EXCITING OPPORTUNITY FOR A SENIOR COMMUNITY NURSE IN NORTHKENSINGTON & CHELSEA COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH HUB

We are delighted to offer the opportunity for an experienced community nurse to join our nursing team as a band 7 Senior Nurse.

The post will be based at North Kensington & Chelsea Community Mental Health Hub based at Hathaway House. This would be a great development opportunity for band 6 RMN's with community experience. Be part of a vibrant, supportive team whilst developing leadership skills. This will be an exciting opportunity to make a difference in community nursing, and ultimately contributing towards patients care.

CNWL is passionate about developing its own staff, driving them to go on to become more established practitioners and this post is no different.

The CMHH is an exciting area to work in as it is at the forefront of mental health transformation in line with the five year forward plan. To be considered for this post you will need to be a registered mental health nurse and be keen to develop experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams who care for adults within mental health secondary care sector.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as a Clinical Team Leader in the Borough team providing brief clinical and social care intervention for service users.

• To Triage referrals and co-ordinate duty assessments.
• Be responsible for the supervision of staff & their case load.
• Facilitate appropriate clinical practice of the team including CPN's, OT's, Administrative staff and AMHPS.
• Draw up the monthly rotas
• Develop and maintain close professional relationships with GP's and other professionals.
• Ensure staff practices in a safe, appropriate and professional way with service users and their carers.
• Attend professional practice forums
• Organise and investigate Safeguarding alerts in line with local Safeguarding policies.
• Chair clinical and team meetings as appropriate.
• Provide senior support an cover for the Team Manager
• To assist the team to be compliant with KPI and monitor electronic records

About us

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare setting s.

• Commitment from the team to develop you by offering Preceptorship and in-house development sessions.
• Free access to our Staff and Wellbeing service to ensure that you are always looking after yourself
• Commitment to career mapping to ensure continuous professional development including opportunities within the Trust
• On-site shadowing opportunities including HTT, Psych Liaison and many more
• Local nursing, social work or OT forums run by one of the senior leads
• An opportunity to work with a friendly, dynamic, passionate and diverse team who are committed to looking after each other as well as their patients

Job description

Job responsibilities

• To identify vulnerable service users in Primary Care and deploy resources in an effective manner to meet their needs within existing budgets.
• To carry out needs assessment of individuals presenting to the duty service in crisis.
• To promote and support self-care, recognising the important role of individuals, their families and carers as co-producers of health.
• To identify vulnerable adults and provide effective programmes of support that protect and promote their health and wellbeing, intervening appropriately when a persons safety or welfare is at risk.
• To ensure that CNWL Trust and LA protocols are adhered to by team members. To cover for the absences of senior colleagues as appropriate and as required by service needs.
• To contribute to the implementation of the Clinical Governance agenda including Target Setting for Teams, Clinical Audit.
• Participate as a key member of the Borough Service to ensure collaborative and innovative practice.

Person Specification

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Essential

• Relevant Mental Health Professional Qualification
• Post Qualification Training
• Evidence of recent Personal Development

PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Paid/unpaid relevant to job

Essential

• Post Qualification Experience working in the Community as a Mental Health Professional
• Management of Staff
• Experience of managing a Team
• Experience of working under the CPA system
• Active participation in Service Planning and Developments
• Supervisory Experience

Employer details

Employer name

Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

North K& C Community Mental Health Hub - Hathaway House

7F Woodfield Road

London

W9 2BA

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