Community Mental Health Nurse (Bank)
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- Bank Band 5/6 Community Mental Health Nurse *
We are seeking Band 5 and Band 6 Mental Health (RMN) Community Nurses who have a keen interest in working in the Community Mental Health Teams in Tower Hamlets. You will have the opportunity to develop your community nursing skills and support the teams to meet key targets and provide excellent care for service users and keep them well in the community.
You will be part of a pool of bank nurses who we will call upon when we need bank nurse cover. You will be provided with an induction to each of the 5 community teams so you are ready to support any of the teams when they need someone
NEWLY QUALIFIED NURSES ARE WELCOME TO APPLY
Main duties of the job- To be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team providing assessment, care and
- support to adult presenting with mental health issues within the neighbourhood Team
- To conduct comprehensive and high-quality holistic Health and Social Care (Care Act 2014) assessments including safeguarding when required.
- To act as a care co-ordinator for a caseload of service users and develop, implement and review individualised recovery focused care and support plans and commissioned packages of care.
- Use a broad range of nursing knowledge, interventions and skills, to prevent, where possible and avoid hospital admission
- To conduct carers assessments and offer support and advice to carers and relatives.
- To promote the needs of service users and offer and provide training and education accordingly.
- To operate as a Duty Worker on rotation across the team in line with the Mental Health Transformation Project, responding to emergencies, processing referrals and presenting at referrals meetings of your assessment.
- To support the seamless running of the depot clinic
- Develop good communication links with patients and carers and joint working with other services across professional and organisational boundaries in order to provide a patient-centred, holistic and seamless service
What we will offer you
Training, development and supervision from highly experienced professionals
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
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Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria- • A graduate mental health nurse who is pending their PIN or a Registered Mental Health Nurse or a AHP Registered professional .
- • Willingness to undertake further training relevant to the role.
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of mental health nursing either in inpatient or community setting.
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria- • Knowledge of the Mental Health Act (1983), Mental Capacity At (2005) & the Care Act (2014. • Understanding of the principles of the recovery model and Care Programme Approach
- • Understanding of the principles of the recovery model and Care Programme Approach
- • Up to date knowledge of the current approaches to mental health nursing.
- • Up to date knowledge of the issues that impact individuals and carers affected by mental health and / or cognitive impairment (where applicable
- • Good verbal and written communication skills.
- • Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care using evidence based approaches
- • Ability to prioritise workload.
- • Ability to work autonomously and independently
- • Excellent time management skills
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 rated '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.
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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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