Job summary
TMS (Transcranial magnetic stimulation) is a treatment for people with Major Treatment Resistant Depression (TRD). TRD is the term to describe people with depression for whom standard treatments with antidepressants and psychological therapies have been unsuccessful. This form of depression is chronic and difficult to treat; it often requires inpatient carer often sometimes for an extended period.
The Tower Hamlets Neuromodulation Team is an outpatient service that provides direct care to a Service Users. The Clinic works with Consultants, NMHT's, Wards, HTT across the borough as well as private patients and others service providers across the North East London Integrated care system.
The Clinic is responsible for ensuring high standards of care for this Service User group. In order to provide the highest standards and safest care for this client group care is standardized and centralized in order to ensure that all care is managed within a proactive specialist environment.
Within the Clinic environment the following is carried out:
Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS):
- Assessing patients for Depression
- Assessing patient suitability and consenting patients for TMS.
- Coorinating the new referrals and maintaining up-to-date data on patients open to the team.
- Delivering TMS to patients who are on the caseload.
- Supervising TMS being delivered by Band 4 colleagues
Main duties of the job
- Provide clinical leadership and developments in nursing practice for TMS within East London Foundation Trust (ELFT).
- Provide a visible and accessible presence within the TMS setting within ELFT.
- Work with the Senior Operational lead/ Consultant in reviewing and implementing policies and best practice.
- To take a dynamic role within the TMS service to maximise the contribution that the recovery model, values and evidence based nursing makes to the service user journey.
- The post holder will be expected to work flexibly to achieve outcome targets.
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
- To assist in the management of the Neuromodulation Team caseload of Service Users with complex needs who require treatment.
- To be responsible for fostering and maintaining effective communication and relationships with other teams.
- To define and prioritise needs of Service Users in conjunction with Clinic staff, using a needs led; Service User centred approach that has recovery at its core.
- To undertake safetyassessments with team members and other healthcare professionals from other agencies, recording and sharing information as necessary and within confidentiality guidelines, in a manner which is timely so as to ensure the safety of the Service User and others.
- To keep accurate up-to-date records of all contacts with Service Users and communications with other professionals involved in their care ensuring that electronic records are updated regularly and distributed as appropriate.
Please see job description for further responsibilities
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To assist in the management of the Neuromodulation Team caseload of Service Users with complex needs who require treatment.
- To be responsible for fostering and maintaining effective communication and relationships with other teams.
- To define and prioritise needs of Service Users in conjunction with Clinic staff, using a needs led; Service User centred approach that has recovery at its core.
- To undertake safetyassessments with team members and other healthcare professionals from other agencies, recording and sharing information as necessary and within confidentiality guidelines, in a manner which is timely so as to ensure the safety of the Service User and others.
- To keep accurate up-to-date records of all contacts with Service Users and communications with other professionals involved in their care ensuring that electronic records are updated regularly and distributed as appropriate.
Please see job description for further responsibilities
Person Specification
Eduation
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Mental Health Diploma, Degree, Post Graduate Diploma)
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Mentorship qualification (Supporting and assessing learning in practice settings or equivalent) or qualified Practice Assessor or willingness to complete.
Experience
Essential
- Working with people with mental health and physical health problems
- Working within a multidisciplinary team environment
- Highly specialised physical/mental health care skills and knowledge
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in a rTMS clinic
- Experience of clinical, managerial and budgetary responsibility for a clinic or service
Knowledge
Essential
- Administering TMS treatments
- Assisting patients to complete psychiatric rating scales after sessions.
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care appropriate to the needs of the client group and the clinical specialty
- Ability to extrapolate the potential long term negative physical effects of Neuromodulation use, e.g. metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular deterioration, type 2 diabetes, liver impairment, sexual dysfunction, bowel obstruction, seizures and death.
- Mental Health issues relevant to adults with acute mental health problems
Other
Essential
- To take a lead in the review and creation of rTMS treatment protocols
- To take a lead with facilitating training events on rTMS for colleagues
- To take a lead with service user/carers quality outcomes and implanting these into service development
Person Specification
Eduation
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Mental Health Diploma, Degree, Post Graduate Diploma)
- Evidence of continued professional development
- Mentorship qualification (Supporting and assessing learning in practice settings or equivalent) or qualified Practice Assessor or willingness to complete.
Experience
Essential
- Working with people with mental health and physical health problems
- Working within a multidisciplinary team environment
- Highly specialised physical/mental health care skills and knowledge
Desirable
- Previous experience of working in a rTMS clinic
- Experience of clinical, managerial and budgetary responsibility for a clinic or service
Knowledge
Essential
- Administering TMS treatments
- Assisting patients to complete psychiatric rating scales after sessions.
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care appropriate to the needs of the client group and the clinical specialty
- Ability to extrapolate the potential long term negative physical effects of Neuromodulation use, e.g. metabolic syndrome, cardiovascular deterioration, type 2 diabetes, liver impairment, sexual dysfunction, bowel obstruction, seizures and death.
- Mental Health issues relevant to adults with acute mental health problems
Other
Essential
- To take a lead in the review and creation of rTMS treatment protocols
- To take a lead with facilitating training events on rTMS for colleagues
- To take a lead with service user/carers quality outcomes and implanting these into service development
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).
