Job summary
- Main area
- Community Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 306-BEH-2016
- Employer
- Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Lucas House
- Town
- Edmonton
- Salary
- £40,701 - £48,054 Per annum, inclusive of Outer London HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
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Community Mental Health Nurse
Band 6
We have been working together in a Partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust for some time, with a single Chair and Chief Executive since 2021 and single Executive Team since 2022. We launched our North London Mental Health Partnership Strategy in May 2023 and in July 2023 our Boards agreed that coming together to create one new Trust is best for our service users, our staff and our local communities. Subject to final approvals, we will be formally established as one new Trust on 1 October 2024.
Our new trust website is: Home | North London Mental Health Partnership
Job overview
We are looking to recruit Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse with a passion for working with people with mental health condition.
This is a well established, high performing team delivering compassionate care in the community to adults who suffer from mental health problem. You will be working in a team that is diverse in background, highly motivated, friendly, agile, flexible and responsive.
The post-holder will provide effective and timely care within a multidisciplinary team setting for working age adults who present with functional mental health problems who are residing in the London Borough of Enfield.
The post holder will carry a defined caseload and will work closely with other members of the team, including Psychologists, Medical professionals, Social Workers, Nurses other Health & Allied professionals to ensure that the best quality of care is provided.
This work will be underpinned by a bio psychosocial model of care and the post holder will ensure that best practice psycho-social interventions are offered wherever possible within their skill set.
Main duties of the job
- To work as a Care-coordinator within the team in the planning, delivery, co-ordination and evaluation of assessments and formulation
- To work closely and collaboratively with other members of the team including Psychologists Medical professionals and other Allied Professionals to provide optimal
- To carry out complex person-centred assessments.
- To ensure that all care offered is evidence based and all interventions take into account specific physical, cultural, psychological and spiritual needs of service users.
- To assess care needs, devise care programmes, packages of care including Risk assessment, Dialog+ and implement and evaluate these in collaboration with individual service users and their carers.
- To support and mentor less experienced staff, support workers and students from related professional backgrounds who are on placement within the team.
- To undertake duties designed to extend clinical and managerial expertise as delegated by the Team Manager when required.
- To undertake comprehensive outcome monitoring of all referrals.
Working for our organisation
The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.
In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please kindly refer to the job description and person specification by clicking on the JD/PS attachment in the advert.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Registered Mental Health Practitioner, Professional registration as RNMH
- Must be currently registered with appropriate professional body
- Evidence of on-going CPD in portfolio
Desirable criteria
- RNMH - over 1 year experience as RNMH
Previous Experience
Desirable criteria
- Post registration experience of working in a mental health setting.
- Experience of multiagency/professional working.
- Working experience as RNMN in community mental health or similar role
- Minimum of one year post qualification experience as RNMH
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate an extensive knowledge of evidence-based assessments and interventions.
- Able to deal with difficult situations e.g. dealing with aggressive and/or emotional patients or carers.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.
- High quality record keeping Risk Assessment and Risk Management skills.
Attributes
Essential criteria
- Honest, trustworthy and reliable, friendly, approachable.
- Ability to adapt to changing environments, needs and demands and respond accordingly
Desirable criteria
- to have a flexible and creative approach to problem solving
- Ability to work under pressure while remaining calm and maintaining quality.
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
- Bola Quadri
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02087023296
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