Job summary
Community Mental Health Nurse - CIMHS North
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse to join the Community Integrated Mental Health Service in Newham - North.
The service aims to provide care to the service users of Newham, working in partnership with the Primary Care Network (PCN) structure in Newham and third sector provision.
The service offer a flexible and accessible approach to working with service users to achieve their goals towards recovery. The role will involve working collaboratively with PCN colleagues as well as a MDT consisting of Psychiatrists, Nurses, OT's, Community Connectors, Peer Support Workers, Clinical Associate Psychologist and many more. Working with a large MDT provides a platform for peer learning and professional development.
Main duties of the job
The team provides a person centered approach, aimed at connecting individuals to their communities, reducing social isolation, social exclusion and stigma, promoting and enabling the independence of people with mental health support needs and improvement in their quality of life. The team demonstrates this through form and function, the triple integration critical to the overall population health approach we aspire to - a seamless physical health and mental health, VCSE/Local Authority/Health and primary care/secondary care offer.
The team is committed to the principle of equal opportunities. The service remains mindful of the multi-cultural locality that it serves. Offering a culturally appropriate service-user-centered therapeutic service is at the heart of our development plans.
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About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
**This is not a working from home role**
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
**This is not a working from home role**
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Recognised mental health qualification in nursing.
- Current Professional Registration
- Evidence of continual professional development and revalidation of practice.
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a community psychiatric nurse.
- Experience in working with diverse agencies in a complex environment
- At least one year's experience of working as a Community Mental Health Nurse in a community setting
- At least three year's experience of working as a RMN in a mental health setting.
- Experience of completing full psycho-social assessments and writing reports.
Desirable
- Previous experience of acting as a Primary Care Link Worker.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively in English both orally and in writing about a range of complex issues
- Ability to provide structured and focused consultation to GPs
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload and to work proactively under supervision
- Ability to use current IT systems for data entry and analysis
- Ability to assess people who may have serious mental health problems and to advise other colleagues on treatment options.
- To engage with people with serious mental health problems in a holistic manner. To assess their needs, design and deliver appropriate interventions and evaluate the effectiveness of the process.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Recognised mental health qualification in nursing.
- Current Professional Registration
- Evidence of continual professional development and revalidation of practice.
Experience
Essential
- Experience as a community psychiatric nurse.
- Experience in working with diverse agencies in a complex environment
- At least one year's experience of working as a Community Mental Health Nurse in a community setting
- At least three year's experience of working as a RMN in a mental health setting.
- Experience of completing full psycho-social assessments and writing reports.
Desirable
- Previous experience of acting as a Primary Care Link Worker.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Ability to communicate effectively in English both orally and in writing about a range of complex issues
- Ability to provide structured and focused consultation to GPs
- Ability to organise and prioritise own workload and to work proactively under supervision
- Ability to use current IT systems for data entry and analysis
- Ability to assess people who may have serious mental health problems and to advise other colleagues on treatment options.
- To engage with people with serious mental health problems in a holistic manner. To assess their needs, design and deliver appropriate interventions and evaluate the effectiveness of the process.
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).
