Job summary
Community Mental Health Hub Nurse Practitioner , Band 6
Permanent
Full Time: 37.5 hours per week
Permanent x 4 posts
Bexley Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub - Band 6 Community Mental Health Hub Nurse Practitioner
We are looking for motivated, skilled, and experienced Community Psychiatric Nurse Practitioners to join our Bexley Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub.
The Community Mental Health Transformation Programme has led to the development of the Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub in Bexley and this will be delivered by a combination of clinical staff from Oxleas, Bexley Mind, Primary Care, Bexley LA, voluntary, third party and local partners. This will enable people to receive support with managing their mental health alongside help with issues including employment, relationships, housing, finances and engaging in the local community and accessing community asserts in Bexley. The Hub receives referrals from various sources but principally primary care sources including GPs and the London Borough of Bexley. This is an exciting opportunity to be involved with the development of the service and requires a commitment to integrated working.
We are looking for community mental health nurse practitioners with exceptional organisational and communication skills. Experience and or interests in facilitating groups/workshops.
Main duties of the job
The post holders will be responsible for undertaking comprehensive telephone and face-to-face assessments of referred patients to identify their needs; they wil have to hold a caseload for a short brief -intervention period.
The post holders will be workingin a supportive and diverseteam, where there areopportunities for personal development.
The post holders will be a mental health professionals registered with NMC with significant post qualification experience, working either in a single point of access, primary care, or community setting.
About us
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
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Community Mental Health Nurse Practitioners will act as an effective members of the integrated Bexley Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub, with responsibility for face-to-face and telephone assessments of incoming referrals from various sources within the borough of Bexley but principally referrals from GP practices and social services teams in the borough.
Job Purpose
To enable Bexleycare to deliver a consistent and responsive Community Mental Health Wellbeing Hub in conjunction with the ethos of the NHS Long Term Plan Community Mental Health Transformation Programme. To develop, appraise and improve the community mental health hub, working closely with all stakeholders from Bexleycare and other stakeholders to provide a robust service to people who are experiencing psychiatric and or psychosocial mental health problems in Bexley.
Overview of the Post
The post holder will deliver and or advise on the delivery of high-quality safe nursing care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct. Bexley Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub is a primary care level service in the Borough of Bexley. The post sits within a multi-disciplinary framework and provides assessments (telephone, virtual and face to face) and brief interventions. The team liaises and gets referrals from several sources including GPs, Bexley Local Authority and MIND.
As a Community Mental Health Hub Nurse you will promote and develop clinical leadership and clinical practice and be a positive role model to junior members of the team through the practice of evidence-based care. You will be expected to support professional development through clinical appraisal and supervision and contribute to the ongoing educational programme for staff, fostering a positive learning environment. As a senior nurse working within the Hub you are required to encourage and foster collaborative and cross organisational working.
Key Task and Responsibilities
This job description is an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities expected of a Band 6 Nurse. The post holder will be required to undertake additional duties appropriate to the clinical area/speciality in which they work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Community Mental Health Nurse Practitioners will act as an effective members of the integrated Bexley Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub, with responsibility for face-to-face and telephone assessments of incoming referrals from various sources within the borough of Bexley but principally referrals from GP practices and social services teams in the borough.
Job Purpose
To enable Bexleycare to deliver a consistent and responsive Community Mental Health Wellbeing Hub in conjunction with the ethos of the NHS Long Term Plan Community Mental Health Transformation Programme. To develop, appraise and improve the community mental health hub, working closely with all stakeholders from Bexleycare and other stakeholders to provide a robust service to people who are experiencing psychiatric and or psychosocial mental health problems in Bexley.
Overview of the Post
The post holder will deliver and or advise on the delivery of high-quality safe nursing care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) code of professional conduct. Bexley Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub is a primary care level service in the Borough of Bexley. The post sits within a multi-disciplinary framework and provides assessments (telephone, virtual and face to face) and brief interventions. The team liaises and gets referrals from several sources including GPs, Bexley Local Authority and MIND.
As a Community Mental Health Hub Nurse you will promote and develop clinical leadership and clinical practice and be a positive role model to junior members of the team through the practice of evidence-based care. You will be expected to support professional development through clinical appraisal and supervision and contribute to the ongoing educational programme for staff, fostering a positive learning environment. As a senior nurse working within the Hub you are required to encourage and foster collaborative and cross organisational working.
Key Task and Responsibilities
This job description is an outline of the key tasks and responsibilities expected of a Band 6 Nurse. The post holder will be required to undertake additional duties appropriate to the clinical area/speciality in which they work.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Two years post qualifying
- Experience in working with older adults
- Experience in running groups or workshops
Desirable
- Experience in working with complex mental health presentations
Essential
Essential
- Presenting cases to the MDT and other primary statutory and voluntary organisations
Essential
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding adults and children
Desirable
- Minimal experience but able to learn
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- Two years post qualifying
- Experience in working with older adults
- Experience in running groups or workshops
Desirable
- Experience in working with complex mental health presentations
Essential
Essential
- Presenting cases to the MDT and other primary statutory and voluntary organisations
Essential
Essential
- Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding adults and children
Desirable
- Minimal experience but able to learn
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Bexley Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Hub
Devonshire Road and Erith Centre
Bexleyheath and Erith
DA6 8DS
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
