WFHTT Community Psychiatric Nurse

TN United Kingdom; Ilford; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading mental health service provider as a Community Psychiatric Nurse in Ilford. This role involves assessing and managing care for adults with acute mental health needs, working collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team. The position offers a supportive environment with a focus on professional development and wellbeing.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Health and wellbeing support

Qualifications

• Registered Mental Health Nurse with NMC registration.
• Experience in working with complex, acute mental health needs.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Ensure assessments and care plans meet the needs of adults with acute mental health issues.
• Work closely with other disciplines to deliver coordinated care.
• Supervise and assess student nurses and other staff.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Crisis Management

Team Collaboration

Education

NMC registration

NVQ level 2 or equivalent

Job description

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Posted:

19.05.2025

Expiry Date:

03.07.2025

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Job Description:

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, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been featured in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for three consecutive years, and we have achieved a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Along with our staff networks and training opportunities, we work hard to embed a just and compassionate culture here at NELFT.

Find out more about NELFT careers and what makes our Trust a great place to work, in this video

Job overview

Band 6 Waltham Forest Home Treatment Team

Registered Mental Health Nurse.

Teaching qualification (ENB 998, TICS etc.).

A clear understanding of Home Treatment/Crisis Resolution Model of service delivery including Gate keeping and facilitating early discharges from the ward.

Main duties of the job

The main responsibilities of the post:

• To ensure that assessments and care plans reflect the psychological, emotional, social care, treatment, intervention and risk management needs appropriate to adults with acute mental health problems.

• To enable others to contribute effectively, acknowledging the nature of and context of their work, sharing and taking account of own and others’ knowledge and skills, and differences in working and professional practice

• To work closely with other disciplines to deliver joined up care.

• To take joint responsibility for teaching and assessing of student nurses and other multi-disciplinary staff who are on placement within the team.

• To actively identify a full range of needs pertaining to equality and diversity issues that may arise for service users.

Working for our organisation

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

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 Rainham, Essex.

High-Cost Area Supplement - London

This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735).

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role, can be discussed at the interview stage.

Person specification

Qualifications

• NVQ level 2 or equivalent standard of literacy and numeracy
• NMC registration

Experience

• Working with people with complex, acute mental health needs
• Providing staff supervision and appraisal to both qualified and non-professionally aligned staff
• Undertaking audits within a clinical setting
• Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating aspects of care
• To have experience in working / liaising with multi-disciplinary teams and other agencies in the provision of care
• Ability performs under pressure, quickly and effectively, making timely managerial decisions in conjunction with the Team Manager and following through available agreed care pathways.
• Ability to work independently and as part of the team
• working in home treament team

Knowledge

• A clear understanding of Home Treatment / Crisis Resolution Model of service deliver including gate keeping and facilitate early discharges from the ward
• The 1983 Mental Health Act and related legislation, codes of practice and guidance
• Safeguarding Children and adults
• NSF Policy Implementation Guidance relating to Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team.
• Best Practice, latest research and effective delivery process
• Excellent working knowledge of intensive care programme approach
• Medication management
• Physical Health assessment.
• An awareness of NHS Plan, NSF and clinical governance priorities

Skills

• Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
• Well-developed interpersonal skills especially when handling conflict and change.
• Ability to facilitate positive multi-disciplinary working relationships across all services areas
• Ability to resolve difficult which affects working relationships and to offer support to staff, service users and carers on an ongoing daily basis
• Ability to explore emotionally demanding aspects of the role with appropriate staff in both managerial and clinical supervision as well as in team meetings and informal work related support systems
• Ability to assume the role of senior waking night staff, which will be part of the contracted hours and will provide a 24 hour, 365 days a year service, to service users, who are experiencing a sever acute mental health crisis
• Ability to take positive risk and provide care to service Users, in the least restrictive environment
• Ability to undertake HTT triage assessment to determine appropriateness for the service and priority for service response including risk to self or others and gate keeping in-patient admissions
• Ability to maintain confidentiality where appropriate
• Understanding of and commitment to the principle of equal opportunities in service delivery
• To be flexible, supportive and if required to take on new role within NELFT appropriate to knowledge, education and skills, as required

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

• A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
• A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity.
• Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
• Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.