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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse within Havering Early Intervention in Psychosis Team (HEIP). We are a dynamic and welcoming multidisciplinary team who work with individuals from 14-65 experiencing a first episode psychosis. The team comprises of nurses, psychologists, psychiatrists, an occupational therapist and support workers.

The successful candidate should be an occupational therapist, social worker or Registered Mental Health Nurse with unrestricted live NMC registration. You should have good written and verbal communication skills, be able to work as part of a team and demonstrate an understanding of mental health issues with experience of dealing with emotional distress. You will be able to assess, plan, implement and evaluate all aspects of care including working/liaising with multi-disciplinary teams and other agencies in the provision of care and have the ability to engage service users and relatives with empathy and compassion.

The successful candidate will have a caseload of service users they are responsible for under CPA.

There are regular opportunities for further training and development.

• Case management including assessment, providing interventions and support
• Managing allocated caseload
• Medication management and administration (medication include oral and intramuscular)
• Participating in the clinics
• Liaising with other professionals
• Attending ward rounds and professionals meetings

• CMHT Experience
• Diploma or degree in Mental Health Nursing
• Current Registered Nurse - Mental Health registration
• Mentoring and Enabling Learning in a Practice Setting

• Proven experience of working with people with complex and severe mental health needs
• To have worked as a case worker/named nurse/care co-ordinator

• An awareness of NICE guidelines for EIP
• Understanding the main aspects of the recovery approach and psychosocial models of care.

• Basic awareness of IT and IT skills
• Ability to inspire hope, support recovery and make a difference.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to listen to the views of others
• Understanding assessment of Psychosis

• To be aware and demonstrate the Trust Values
• To be able to travel efficiently throughout the area

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.