Forensic Community Psychiatric Nurse
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 overview
East London Community Forensic Service (ELCFS) is an enhanced multidisciplinary service providing care, treatments and support to service users in the process of and following discharge from secure care services. ELCFS also provide a liaison and consultation service to secondary care mental health services.ELCFS serve/cover both ELFT(Newham, City and Hackney and Tower Hamlets) and NELFT(Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham forest)localities.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated band 7 registered mental health nurse to join our expanding service.
This role will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to work in and be part of the NHS England’s innovative” specialist community forensic team model” that focuses on: 1) providing INREACH support to help service users move safely towards discharge, therefore reduce length of stay in secure care.2) providing enhanced support in the community and so promote sustained recovery and quality of life in the community, reducing recalls to hospital.
The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a caseload of service users discharged from the forensic inpatient services into the community. You will act as a care coordinator for the allocated service users in designated locality and work collaboratively with relevant agencies, services, families and carers.
The postholder will be expected service to one or more of the localities covered by the service(e.g Newham)
Main duties of the job
Care Co-ordinate locality forensic patients that are discharged from forensic services into the community as agreed by the MDT sector team.
To undertake comprehensive specialist forensic nursing assessments of mentally disordered offenders in a variety of complex settings related to the forensic or community mental health teams to which they belong.
To plan, implement and evaluate care programmes that are developed which reduce the risk of violence and re-offending of the forensic patient in the community.
Engage in the quality improvement projects and use related approaches to think systemically about complex problems, develop potential change ideas and test these in practice using the Trust’s QI framework
Be able to administer medication safely and in accordance with relevant policies and procedures.
To represent the forensic community mental health services at the Multi-Agency Public Protection Meetings and/or the local Mentally Disordered Offenders Group within your locality as required.
To provide specialist advice to the locality teams on how to effectively manage mentally disordered offenders in the community, provide support, and risk assessment/management with regard to their transfer and care within the community.
To provide packages of care and psycho–education for mentally disordered offenders and their families/carers that takes account of the complexities of family systems and their significant social networks.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Fore detailed job description and main responsibilities for this role, please refer to the attached documents
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria- RMN Part III of the NMC Register
- Relevant Post Graduate qualification in Forensic Practice, Mental Health and Community Mental Health Nursing (e.g. ENB A71, Diploma (Thorn), ENB 650, Appropriate Degree)
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria- Evidence of working towards an appropriate degree or Msc.
- HCR-20 risk assessment (or willingness to complete)
- ENB 998/Mentorship course
- PCL-R, SVR Risk Assessments
- Dual Diagnosis training
Experience
Essential criteria- Relevant experience at Band 6 or above in a forensic setting
- Experience of working with patients who have offended
- Previous experience of working with patients with complex needs e.g. MDO’s, Personality Disorder and Learning Difficulties.
- Experience in inter-agency working.
- Experience of working in diverse inner city areas
- Experience of line managing staff
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria- Skilled in conducting nursing assessments and ability to formulate care plans and packages of care.
- Knowledge of M.H.A. 1983as amended by 2007
- Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of the CPA framework
- Knowledge of the Criminal Justice Act and Multi agency working across the field of the Criminal Justice System and Mental Health.
- Skilled in using a problem solving approach
- Ability to contribute to new strategies and policy development
- Teaching skills both in clinical and educational settings.
- Knowledge of different treatment models relating to the client group.
Making Things Better
Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don’t stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.
We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.
Our Community
We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London.We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.
Aiming High
We were rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC in 2016, were proud to be rated ‘Outstanding’ again in 2018 and continue to be rate 'Outstanding' in 2021.. We were named in the HSJ’s Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.
Staff and Service Users United
We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services.We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.
We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.
Diversity
ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve.Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.
Other reasons to apply
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.
As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you with offering up to £10,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.
What Next?
If you like the sound of ELFT, don’t waste a moment. We sometimes close adverts early if there is a high response, so apply now!
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