Job summary
Do you want to be part of a team improving the way adult mental health care is provided in the community? Hounslow Mental Health Integrated Network Team (MINT) is a community based service supporting people's mental and physical health as well as social care needs. We work closely with the local GP practices, primary care networks, social services, voluntary sector and other organisations to provide interventions in a more collaborative way which are simpler and support joined-up, personalised treatment and care.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior nurse practitioner with a keen interest in providing outstanding support within mental health community settings. The Community Mental Health Framework represents a new approach to providing community-based integrated support, care and treatment for adults with mental health problems whatever their level of need.
Interested? Please read on!
Main duties of the job
Working as a senior member of the Hounslow Mental Health Integrated Network Team you will contribute to the running of the locality team under the direction of the Team and Service Managers, representing the service with external stakeholders. You will be connected with peers across West London NHS Trust and the wider MINT service in Ealing and Hammersmith & Fulham.
Your duties will include carrying a clinical caseload with a complexity commensurate with the banding. You will support duty, triage and allocation of referrals as part of a multi-disciplinary team. With your senior colleagues, your responsibilities will include supervising a team of health and social care professionals and students. You will have delegated responsibility for roster management, incident/ complaint investigations, as well as performance. You will take an active role in recruitment including induction programmes. Through excellent interpersonal skills you will bring a positive outlook to the team.
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.
Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.
We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units.
We'rerated good overall by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Together, we're committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.
We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will lead and monitor the performance and care delivery of the nursing staff in the MINT team, ensuring local clinical and professional leadership. They will participate in review of clinical policies and guidelines relevant to the area and support and implement changes to practice. The post holder will also be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for a small and defined caseload; and maintaining associated records.
They will act as liaison with other organisations and professionals to promote communication and good practice; be able to undertake audit activity and supervision to other staff in service area/care group. They would need to have an understanding of psychosocial interventions to include psycho-education, wellness recovery action plans and discharge planning.
In addition, the post holder will be responsible for supporting the team manager in providing effective leadership within a clinical team providing a high quality service within the resources available within a defined geographical area.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The postholder will lead and monitor the performance and care delivery of the nursing staff in the MINT team, ensuring local clinical and professional leadership. They will participate in review of clinical policies and guidelines relevant to the area and support and implement changes to practice. The post holder will also be responsible for the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for a small and defined caseload; and maintaining associated records.
They will act as liaison with other organisations and professionals to promote communication and good practice; be able to undertake audit activity and supervision to other staff in service area/care group. They would need to have an understanding of psychosocial interventions to include psycho-education, wellness recovery action plans and discharge planning.
In addition, the post holder will be responsible for supporting the team manager in providing effective leadership within a clinical team providing a high quality service within the resources available within a defined geographical area.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, (mental health) appropriate to the job role.
- Evidence of post registration training in relevant service area
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent/Practice Educators
- Attained at least Level 2 Maths and English (equivalent to GCSE grade 9-4 (A*-C))
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent/Practice Educators
Desirable
- Leadership qualification such as the Edward Jenner programme or similar
Experience
Essential
- Experience of supervising staff and students
- Able to manage a caseload of people with complex mental health needs
- Medication management: experience in intra muscular routes of administration of medicines including depot and vaccinations
Desirable
- Medication management: experience in intra muscular routes of administration of medicines including depot and vaccinations
- Experience responding to complaints and/or serious incident investigations
Knowledge
Essential
- Comprehensive knowledge of interventions specific to service area
- To understand performance reports and how they relate to team
- Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and clinical records data bases (e.g. SystmOne or RiO)
- Excellent communication skills, fluency in written and verbal English
- Demonstrates flexibility, problem solving, initiative and leadership skills
- Able to demonstrate clinical and professional development
- Understanding the principles of multi-disciplinary team work
Desirable
- Understanding of the impact of physical health conditions and their relationship to mental health conditions
- Awareness of developments in NHS including service delivery and improvement
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills with staff, patients, families, carers and professionals
- Able to establish links with other services and professionals
- Able to effectively manage risk
- Personally and professionally responsible
- To be flexible, to be able to motivate self and others
- The ability to work under pressure and set priorities, delegate and manage own time
- The ability to work in a team
- Leadership skills and an interest in management skills
Desirable
- Have insight into own strengths and development areas with respect to the trust's values and behaviours
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse, (mental health) appropriate to the job role.
- Evidence of post registration training in relevant service area
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent/Practice Educators
- Attained at least Level 2 Maths and English (equivalent to GCSE grade 9-4 (A*-C))
- Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent/Practice Educators
Desirable
- Leadership qualification such as the Edward Jenner programme or similar
Experience
Essential
- Experience of supervising staff and students
- Able to manage a caseload of people with complex mental health needs
- Medication management: experience in intra muscular routes of administration of medicines including depot and vaccinations
Desirable
- Medication management: experience in intra muscular routes of administration of medicines including depot and vaccinations
- Experience responding to complaints and/or serious incident investigations
Knowledge
Essential
- Comprehensive knowledge of interventions specific to service area
- To understand performance reports and how they relate to team
- Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Outlook, Word, Excel and clinical records data bases (e.g. SystmOne or RiO)
- Excellent communication skills, fluency in written and verbal English
- Demonstrates flexibility, problem solving, initiative and leadership skills
- Able to demonstrate clinical and professional development
- Understanding the principles of multi-disciplinary team work
Desirable
- Understanding of the impact of physical health conditions and their relationship to mental health conditions
- Awareness of developments in NHS including service delivery and improvement
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills with staff, patients, families, carers and professionals
- Able to establish links with other services and professionals
- Able to effectively manage risk
- Personally and professionally responsible
- To be flexible, to be able to motivate self and others
- The ability to work under pressure and set priorities, delegate and manage own time
- The ability to work in a team
- Leadership skills and an interest in management skills
Desirable
- Have insight into own strengths and development areas with respect to the trust's values and behaviours
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
