Mental Health Nurse

West London NHS Trust; Hounslow; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

West London NHS Trust in Hounslow is seeking an experienced Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our Assertive Outreach Team as part of the Complex Psychosis Service. You will work in the community, providing intensive, flexible support to individuals with severe psychosis, conducting assessments and delivering care plans.

You will work autonomously within a multidisciplinary team, collaborate with crisis services, police, housing and social care to ensure coordinated and responsive

Qualifications

• Experience with severe and enduring mental illness, especially psychosis.
• Clinical assessment, risk formulation and management.
• Ability to work independently and escalate when needed.
• Flexibility and creativity in engaging reluctant service users.
• Knowledge of mental health legislation, safeguarding and medicines management.
• Compassionate, reliable, recovery-focused community care.

Responsibilities

• Undertake assessments and develop care plans.
• Manage clinical risks and deliver recovery-focused interventions.
• Collaborate with service users, families, carers and partner agencies.

Skills

Severe psychosis experience

Clinical assessment

Risk formulation & management

Autonomous working

Engagement with reluctant serviceusers

Mental health legislation knowledge

Safeguarding

Medicines management

Job description

Are you an experienced Mental Health Nurse looking for an opportunity to make a difference to people living with complex psychosis?

We are looking for a motivated, resilient and experienced Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our developing Assertive Outreach Team (AOT), part of the Complex Psychosis Service in Hounslow.

Our Assertive Outreach Team provides intensive, flexible and community-based support to individuals with severe and enduring mental illness, particularly complex psychosis, who require a more assertive approach to their care. Many of the people we support have experienced repeated hospital admissions, difficulties engaging with traditional mental health services, co-occurring substance misuse and significant clinical and social complexities.

This is a hands-on clinical role for a nurse who is confident working autonomously, managing complex presentations and making sound clinical decisions. You will work as a Named Worker within a multidisciplinary team, undertaking assessments, developing and delivering care plans, managing clinical risks and providing interventions that promote recovery and sustained engagement.

You will work closely with service users, families, carers and partner agencies, including crisis services, police, ambulance services, housing and supported accommodation providers, social care and drug and alcohol services, to deliver coordinated and responsive care.

• Have experience working with people with severe and enduring mental illness, particularly psychosis.
• Are confident in clinical assessment, risk formulation and management, including risks to others.
• Can work independently while recognising when to seek advice or elevate concerns.
• Are persistent, flexible and creative in engaging people who may be reluctant to accept support.
• Have a sound understanding of mental health legislation, safeguarding and medicines management.
• Are compassionate, reliable and committed to delivering recovery-focused care in the community.

Previous experience in Assertive Outreach is welcome but not essential. We encourage applications from experienced nurses working in Early Intervention in Psychosis, Community Mental Health Teams, Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Teams and other relevant mental health services.

You will be joining a developing service with opportunities to contribute to shaping how assertive outreach is delivered in Hounslow, supported by an experienced multidisciplinary team.

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.

The Trust is rated as 'Good' overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.