Psychosocial Nurse

West London NHS Trust; Richmond; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK healthcare provider is seeking a Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse to join their inpatient service team. The role involves working closely with patients in a therapeutic community, emphasizing emotional support and participation in group activities. Ideal candidates will have professional qualifications in mental health nursing and experience in dealing with personality disorders. This position offers a unique opportunity to impact patients' lives positively.

Qualifications

• Must have current NMC registration.
• Experience working with personality disorders.
• Knowledge of therapeutic community principles.

Responsibilities

• Support patients manage their lives outside the hospital.
• Co-facilitate groups with patients and staff.
• Provide an emotionally containing environment.

Skills

Mental Health Nursing

Coping with emotional distress

Risk assessment/management

Education

Professional qualification in mental health - RMN

Psychodynamic or equivalent training

Job description

We are looking for Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our Inpatient service team. Our nurses at the Cassel are known as Psychosocial Nurses, who work alongside the patients rather than doing for the patient.

We are a NHS Tier 4 Specialist Personality Disorder Service, that offers treatment to adults with severe & complex personality & trauma related symptoms. It is recognised as a centre of excellence & specialization, offering a unique combination of psychoanalytic psychotherapy & psychosocial nursing in a therapeutic community setting, complemented by group activities.

The inpatient treatment programme comprises three main components: (1) a living & learning environment/ the community; (2) Psychosocial Nursing &; (3) individual & group psychoanalytic psychotherapy. The approach is relational & all aspects of the treatment are managed & facilitated through a psychodynamic understanding of relationships & the use of self.

Main duties of the job

The Cassel works with the principle of a Culture of Enquiry: questioning & developing our practice daily at the Cassel. We embrace the opinions & thoughts of all our staff to contribute to an understanding about the patients & the dynamics in the staff team. The work requires nurses to be to use their feelings to help the patient understand the impact of living & working alongside them. Nurses work by making sense & thinking about the intense feelings evoked in themselves, using the robust reflective spaces.

The work involves containing patients & their risk through providing an emotionally containing environment rather than putting them on observations or prioritising the use of pharmacological interventions & not using restraining.

The psychosocial nurses co-facilitate groups that are facilitated by patients & nurses. The shift pattern allows opportunities to work autonomously & create "space" to get alongside the patient.

Nurses support patients manage their lives outside the hospital as patients go home during the weekends. Helping the patient is to integrate the understanding of their internal world with the external, through the containment of the hospital.

About us

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' overallby 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

Job responsibilities

The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached

The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Professional qualification in mental health - Mental Health Nursing (RMN) with current NMC registration
• Psychodynamic or equivalent further training

Experience

• Working with personality disorder
• Coping with impact of emotional distress
• Quality Improvement project
• Work experience of enablement rather than doing for patients

Knowledge

• Knowledge of boundaries and their use
• Worked in a Therapeutic Community or Enabling Environment
• Risk assessment/management and crisis intervention skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.