LD MH Community Nurse Practitioner

CNWL; London; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking NHS Trust dedicated to providing exceptional patient-centered care in the community. This role as a Community Nurse focuses on supporting individuals with mental health challenges and learning disabilities, ensuring they receive the best possible care. You will work closely with clients, their families, and a multidisciplinary team, conducting assessments and developing personalized care plans. With a strong emphasis on professional development and a commitment to diversity, this position offers a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in the lives of vulnerable individuals. If you are passionate about mental health and dedicated to improving patient outcomes, this role is for you.

Benefits

Generous relocation package

Flexible working options

Clinical supervision

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with experience in mental health and learning disabilities.
• Strong ability to develop and implement care plans.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist nursing support to clients at risk of breakdown.
• Complete assessments and develop tailored care plans.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams for client support.

Skills

Mental Health Nursing

Learning Disabilities Support

Clinical Supervision

Care Planning

Multidisciplinary Team Collaboration

Crisis Intervention

Communication Skills

Cultural Sensitivity

Education

Registered NMC RNLD and/or RMN

Post-registration qualification

Degree/Diploma level education

Tools

Electronic Health Records

Assessment Tools

Job description

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Become part of our team.
We care for you as much as you care for others.

There’s a place for you at CNWL.

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Site Opportunity to be based at either: Parkview centre H&F, St Marks - K&C or Lisson Grove, Westminster. Town Hammersmith and Fulham Salary £54,320 - £60,981 per annum inc HCAS (pro rata if P/T) Salary period Yearly Closing 30/12/2024 23:59 Interview date 16/01/2025

Job overview

Community Nurse (Mental Health and Learning Disabilities)

Tri-borough - Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster.

The job role includes the following:

• To provide specialist nursing support to people at risk of breakdown or admission to mental health hospital for assessment and treatment.
• To provide specialist nursing support to clients at risk of placement breakdown due to mental health difficulties.
• As part of a team to review Section 117 aftercare plans for clients known to the ICB residing within the NWL area.

We are looking for:

• a clinician with experience of or a strong interest in working with people with learning disabilities and mental health challenges
• a clinician who keeps the client at the centre of their practice.
• a dedicated motivated individual who has the experience to work independently within a multidisciplinary team

Could this be you?

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the job are supporting clients with learning disabilities and mental health difficulties in the community who are at risk of admission or placement breakdown. You will be working closely with the client and their support network.

You will be expected to complete assessments relating to mental health and learning disabilities including identifying strengths and risks and developing care plans reflective of the clients needs.

As part of a team you will manage a small caseload of clients who require a yearly review of their section 117 aftercare plans. The aftercare of these clients is held by the ICB and the clients reside within the North West London area.

You will work closely with the Consultant Psychiatrist providing mental health support and liaise with the wider Community Learning Disabilities team including nurses, psychologists, speech and language therapists and occupational therapists.

We are looking for someone who has experience:

• putting the client at the centre of their practice
• working with people who have a learning disability and/or
• working within mental health
• understanding of the Dynamic Support Register
• Understanding of Section 117 after care review process

Could this be you?

Working for our organisation

The LD Psychiatry service works across three boroughs offering the psychiatry input into the Tri-Borough LD Community Team. This post offers the flexibility to be based in Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea or Westminster.

The role requires travel around the three boroughs. We are looking for a clinician who is able to work independently and to organise their time effectively.

You would receive clinical supervision from the Trust Consultant Nurse for Learning Disabilities and be part of the active Learning disabilities and Autism Clinical network. Management supervision would be provided by the LD Psychiatry service manager.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Your role will be to provide Health Case Management/named worker specifically for ICB responsible clients who are at risk of placement breakdown or admission and/or on the DSR.

The role of case manager is multidimensional, requiring a unique blend of clinical knowledge, people skills and administrative abilities.

The primary function of this role is to support people who are at risk of placement breakdown or admission to mental health hospital for assessment and treatment or face placement breakdown due to mental illness / behaviours of concern.

You will be part of a team responsible for reviewing S.117 aftercare plans, alongside other involved services, of Tri-Borough patients, including those in placements outside of the Tri-Borough but within the NWL Commissioning area. This involves following a review process and creating aftercare plans to support the client.

