Job summary
The Care Homes Assessment Team (CHAT) is an award-winning integrated physical and mental health service that supports the lives and deaths of residents in Care Homes across Enfield and part of Haringey. CHAT is part of Enfield Community Services (ECS) which is hosted by NMUH. The team has dedicated Consultant Psychiatry support and a mental health band 7 RMN and OT all currently supporting residents in Care Homes. We are looking for a flexible, dynamic and experienced band 7 Mental Health Specialist Nurse to join our team due to maternity leave of the current post holder. We are a supportive team and organisation and are looking for someone with assessment and diagnosis skills, independent prescribing is desirable but if not already prescribing a willingness to undertake this qualification is essential, experience working with dementia or older people with mental health and/or learning disabilities in the Care Home setting is essential and experience of having sensitive future care planning conversations and supporting end of life. The service operates 7 days a week 8am-8pm but shift patterns for this role will be 8am-4pm or 9am-5pm.
Main duties of the job
To expertly assess patients including systemic mental health assessments, analysing signs and symptoms and other measures of function to formulate diagnosis, treatment and referral where appropriate to the identified group of patients resident in a specific group of Care Homes. To develop individualised evidence based care and treatment plans for the patients in close discussion with them, their relatives and the Care Home staff; and with consideration of the unique presentation of psychological illness and response to treatment of elderly people with suspected or known mental health diagnosis. To agree appropriate interventions and contingency plans, including end of life care, with the patients and carers, both formal and informal, with the specific purpose of preventing unnecessary A&E attendance or hospital admission and improving end of life care. To support an unplanned care telephone triage service to the homes in Enfield providing advice and organising assessment of patients as necessary. To facilitate the review of patients' medications, in consultation with the GP/psychiatrist, as appropriate, especially where there is evidence of polypharmacy within own scope of practice. Proactively promote safety and report concerns via established safeguarding information panel and safeguarding pathways to the Local Authority. Including attending strategy meetings, information gathering meetings and sharing information to protect vulnerable Care Home residents.
About us
North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.
We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job description and Person Specification for main responsibilities of the role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job description and Person Specification for main responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Education & Professional Qualifications
Essential
- 1st . level Registered Mental Health Nurse with current registration with the NMC
- Evidence of CPD in management of psychological conditions
Desirable
- Degree in psychological health related topic
- Community Specialist Practice
- Independent Prescribing
- Education at Masters Level
- Post graduate training in Dementia and/or Delirium management
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to manage complex psychological illness within a defined caseload
- Ability to work proactively with A&E, ERAS, GPs, and Social Care colleagues to prevent hospital admission
- Ability to assess and plan individual care needs in partnership with patients/their carers and MDTs
- Ability to work across the multi-disciplinary health and social care team
- Ability to case manage for patients/individuals with complex needs
- Ability to make decisions autonomously but liaise closely with other care providers within the sector
- Ability to give clear and concise reports against performance targets
- Ability to handle distressing situations with sensitivity and empathy
- Ability to prioritise work/response/triage referrals and messages effectively
- Psychological Assessment Skills
- Clinical Leadership Skills
- Data Collection & Analysis
- IT Skills
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Enthusiastic and motivated
- Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
Others
Essential
- Car Driver with current UK License
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-basic work within acute, mental health or community & primary care nursing fields
- Experience of working in a senior nursing role
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of implementing change in clinical practice
- Experience of working with older adults
- Experience of supporting clients with dementia and BPSD
Desirable
- Experience of working with or in care homes
Person Specification
Education & Professional Qualifications
Essential
- 1st . level Registered Mental Health Nurse with current registration with the NMC
- Evidence of CPD in management of psychological conditions
Desirable
- Degree in psychological health related topic
- Community Specialist Practice
- Independent Prescribing
- Education at Masters Level
- Post graduate training in Dementia and/or Delirium management
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- Ability to manage complex psychological illness within a defined caseload
- Ability to work proactively with A&E, ERAS, GPs, and Social Care colleagues to prevent hospital admission
- Ability to assess and plan individual care needs in partnership with patients/their carers and MDTs
- Ability to work across the multi-disciplinary health and social care team
- Ability to case manage for patients/individuals with complex needs
- Ability to make decisions autonomously but liaise closely with other care providers within the sector
- Ability to give clear and concise reports against performance targets
- Ability to handle distressing situations with sensitivity and empathy
- Ability to prioritise work/response/triage referrals and messages effectively
- Psychological Assessment Skills
- Clinical Leadership Skills
- Data Collection & Analysis
- IT Skills
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- Enthusiastic and motivated
- Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
Others
Essential
- Car Driver with current UK License
Experience
Essential
- Significant post-basic work within acute, mental health or community & primary care nursing fields
- Experience of working in a senior nursing role
- Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of implementing change in clinical practice
- Experience of working with older adults
- Experience of supporting clients with dementia and BPSD
Desirable
- Experience of working with or in care homes
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).
