Job summary
Employer heading
Community Mental Health Nurse (developmental role)
Band 5
Job overview
- Beckenham Beacon
- The Heights (Greenwich West)
- Ferryview Health Centre, Woolwich
- Carlton Parade, Orpington
- The Erith Centre
Main duties of the job
Working for our organisation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description for further information relating to the jobs main responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience working/training in a community setting
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working/training in a clinical setting with people with complex mental health needs.
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience working/training in a community setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the assessment process with people with mental health needs
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable criteria
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Knowledge/understanding of the importance of reflective practice
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Experience of SMI diagnosis
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Nurse
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience working/training in a community setting
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working/training in a clinical setting with people with complex mental health needs
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience working/training in a community setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the assessment process with people with mental health needs
- Excellent Communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge/understanding of the importance of reflective practice
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Lara Odukoya
- Job title
- ICMP team manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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