, including being professionally and legally accountable.

The post holder will support their peers and team leader and be an effective team member whilst working on their own initiative. They will have a commitment to collaborative working and actively support and liaise with other health and social care professionals and agencies. Participating in the development and implementation of high standards of clinical care ensuring the service provided is needs led, compliant with national guidance and is viewed positively by service users. The postholder will support the provision of holistic health care, as delegated within the agreed level of competency, to patients and families/carers in their own homes, including supported accommodation, and in nurse-led clinics.

MAIN DUTIES OF THE ROLE

The role encompasses treatment, advice and teaching within the post holder's professional competence, and applicants need to demonstrate a commitment to providing high-quality, evidence-based care. The ideal candidate must be a registered nurse (Part 1) and will work as a member of the integrated community health care team, working within and across professional and organisational boundaries. Liaising with GPs, other professionals, and statutory and voluntary agencies, he/she will deliver individualised care to patients under the supervision of the District Nurse.

Essential Criteria For This Post Include

• RMN Registration with relevant professional body
• Working with adults who have complex mental health needs
• To have experience in working/liaising with multi-disciplinary teams, internal and external agencies in the provision of care
• To have experience of assessing, planning and initiate care
• Well-developed interpersonal skills, especially the ability to engage with service users and significant others in busy/high pressure environments
• Ability to work closely with the families, friends and significant others of service users in assessing need and planning intervention
• Understanding of Trust service structure and appropriate referral criteria and processes
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Car driver essential - Full UK driving licence and access to a car.

Key Responsibilities

• To be responsible for organising and prioritising own and others workload in the day to day allocation of work.
• Provide a range of intervention and assessment of patients, including those with multiple pathologies and complex mental health needs, taking into consideration the patient’s physical/cognitive/perceptual skills to identify the patient’s abilities and areas of difficulty.
• To have organisational knowledge relating to Trust protocols and procedures and adhere to them, particularly administration of medicine and moving and handling.
• To be responsible for providing accurate records of information required by the Trust for audit purposes.
• To ensure effective risk management at team level by accident/incident reporting, assessing and controlling risk and ensuring residual risks are added to the Trust register.
• To supervise pre-registration students.
• To employ professional curiosity in your day-to-day role and act upon any findings appropriately.

Working for Us

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas. The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.

They Are

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.
• These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost Area Supplement Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,870 to a maximum of £6,137 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.