Job summary
Community Mental Health Nurse
This is a community mental health role within Tower Hamlets Community 24/7 service pilot. The pilot ensures delivery of high quality, modern, patient-centered services. This is a pilot project aimed to establish and test out a new model of care that breaks down current barriers to care, is non-restrictive, co-produced, culturally sensitive and accessible. The service will run 24hrs a day, 7 days a week for people residing in the catchment area offering open access to a range of psycho-social- medical Interventions at every stage of their wellness journey, this includes short term Hospitality stays for those in crisis, and community based offers that are embedded in the neighbourhood.
Main duties of the job
The role involves, the successful candidate fulfilling the below
Welcome all attending the community hub within its values and ethos
Make sure that co-production is at the core of the role
Ensuring that compassion and empathy are central to care delivery
Ensuring that the local demographics are taken into consideration for service provision and improvement
Participating in all MDT working eg meetings, visits, assessments and interventions
Making Contact with the service user in a timely Manner following from Triage to screen for risk effectively and to complete initial assessment.
To be responsible for an identified community caseload, ensuring high standard of professional conduct to comply with best practice and professional accountabilities.
To promote a service user focused service.
Participate in audits and survey relevant to the team.
To participate in development of new policies and procedures as required.
Ensure that clients receive a culturally competent service.
To co-ordinate the day-to-day activity and manage the workload of the Team.
To ensure an in depth understanding of the Mental Health Act (1983); Care Act (2014); Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DOLS)
To establish and maintain good relationships with service users, carers and voluntary sector colleagues.
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
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the roles and team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of the roles and team.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualificatio n/ Training
Essential
- Pre-graduate mental health nurse in the final six months of their training or a graduate mental health nurse who is pending their PIN or a Registered Mental Health Nurse .
- Willingness to undertake further training relevant to position
Experience
Essential
- Working with people with mental ill health /learning disabilities and complex emotional needs
- Experience in de-escalating distressed people
- Experience of working in a multi cultural environment and knowledge of methods to develop culturally sensitive practice
Knowledge
Essential
- A clear understanding of co-production Knowledge of the Mental Health Act (1983), Mental Capacity Act (2005) & the Care Act (2014.
- Understanding of the principles of the recovery model, DIALOG+
- Understanding of the key themes of clinical governance and evidence based practice
- Understanding of the key themes of clinical governance and evidence based practice.
Skills
Essential
- Able to work sensitively and compassionately with patients
- To be able to empathise with a genuine awareness of why patients present or behave in a certain way
- Good verbal and written communication skills appropriate to the needs of people
Person Specification
Education/ Qualificatio n/ Training
Essential
- Pre-graduate mental health nurse in the final six months of their training or a graduate mental health nurse who is pending their PIN or a Registered Mental Health Nurse .
- Willingness to undertake further training relevant to position
Experience
Essential
- Working with people with mental ill health /learning disabilities and complex emotional needs
- Experience in de-escalating distressed people
- Experience of working in a multi cultural environment and knowledge of methods to develop culturally sensitive practice
Knowledge
Essential
- A clear understanding of co-production Knowledge of the Mental Health Act (1983), Mental Capacity Act (2005) & the Care Act (2014.
- Understanding of the principles of the recovery model, DIALOG+
- Understanding of the key themes of clinical governance and evidence based practice
- Understanding of the key themes of clinical governance and evidence based practice.
Skills
Essential
- Able to work sensitively and compassionately with patients
- To be able to empathise with a genuine awareness of why patients present or behave in a certain way
- Good verbal and written communication skills appropriate to the needs of people
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).
