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South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust; Wallington (NJ); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust in Kingston invites applications for a Community Psychiatric Nurse based at Tolworth Hospital. The role involves working across the Kingston borough and delivering home-based assessments and treatments as part of the Kingston Home Treatment Team.

The post requires a valid driving licence and access to a car. Shifts include early and late options; the team operates 08:30–22:30, 365 days a year, to support people experiencing mental health

Qualifications

• Valid driving licence and access to a car for home visits.
• Experience in community mental health or NHS settings preferred.

Responsibilities

• engaging clients in crisis
• participating in assessment and treatment
• providing a range of bio/psycho/social interventions for service users and carers
• planning for robust and sustainable discharge/transfer and aftercare
• involving clients in planning and evaluating care given
• working as part of the team to achieve the best possible care for clients
• support clients in developing a Collaborative Crisis Plan

Skills

Driving licence

Access to a car

Community Psychiatric Nurse

Job description

Community Psychiatric Nurse | South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

Company:

Company: South West London and St Georges Mental Health Trust

Salary: £45,953 - £54,254 per annum inclusive of Outer London HCAs

If you want to live locally and work locally, with an employer that offers flexible and agile working with great development and carer progression opportunities, then this may be the role you!

The post holderMUSThave a valid driving licence and access to a car to enable them to carry out home visits. Please do not apply if you do not fit these criteria.

The post holder will be based at Tolworth Hospital and work across the borough of Kingston. There is an expectation that the post holder is able to work shifts.

Early Shift: 08:30 to 16:30

Late Shift: 14:30 to 22:30

Kingston Home Treatment Team (KHTT)is a multidisciplinary, community based mental health team that aims to provide a safe and effective home based assessment and treatment service as an alternative to in-patient admission, and for early discharge from the ward in the least disruptive and restrictive environment. It works in conjunction with, and is integrated with, other local service elements. The workload is team-based and team members do not carry a specific caseload.

The Multidisciplinary team is made up of Nurses (RMN), Recovery Support Workers (RSW), Occupational Therapist (OT), Team Administrator, Peer Support Worker (PSW), Advanced Clinical Practitioner (ACP), Line Manager, Consultant Psychiatrist, Trainee Doctors and Nursing Students.

The Team is available to provide care and intervention from 08:30 to 22:30, 365 days of the year for people who are experiencing a mental health crisis of a nature or degree that would require admission in the absence of the HTT.

Unless expressly stated in the job advert this role is not subject to sponsorship, please be advised that all offers of employment are subject to evidence of right to work in the UK.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ - we aspire to ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together.We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a varietyofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.

• engaging clients in crisis
• participating in assessment and treatment
• providing a range of bio/psycho/social interventions for service users and carers
• planning for robust and sustainable discharge/transfer and aftercare
• involving clients in planning and evaluating care given
• working as part of the team to achieve the best possible care for clients
• support clients in developing a Collaborative Crisis Plan

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