Job summary
We are looking for Band 6 Registered Mental Health Nurse to join our Inpatient service team. Our nurses at the Cassel are known as Psychosocial Nurses, who work alongside the patients rather than doing for the patient.
We are a NHS Tier 4 Specialist Personality Disorder Service, that offers treatment to adults with severe & complex personality & trauma related symptoms. It is recognised as a centre of excellence & specialization, offering a unique combination of psychoanalytic psychotherapy & psychosocial nursing in a therapeutic community setting, complemented by group activities.
The inpatient treatment programme comprises three main components: (1) a living & learning environment/ the community; (2) Psychosocial Nursing &; (3) individual & group psychoanalytic psychotherapy. The approach is relational & all aspects of the treatment are managed & facilitated through a psychodynamic understanding of relationships & the use of self.
Main duties of the job
The Cassel works with the principle of a Culture of Enquiry: questioning & developing our practice daily at the Cassel. We embrace the opinions & thoughts of all our staff to contribute to an understanding about the patients & the dynamics in the staff team. The work requires nurses to be to use their feelings to help the patient understand the impact of living & working alongside them. Nurses work by making sense & thinking about the intense feelings evoked in themselves, using the robust reflective spaces.
The work involves containing patients & their risk through providing an emotionally containing environment rather than putting them on observations or prioritising the use of pharmacological interventions & not using restraining.
The psychosocial nurses co-facilitate groups that are facilitated by patients & nurses. The shift pattern allows opportunities to work autonomously & create "space" to get alongside the patient.
Nurses support patients manage their lives outside the hospital as patients go home during the weekends. Helping the patient is to integrate the understanding of their internal world with the external, through the containment of the hospital.
About us
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as 'Good' overallby the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as 'Outstanding'.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification in mental health - Mental Health Nursing (RMN) with current NMC registration
- Psychodynamic or equivalent further training
Desirable
- Further significant development
Experience
Essential
- Working with personality disorder
- Managing difficult situations
- Coping with impact of emotional distress
Desirable
- Quality Improvement project
- Life experience
- Work experience of enablement rather than doing for patients
Knowledge
Essential
- Communication skills
- Knowledge of boundaries and their use
Desirable
- Worked in a Therapeutic Community or Enabling Environment
- Risk assessment/management and crisis intervention skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Professional qualification in mental health - Mental Health Nursing (RMN) with current NMC registration
- Psychodynamic or equivalent further training
Desirable
- Further significant development
Experience
Essential
- Working with personality disorder
- Managing difficult situations
- Coping with impact of emotional distress
Desirable
- Quality Improvement project
- Life experience
- Work experience of enablement rather than doing for patients
Knowledge
Essential
- Communication skills
- Knowledge of boundaries and their use
Desirable
- Worked in a Therapeutic Community or Enabling Environment
- Risk assessment/management and crisis intervention skills
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