You will work within the multi-disciplinary team structure of the Tri-Borough Community LD Services, providing specialist professional advice and expertise in learning disabilities for this cohort of patients, this can include supporting clients when medication is initiated within case load numbers. The community LD service consists of nursing, psychology, speech and language therapy and occupational therapy.

The post-holder will establish and maintain a high standard of care, ensuring that the quality of care provided is continually informed by the best evidence-based practice.

Person specification

Education

• Registered NMC RNLD and/or RMN
• Evidence of post-registration qualification
• Educated to degree/Diploma level

Previous Experience

• Extensive post registration, experience with experience of working with a learning disability service
• Highly specialist knowledge of the user group in the learning disabilities agenda
• Experience of managing a clinical staff team
• Experience of multi-professional collaboration, partnership working with other statutory and voluntary agencies
• Experience of setting, monitoring and evaluating standards of care in community settings
• Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment and knowledge of methods to develop culturally sensitive practice
• Experience of cultural awareness/diversity training and the ability to implement this
• Able to evidence change practice, culture and outcomes of nursing teams
• Physical Intervention trained
• Experience of managing service users who exhibit challenging and high risk behaviours, that require advanced interventions to enable effective de-escalation
• Experience of using creative and sophisticated interventions with service users in distress
• Participation in audit cycle
• Project Management

Knowledge

• Knowledge/understanding of the physical and mental needs of service users being cared for within this service
• Knowledge of risk assessments and audit/research, ability to implement and teach others
• Knowledge of clinical supervision process and the ability to train others
• Knowledge of current professional developments in nursing
• Understanding of CQC processes and requirements
• Understanding of research and audit methodology.
• Understanding of budgeting and financial control

Skills and Abilities

• Able to facilitate multidisciplinary debriefing, critical analysis meetings
• Able to manage time constructively
• Able to negotiate constructively and effectively with all professionals at all levels
• Able to analyse and solve problems in a professional nursing context
• Able to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team and in community team
• Able to develop training packages that are innovative, creative and in line with current service needs
• Positive role model with clinical credibility – evidence of recent clinical practice
• Able to work across professional boundaries and service in community
• Able to utilise a range of assessment and therapeutic interventions and frameworks to improve practice and service delivery
• Able to communicate with service users who are distressed, angry and have difficulty in communicating
• Understanding of de-escalation techniques
• Basic knowledge of IT skills
• Ability to provide leadership to staff from a variety of mental health professions
• Ability to motivate staff to provide a quality mental health service to users and carers alike.
• Ability to prioritise staff resources to target those areas of greatest need
• Ability to manage devolved budgets.
• Proven ability to provide clinical supervision, to challenge and commend as required
• Ability to evaluate services.
• Exposure to odours, body fluids and verbal aggression
• Sound written and verbal skills
• Proven ability in clear and concise report writing.
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and self-regulate.

CNWL (Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust) has almost 8,000 staff providing integrated healthcare to a third of London's population, Milton Keynes and areas beyond. We involve service users, carers, the public, staff and partner organisations in the way that we are run.

Our catchment area spans diverse communities, with over 100 first languages spoken. It contains areas of great affluence as well as areas of much deprivation. We are committed to providing services that meet the needs of the people who use them, and we actively encourage involvement from local people who can help make a difference. We’re proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME and people with disabilities to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.

We are recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ only the best people, and our experts are frequently called upon to contribute to national health strategy and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries.

We offer a generous relocation package (subject to eligibility assessment) and flexible working options, including bank assignments for most roles. For more information on these and other benefits of working for us, see our Benefits, Reward and Wellbeing page

Become part of our team. We care for you as much as you care for others.

CNWL NHS Foundation Trust are committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We follow safe recruitment practices to protect children and vulnerable adults.

Due to the high response levels we receive for some vacancies, we may expire any of them prior to the advertised closing date and advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

Our Agenda for Change employment contracts are subject to a contractual 13 week probationary period.

If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

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.

Name Emma Barton Job title Service Manager, LD Psychiatry, Tri-borough Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07720304122

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Address Argo House 180 Kilburn Park Road
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