Job summary
The Health Based Place of Safety is a nurse-led service in North London NHS Foundation Trust with the sole remit of providing assessments and care for service users detained by the police under sections 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act.
Main duties of the job
Service users presenting to HBPoS are often in an acute phase of crisis and require high quality assessment and intensive care for a period of 24 hours.
The post holder will be responsible for:
- Safe and effective triage process of all service user users referred to the service.
- Conducting high quality mental health assessments of all service users.
- Developing effective risk assessment and risk management plans for service users, during the period of admission and on discharge
- Ensuring high quality physical health assessment and on-going physical health care during admission.
- Providing high quality handovers to SPR and AMHP's and timely referrals for Mental health act assessments and sourcing of beds.
- Effective shift co-ordination and the management of 3 staff
- Providing clinical supervision up to2 staff
- Escalating breaches and incidents effectively
- Mentoring Nursing students
- Taking a clinical lead role within the team
- Supporting the manager in roster management, in phase reviews, Team audits and team QI project
The HBPoS offers excellent opportunities for nurses to develop their specialist skills in acute crisis care and to develop effective working relationshipswith colleagues in the Police, ambulance services and local emergency departments.
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.Our Five-Year Strategy:
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We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
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With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
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We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
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We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be responsible for providing expert care in an area of designated expertise, in accordance with NMC or HPC codes of professional conduct
- To provide expert, autonomous and highly specialist clinical practice within a multidisciplinary Team to include:-
- Initial assessment and formulation using a range of mental health or other specialist tools
- When required to do so making appropriate judgements about own day to day caseload.
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate care in negotiation with service users, carers and other services, considering the needs of a diverse community.
- Apply a range of therapeutic modalities, using evidence based interventions in accordance with the requirements of service line care pathways.
- Maintaining contemporaneous records to the standard required by the trust and the relevant professional body (where appropriate to the post holder)
This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To be responsible for providing expert care in an area of designated expertise, in accordance with NMC or HPC codes of professional conduct
- To provide expert, autonomous and highly specialist clinical practice within a multidisciplinary Team to include:-
- Initial assessment and formulation using a range of mental health or other specialist tools
- When required to do so making appropriate judgements about own day to day caseload.
- To assess, plan, implement and evaluate care in negotiation with service users, carers and other services, considering the needs of a diverse community.
- Apply a range of therapeutic modalities, using evidence based interventions in accordance with the requirements of service line care pathways.
- Maintaining contemporaneous records to the standard required by the trust and the relevant professional body (where appropriate to the post holder)
This is not an exhaustive list, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for more information on the role requirements and duties.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience of carrying out comprehensive mental health assessments Experience of effective shift co-ordination Experience of providing clinical supervision Experience of liaising effectively with NHS and non NHS organisations
Desirable
- Experience in the use of PMVA and the management of violence and aggression
Skills
Essential
- Able demonstrate effective de-escalation skills and the use of least restrictive practice Able to guide and support junior staff to provide safe and effective care Able to multi task and provide high quality care to service users whilst co-ordinating administrative tasks
Desirable
- Ability to perform ECG and phelbotomy
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience of carrying out comprehensive mental health assessments Experience of effective shift co-ordination Experience of providing clinical supervision Experience of liaising effectively with NHS and non NHS organisations
Desirable
- Experience in the use of PMVA and the management of violence and aggression
Skills
Essential
- Able demonstrate effective de-escalation skills and the use of least restrictive practice Able to guide and support junior staff to provide safe and effective care Able to multi task and provide high quality care to service users whilst co-ordinating administrative tasks
Desirable
- Ability to perform ECG and phelbotomy
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).
