Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Team Leader for Harrow Community Mental Health Hub. We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Nurse to join the team to work in the community with Adults with mental health needs and support the team with the day to day running of a busy mental health service
The role is suitable for nurses who have experience in working in the community and for someone seeking to develop their leadership and management skills
Harrow Community Mental Health Hub, based in Harrow and Wealdstone is looking for a passionate RMN who is looking to make a difference whilst working in an environment that promotes staff development and training opportunities. CNWL is passionate about developing its own staff, driving them to go on to become more established practitioners and this post is no different.
The CMHH is an exciting area to work in as it is at the forefront of mental health transformation in line with the five year forward plan and Harrow services are pioneering Trauma Informed Approaches. To be considered for this post you will need to be a registered mental health nurse and be keen to develop experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams who care for adults within mental health secondary care sector.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as a Clinical Team Leader in the Borough team providing brief clinical and social care intervention for service users.
- To Triage referrals and co-ordinate duty assessments,
- Be responsible for the supervision of staff & their case load.
- Facilitate appropriate clinical practice of the team including CPN's, OT's, Administrative staff and AMHPS.
- Draw up the monthly rotas
- Develop and maintain close professional relationships with GP's and other professionals.
- Ensure staff practices in a safe, appropriate and professional way with service users and their carers.
- Attend professional practice forums
- Organise and investigate Safeguarding alerts in line with local Safeguarding policies.
- Chair clinical and team meetings as appropriate.
- Provide senior support to the Team Manager
- To assist the team to be compliant with KPI and monitor electronic records
About us
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
- Commitment from the team todevelop youby offering Preceptorship and in-house development sessions
- Free access to our Staff and Wellbeing serviceto ensure that you are always looking after yourself
- Commitment tocareer mappingto ensure continuous professional development including opportunities within the Trust
- On-siteshadowing opportunitiesincluding HTT, Psych Liaison and many more
- Localnursing, social work or OT forumsrun by one of the senior leads
- An opportunity to work with afriendly, dynamic, passionate and diverse teamwho are committed to looking after each other as well as their patients
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To identify vulnerable service users in Primary Care and deploy resources in an effective manner to meet their needs within existing budgets.
- To carry out needs assessment of individuals presenting to the duty service using FACS criteria.
- To promote and support self-care, recognising the important role of individuals, their families and carers as co-producers of health.
- To identify vulnerable adults and provide effective programmes of support that protect and promote their health and wellbeing, intervening appropriately when a persons safety or welfare is at risk.
- To ensure that CNWL Trust and LA protocols are adhered to by team members. To cover for the absences of senior colleagues as appropriate and as required by service needs.
- To contribute to the implementation of the Clinical Governance agenda including Target Setting for Teams, Clinical Audit.
- Participate as a key member of the Borough Service to ensure collaborative and innovative practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To identify vulnerable service users in Primary Care and deploy resources in an effective manner to meet their needs within existing budgets.
- To carry out needs assessment of individuals presenting to the duty service using FACS criteria.
- To promote and support self-care, recognising the important role of individuals, their families and carers as co-producers of health.
- To identify vulnerable adults and provide effective programmes of support that protect and promote their health and wellbeing, intervening appropriately when a persons safety or welfare is at risk.
- To ensure that CNWL Trust and LA protocols are adhered to by team members. To cover for the absences of senior colleagues as appropriate and as required by service needs.
- To contribute to the implementation of the Clinical Governance agenda including Target Setting for Teams, Clinical Audit.
- Participate as a key member of the Borough Service to ensure collaborative and innovative practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional Qualification - RMN
- Diploma/degree in Mental Health Nursing. Registration with NMC
Desirable
- Relevant post-basic training for all Disciplines
- Mentorship qualification relevant to professions
- Practice Educator Programme
- Management training (All)
Experience
Essential
- Significant years post qualifying experience at Band 6 level
- Working with people with severe and enduring mental health problems in the community.
