Community Mental Health Nurse / Key Worker - Older People

North London NHS Foundation Trust; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading mental health organization as a Community Mental Health Nurse / Key Worker, focusing on the care of older adults in the Haringey area. This role involves working within a multi-disciplinary team to provide comprehensive assessments and treatment pathways, ensuring high-quality care in line with NHS standards. The Trust offers a supportive environment with opportunities for professional development and a commitment to improving mental health services.

Benefits

NHS Discounts

Generous annual leave

NHS pension scheme

Flexible working opportunities

CPD sessions and training opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health nursing and care for older adults.
• Ability to conduct risk assessments and crisis planning.
• Commitment to evidence-based practice in mental health.

Responsibilities

• Provide needs-led holistic assessment and treatment pathways.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to support older adults.
• Initiate risk assessment and ensure compliance with NICE guidance.

Skills

Holistic assessment

Crisis planning

Mental capacity assessment

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Community Mental Health Nurse / Key Worker - Older People

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We have an exciting opportunity for a community mental health nurse to join our Haringey Older People Services team based in the Victoria Unit at St. Ann's Hospital. We cover the London borough of Haringey.

As a multi-disciplinary team we provide needs-led holistic assessment and treatment pathways for older adults, and people with mental health and frailty needs. Our service provides seamless pathways between primary care and secondary care services for people with functional mental illness, and dementia.

We are looking for a dynamic nurse who is passionate about the care of our older adult service users. We consider transferable skills from other areas of mental health services as valuable and a positive contribution to a well-rounded team.

As a team, we can offer multi-disciplinary support from Clinical Psychologists, Consultant Psychiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, as well as Mental Health Nurses. We also provide regular CPD sessions, reflective practice, staff support sessions, individual and group supervisions, and training opportunities.

The post holder to demonstrate expert practise in the care of clients with mental health needs and maintain clinical expertise. taking responsibility for initiating risk assessment, mental capacity, best interest assessments, crisis planning, dialog plus and core assessment, ensuring the care and interventions provided within the older people service are evidence based and in accordance with NICE guidance.

North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy

• We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
• With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
• We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
• We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
  
  

Why NLFT?

• We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
• We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
• NHS Discounts, generous annual leave, and NHS pension scheme
• Excellent internal staff network
  
  

The Postholder Will Be Aligned With Our Values

• We Are Kind
• We Are Respectful
• We Work Together
• We Keep Things Simple
• We Empower
• We Are Proudly Diverse
  
  

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, or Islington.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Imran Khan Job title: OPCMHT Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0208 702 6300

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