Staff Nurse

West London NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a dedicated Nurse Practitioner to join their innovative team in the Specialist Older Adults Mental Health Service. This role offers an exciting opportunity to enhance your clinical skills while providing vital support to older patients facing mental health challenges. You'll work within a multi-disciplinary team, conducting assessments and delivering therapeutic interventions in the community. Flexibility is key, as you will engage with patients in their homes, ensuring they receive the highest standard of care. If you're passionate about making a difference in the lives of older individuals, this role could be your next career step.

Benefits

Monthly expense refunds for travel

Diverse workplace

Continuous professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with current NMC registration in Mental Health.
• Evidence of continuous professional development is essential.

Responsibilities

• Deliver assessments and therapeutic interventions to patients.
• Manage a caseload and work closely with multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Mental Health Nursing

Clinical Assessment

Therapeutic Interventions

Team Collaboration

Communication Skills

Education

Nursing Degree

Community Nursing Qualification

Job description

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Site: SOAMHS H&F
Town: Hammersmith
Salary: £44,806 - £53,134 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/02/2025 23:59

West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.

Job overview

Are you an experienced Nurse, who is ready to take on a progressing practitioner role in a multi-disciplinary team? Are you ready for the next step in your career in mental health? If so, you should apply for our Nurse Practitioner role in the new Specialist Older Adults Mental Health (SOAMHS) Service.

Exciting opportunities have arisen following a review of provision of mental health services for older people at West London NHS Trust. We are in the fortunate position of transforming and expanding our service to meet the needs of older people with mild to severe mental health needs. We are looking for dynamic innovative staff to be part of a team that will work therapeutically to support older patients in their mental health recovery in the community.

We are recruiting one Band 6 Nurse Practitioner and this post is based at Hammersmith and Fulham catchment area. Assessments and intervention are delivered at patients' homes therefore flexibility is important. Hammersmith has excellent public transport links therefore having a car or driving is not essential. Most of our clinicians use the bus on visits. All expenses will be refunded on a monthly basis.

We want to hear from you if you are dedicated, flexible, forward thinking with clinical skills and experience in working therapeutically with older people with mental health difficulties.

Main duties of the job

The post is an ideal opportunity for an experienced Nurse to build upon and advance their clinical and professional skills and support their subordinates. The focus of the service will be to ensure that patients receive assessment and therapeutic intervention to maximise their independence, safety and wellbeing. The interventions will include education, individual work and group work and will involve working closely with patients, carers, statutory and voluntary agencies, within a multi-disciplinary team. They will hold their own allocated caseload of patients.

The post holder will be based in Hammersmith and Fulham Community Team and they will be undertaking home visits, meetings at the team base and other community sites.

We would love you to apply if you are an experienced Nurse with a passion to drive forward excellent care for older people with mental and physical health problems.

Working for our organisation

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.

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’.

Detailed job description and main 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.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Professionally qualified and registered Nurse with current NMC registration in Mental Health / LD/ Adult Nursing
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Community Nursing qualification

Experience

• Experience of working with patients and their carers with complex health and social care difficulties in the designated care group.
• Experience of supervising staff.
• Experience of managing a caseload.
• Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health difficulties.
• Experience of working collaboratively with professionals.
• Experience of conducting a range of clinical assessments including risk assessments.
• Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies.
• Experience in working with people with mental health functional issues, on the ward and in the community.

Knowledge

• Understands the principles of recovery / person centered care and their application to risk management, positive risk taking, and strengths orientated approaches to care delivery.
• Have an excellent understanding of assessment and management of risk.
• Have an understanding of the CPA process.
• Have a good clinical understanding of the physiology and pharmacology in relation to older people’s health.
• Effective planning & organizational skills with an ability to prioritize own workload.
• Understanding of NICE guidance relevant to older people.
• Have a good knowledge of service objectives.

Personal Qualities

• Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the Care Group and those of the Trust.
• Can use constructive feedback and openly seeks to review and reflect on self, style and presentation.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• To demonstrate empathy and compassion towards the needs of individuals and their carers.
• Can remain calm in a crisis situation.
• To treat people with dignity and respect.

As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution.

We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications.

By applying for this post you are agreeing to West London NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which can take between 4-8 weeks. After which your information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system (ESR).

Please ensure you include email addresses for your referees which MUST be at supervisory or managerial capacity covering the last 3 years of employment to date to avoid delay in the recruitment process.

West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

At West London NHS Trust, we want you to support you to build a career you can be proud of and this starts before your first day with us. Our people live our values every day as they deliver, manage and work to improve our services to patients, carers, families and other professionals.

We’re committed to making our recruitment process clear and efficient. It’s in everyone’s interest that we get the very best people on board as soon as we can.