- Assessing health and social needs and formulating care-plans to reflect those needs.
- Working in a multi-cultural environment.
- Practical experience of providing high quality care and exceeding expectations.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the Urgent Access Pathway (UAP) and threshold of Secondary Mental Health Services
- Experience of caseload management and throughput
- Sound understanding of the local care pathway and interface with other local teams
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of providing supervision
Desirable
- Management experience
- General life skills.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Budgetary management
- Mentoring
Skills
Essential
- Ability to chair regular MDT meetings with strong leadership skills
- Highly proactive and responsive to day to day demands of working in a busy CMHT
- Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy using good communication skills
- Leadership skills (motivating, using initiative, change management).
- Experience of using a range of therapeutic skills & psychosocial interventions.
- Ability to succinctly formulation clinical intervention including signposting to other community services.
- Clear understanding & commitment to implement Equal Opportunities with care delivery & staff.
- Recognise own abilities and limitations and be willing to engage in & learn from reflective practice.
- Able to develop effective working relationships with families, carer's & other agencies
Knowledge/ Understanding
Essential
- Mental Health Act 1983, Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2015
- Ability to embrace and manage change effectively & sensitively within the team and the wider organisation.
- Knowledge of new developments in social care and allied health professions
- Risk assessment and management.
- Current developments in mental health care.
- Maintain patient confidentiality
- Experience of using a range of therapeutic skills & psychosocial interventions.
- Highly skilled in IT applications i.e excel, word
- Proficient in utilising Tableau to monitor team/individual performance
Other
Essential
- Sickness/attendance record that is acceptable to the Trust
- Willingness to undertake further training & professional development.
- Able to recognise signs of stress in self & others.
Desirable
- Possession of a valid driving license
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Relevant professional Qualification - RMN
- Diploma/degree in Mental Health Nursing. Registration with NMC
Desirable
- Relevant post-basic training for all Disciplines
- Mentorship qualification relevant to professions
- Practice Educator Programme
- Management training (All)
Experience
Essential
- Significant years post qualifying experience at Band 6 level
- Working with people with severe and enduring mental health problems in the community.
- Assessing health and social needs and formulating care-plans to reflect those needs.
- Working in a multi-cultural environment.
- Practical experience of providing high quality care and exceeding expectations.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the Urgent Access Pathway (UAP) and threshold of Secondary Mental Health Services
- Experience of caseload management and throughput
- Sound understanding of the local care pathway and interface with other local teams
- Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
- Experience of providing supervision
Desirable
- Management experience
- General life skills.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- Budgetary management
- Mentoring
Skills
Essential
- Ability to chair regular MDT meetings with strong leadership skills
- Highly proactive and responsive to day to day demands of working in a busy CMHT
- Able to build constructive relationships with warmth and empathy using good communication skills
- Leadership skills (motivating, using initiative, change management).
- Experience of using a range of therapeutic skills & psychosocial interventions.
- Ability to succinctly formulation clinical intervention including signposting to other community services.
- Clear understanding & commitment to implement Equal Opportunities with care delivery & staff.
- Recognise own abilities and limitations and be willing to engage in & learn from reflective practice.
- Able to develop effective working relationships with families, carer's & other agencies
Knowledge/ Understanding
Essential
- Mental Health Act 1983, Care Act 2014, Mental Capacity Act 2015
- Ability to embrace and manage change effectively & sensitively within the team and the wider organisation.
- Knowledge of new developments in social care and allied health professions
- Risk assessment and management.
- Current developments in mental health care.
- Maintain patient confidentiality
- Experience of using a range of therapeutic skills & psychosocial interventions.
- Highly skilled in IT applications i.e excel, word
- Proficient in utilising Tableau to monitor team/individual performance
Other
Essential
- Sickness/attendance record that is acceptable to the Trust
- Willingness to undertake further training & professional development.
- Able to recognise signs of stress in self & others.
Desirable
- Possession of a valid driving license
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).
