Community Mental Health Nurse (RMN)

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Community Mental Health Nurse (RMN), Northolt

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West London NHS Trust

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Other

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Yes

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Job Reference:

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13

Posted:

26.04.2025

Expiry Date:

10.06.2025

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Job Description:

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Band 6 Mental Health Nurse to join Ealing North MINT. Our service is centered around Primary Care Networks and aims for comprehensive engagement with Integrated Care Systems using a whole person, whole population health approach. Our model utilizes all community resources including health, social care, Voluntary Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organizations, and local communities to support wellbeing beyond mental health services. These new teams enable and support people to access mental health services wherever and whenever needed, and help individuals manage their mental health in their local community. We are seeking skilled and enthusiastic individuals.

Main duties of the job

This role offers an exciting opportunity for an innovative Mental Health Nurse. As a Mental Health Nurse employed by West London NHS Trust, you will be instrumental in developing care pathways within the local community mental health team (MINT). This role also provides opportunities for mentorship, career progression, and continued education.

We are looking for applications from Registered Mental Health Nurses with experience in community services.

The ideal candidate will have:

Prior experience working across various community mental health settings and with diverse mental health diagnoses/needs;

Knowledge and experience in delivering brief interventions to patients with mental health needs;

Good written and verbal communication skills to strengthen relationships with the local MINT Teams.

Working for our organization

West London NHS Trust is a diverse healthcare provider in the UK, offering mental health, physical healthcare, and community services. The Trust manages Broadmoor Hospital, a high secure hospital with an international reputation, and provides low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. We employ 4,500 staff, with 56% from BME backgrounds. Our 2023-24 turnover is £426m.

The Trust is rated 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commission, with forensic services rated 'Outstanding'. We are a key partner in the North West London Integrated Care System and lead the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of key tasks and responsibilities, and the person specification details the required qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge. Please view it as attached.

The person specification below outlines the criteria against which your application will be assessed, but is not the full specification.

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 relevant courses such as CBT, Brief Solution Focussed Therapy, etc.
• Evidence of recent and ongoing relevant professional development

Experience

• Post-qualifying experience in psychiatry
• Experience supervising junior staff within own or other disciplines
• Evidence of experience in a Band 6 position or equivalent
• Other relevant post-registration experience
• Audit and research experience
• Experience in teaching/training in formal or informal settings
• Experience working in primary care, social care, or voluntary sectors

Knowledge

• Knowledge of counselling, cognitive behavioural skills, psychosocial interventions
• Understanding of recovery approaches for mental health conditions
• Ability to interpret research and apply findings 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
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral
• Ability to engage challenging or distressed patients and use de-escalation techniques effectively
• Autonomous clinical decision-making skills based on complex problems, with supervision
• Team and self-management skills for complex clinical activities, adaptable to individual and service needs