Community Mental Health Nurse ADAPT Team

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in London seeks a Registered Mental Health Nurse to join the Greenwich West ADAPT Team. This role involves comprehensive assessments and developing individualized care plans to support patients with mental health needs. Candidates must possess excellent communication skills and a mentorship qualification, with previous experience in clinical settings preferred. Opportunities for personal and professional development are supported.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a clinical setting with people with complex mental health needs.
• Evidence of further training in the last year.
• Previous experience working in a community setting.

Responsibilities

• Undertake comprehensive assessment of service users' mental health and social care needs.
• Develop a goal-focused and person-centred care plan.
• Work as part of a supportive diverse team.

Skills

Experience in undertaking a variety of assessments with people with mental health needs

Excellent communication skills

Manage and create care plans for a caseload of patients with complex needs

Education

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Mentorship qualification

Job description

Job summary: We have an exciting opportunity for a nurse to join the Greenwich West ADAPT Team. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work in a busy and varied multi-disciplinary environment. You will work alongside clinical and other non-clinical colleagues to make a positive contribution to our patient's journey to recovery.

The Greenwich ADAPT Service provide care and treatment to individuals who are experiencing anxiety, depression, affective disorder, personality or trauma. If you are interested in developing your intervention based skills with this cohort then we would look forward to hearing from you and receiving your application. The successful candidate will be supported to develop their assessment skills and psychologically informed interventions (both group and individual) to enable them to work as an effective member of the team.

Main duties of the job: The post holder will be responsible for undertaking comprehensive assessment of service users and carers mental health and social care needs. Once these needs have been identified the post holder will be responsible for developing a goal focussed and person centred care plan to enable the provision of an appropriate intervention.

The post holder will be working in a supportive diverse team, where there are opportunities for personal and professional development.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people living in South East London and Kent and to people in prison. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent and manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital in Woolwich as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs.

Person Specification

Qualifications:

• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• Mentorship qualification

Desirable:

• Evidence of further training in the last year

Experience:

• Experience working in a clinical setting with people with complex mental health needs.

Desirable:

• Previous experience working in a community setting

Skills:

• Experience in undertaking a variety assessments with people with mental health needs,
• Excellent communication skills
• Manage and create care plans for a caseload of patients with complex needs

Desirable:

• Skilled reflective practitioner.
• Experiencing of working with trauma, ASD, EUPD diagnosis

Additional information

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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.