Community Psychiatric Nurse

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to redefining mental health care in the UK. As part of a supportive team, you will play a vital role in assessing and meeting the mental health needs of adults. Your expertise will guide the delivery of compassionate care, while you collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to ensure the highest standards of service. This role offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in the community, with a focus on continuous professional development and a commitment to equality and diversity. If you are motivated and proactive, this is your chance to contribute to a meaningful mission.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse qualifications are essential for this role.
• Significant clinical experience and evidence of professional development required.

Responsibilities

• Provide assessments and create care plans for clients in a timely manner.
• Lead and support junior staff in delivering quality nursing care.

Skills

Patient Assessment

Medication Administration

Risk Assessment

Teaching Ability

Problem Solving

Education

Registered Adult Nurse

Registered Mental Health Nurse

Registered Learning Disabilities Nurse

Job description

Site Jubilee Health Center Town Wallington Salary £42,939 - £50,697 pro rata per annum inclusive of outer London HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 01/01/2025 23:59

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We provide a full range of local mental health services to the Kingston, Merton, Richmond, Sutton and Wandsworth London boroughs, as well as specialist forensic mental health services, including specialised services such as national deaf adults and CAMHS inpatients and OCD.

We are committed to providing high quality integrated health and social care for local people with mental health problems in South West London and more specialist mental health services for people throughout the UK. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ however we aim to be ‘outstanding’.

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values; being consistent, compassionate, collaborative, respectful and open is at the heart of everything we do. Our mission is "making life better together".

When you join us, you’ll be part of something special – an innovative and rapidly growing organisation that is helping to redefine the Mental Health, education and social care landscape in the UK.

As a Trust, we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

Sutton Single Point of Access Team(Sutton PLRS - SPA) provides a borough-based access only service for adults aged 18-74, whereby all referrals are channelled through our team, and directed to receive appropriate care either within the Trust or in Primary care. We work closely with the Sutton Talking Therapies Service, Sutton Integrated Recovery Hubs, early intervention, Coral Crisis Hub & HTT and the AMHP service. We work in close partnership with GP commissioners and other key partners, including voluntary organisations.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for a motivated and proactive individual to join our busy team who is able to demonstrate a high degree of autonomy in assessing patient’s mental health care needs, and who can deliver a caring and safe service in a timely and organized way. You would provide assessments on a rolling basis, usually meeting clients once and making plans, so creating a positive first experience for clients is paramount. This is a friendly and supportive team, we make decisions together, and we have regular socials for unwinding.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.

Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support:

1. Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
2. Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers.
3. Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner organisations.
4. Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoring service user compliance.
5. Safety; safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all incidents following trust policy.
6. Leading and supporting/teaching junior staff on risk assessment and risk management that involves making decisions based on knowledge of the research evidence, knowledge of the individual service user and their social context, knowledge of the service user’s own experience and clinical judgment.

Person specification

Education and Qualification

• Registered Adult nurse and/ or Registered mental health nurse and/ or registered learning disabilities nurse

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience of research- based/reflective practice, e.g understanding and ability to use supervision to reflect on skills, attitude and knowledge and develop these by using evidence based practice
• Significant relevant clinical experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Experience as a preceptor/mentor
• Experience of taking responsibility for a ward/ clinical unit
• Experience of engaging / supporting clinical research projects
• Experience of supporting practice development in clinical areas

Skills and Abilities

• Able to provide quality care that is responsive to service user’s needs, without close supervision
• Teaching ability
• Self-aware, self-confident and intrinsically motivated to do a good job and to motivate others
• Advocates for all individuals, particularly those with protected characteristics; promotes equality and diversity
• Problem solving, ability to identify problems, review options and take appropriate action without a predetermined framework

At South West London St Georges Mental Health Trust we are committed to providing services which embrace diversity and that promote equality of opportunity. We are a Disability Committed Employer, and welcome applications from all sections of the community and people of all protected characteristics. We are Members of Stonewall Diversity Champions and Employers Network for Equality and Inclusion.

As part of the Trust's commitment to Equalities and Diversity, the Trust supports the establishment of Staff Networks groups to promote diversity in the workplace:

• BME (Evolve) Staff Network
• DiverseAbility
• Mental Health Staff Forum
• Women's Staff Network
• LGBTQIA+

We are committed to supporting the Armed Forces Community and have signed the Armed Forces Covenant.

We provide reasonable adjustments to the interview process for any candidates with a disability.

Please note:

• That the closing date listed is a guide only and that the vacancy may close earlier should sufficient number of applicants have been received
• That once you have submitted your application you agree to your application being transferred to a 3rd party e-recruitment system
• That should you not have heard from us within three weeks from the closing date your application has not successful
• That priority consideration for applications may be given to at-risk NHS employees
• That should you be successful and appointed, you authorise South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust to confirm your previous NHS service via an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) process
• That your employment is offered subject to successful completion of a Probationary Period depending on your Band (except medical roles)
• That we are a smoke-free Trust

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.