Enhanced Response Practitioner

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust; Teddington; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health trust in Teddington is seeking a Community Mental Health Enhanced Response Practitioner to provide responsive care and act as a senior liaison for urgent cases. The ideal candidate will be a qualified RMN with at least 3 years of experience and a passion for training and development. Benefits include flexible working and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Flexible working

Career development

Positive working environment

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience as a registered mental health nurse.
• Ability to contribute to training and development, QI, and research.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with various services in a professional manner.
• Provide senior support and capacity for triage and assessment.
• Act as a senior liaison nurse for urgent cases.

Skills

Forward thinking

Innovative

Compassionate

Education

Qualified RMN

Job description

Overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join Richmond Integrated Recovery Hub as Band 7 Community Mental Health Enhanced Response Practitioner. The post requires a nurse who is forward thinking, innovative, assertive, thrives under pressure, compassionate and can bring their experience and expertise to this senior nurse role within our Community Team, ensuring that they can provide a responsive and co-ordinated Enhanced Response Service and train in Advanced Clinical Practice, meeting the four pillars of clinical practice, providing training and development, participating in QI and research and acting as a compassionate leader.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with services within the Acute and Urgent Care Service Line, the Community Service Line, Primary Care, the Local Authority and with family and carers in a collaborative and professional manner.
• Develop and be supported to progress through our tACP programme and pursue further promotion within the organization as desired.
• Enhance community systems by providing additional senior support and capacity to triage, assess, provide brief interventions and review patients within 24–48 hours when they are escalating towards a mental health crisis.
• Act as a senior liaison nurse for community services and for patients who need to be seen quickly but safely outside of other crisis services such as A&E and Crisis Care.
• Oversee triage to determine the required crisis response, carried out by the Band 7 ERP.
• Monitor and assess patients whose mental health is deteriorating or whose behaviour is escalating in the community with your team.
• Use various IT systems and work closely with the service’s Senior Management Team to ensure services meet national targets and local KPIs.
• Collaborate with the MDT to provide intensive and assertive engagement to people with SMI who require a higher level of intervention.

Qualifications

• Qualified RMN with a minimum of 3 years’ experience.
• Ability to develop into the role and contribute to training and development, QI, and research as part of clinical practice.

About the Trust and Benefits

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to be ‘outstanding’. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, with further developments planned and investment to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027. We offer flexible working, career development and a variety of benefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which people can thrive.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti-racist. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich our work. We are proud to co-produce and involve local communities in all we do.

How to apply / Informal visits

For further details or informal visits contact: Name: Esther Boadi, Job title: Team Manager, Email: [e-mail], Telephone: [phone]