Job summary
Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Band 6 Internal Secondment/Fixed Term Contract - 12 months - 37.5 hours per week (3 long days per week) - Term Time Only
Crisis and Home Treatment Team (CHTT) overview
Bromley Home Treatment Team is a multidisciplinary team, providing a service over a 24-hour period, seven days a week to individuals in mental health crisis with the principal aim of providing an effective alternative to inpatient care. This involves intensive clinical work over short periods of time to prevent the need for admission or facilitate safe early discharge. The team also carries out the following main functions:
- To provide 72 Hour follow-up for individuals who have self-harmed pre-admission and while on the inpatient patient when they have been discharged
- Assessment of urgent referrals from Primary Care Plus (PCP)
- Responding to calls via the Trust's Crisis line
The Home treatment team works in close collaboration with the other elements of the crisis services, Mental Health Liaison and Crisis Therapy Groups (CTG), Liaison team, in-patient, community mental health teams, local authorities and emergency services (GP).
The Home treatment team aim to operate within the standards set out by the Home Treatment Accreditation Service (HTAS)
The post holder may be expected to transfer to another CRHTT temporarily or permanently where there is a clear clinical need to do so.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the full biopsychosocial assessment of clients presenting with a wide variety of mental health conditions. Following this, the post holder will be responsible for the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care without supervision.
To be accountable for one's own practice and that of junior colleagues for whom one has supervisory responsibility.
To provide a comprehensive consultation - liaison service to teams and individual clinicians within the acute trust (emergency department and general wards), particularly in assisting them to develop plans of care and make difficult decisions in cases where patients are exhibiting complex psychosocial needs and/or challenging behaviours.
To be an effective communicator, observer & listener.
To maintain patient confidentiality at all times.
To ensure that all organisational, policies, procedures and guidelines are adhered to as well as contributing to the development of local ones.
To ensure good teamwork and working relationships with patients, carers, relatives, other professionals and the public.
To ensure that clinical supervision is used to reflect upon and modify own and others practice.
To ensure that own practice and that of junior staff remains within legal, ethical and professional parameters and is open to scrutiny from peers.
To hold a current, valid first level registration with the Nurses & Midwives Council.
To hold a clean current driving licence
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes. We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people. Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
- We're Kind
- We're Fair
- We Listen
- We Care
Job description
Job responsibilities
To co-ordinate the activities of the team on a shift basis, accepting and appropriately delegating all referrals for assessment.
To deputise for the team manager as required.
To participate, and where required to do so, take a lead in agreed clinical and strategic projects associated with the provision of the assessment service. This will include planning, implementing, reviewing and revising these projects as necessary in line with targets and NSF requirements.
To ensure that systems are in place for the collection of robust data relevant to the activity of the team.
To assist the team manager in identifying and dealing with potential areas/events/situations, which may have an impact on the financial expenditure of the team.
To ensure that staff within the team are aware of how they can contribute to the efficient management of financial and material resources.
To take responsibility for ensuring that staff within the team are deployed to meet prioritised needs.
To demonstrate the ability to analyse, respond and lead staff through difficult situations as appropriate.
To contribute to the strategic targets of the Directorate.
To work with colleagues to develop and promote the services philosophy, framework of care delivery and strategic objectives, taking responsibility for specific areas of policy and strategy delivery as required by management.
To undertake the investigation of incidents and compile of reports as required to do so and within set deadlines.
To demonstrate an understanding of disciplinary and other Human Resource processes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To co-ordinate the activities of the team on a shift basis, accepting and appropriately delegating all referrals for assessment.
To deputise for the team manager as required.
To participate, and where required to do so, take a lead in agreed clinical and strategic projects associated with the provision of the assessment service. This will include planning, implementing, reviewing and revising these projects as necessary in line with targets and NSF requirements.
To ensure that systems are in place for the collection of robust data relevant to the activity of the team.
To assist the team manager in identifying and dealing with potential areas/events/situations, which may have an impact on the financial expenditure of the team.
To ensure that staff within the team are aware of how they can contribute to the efficient management of financial and material resources.
To take responsibility for ensuring that staff within the team are deployed to meet prioritised needs.
To demonstrate the ability to analyse, respond and lead staff through difficult situations as appropriate.
To contribute to the strategic targets of the Directorate.
To work with colleagues to develop and promote the services philosophy, framework of care delivery and strategic objectives, taking responsibility for specific areas of policy and strategy delivery as required by management.
To undertake the investigation of incidents and compile of reports as required to do so and within set deadlines.
To demonstrate an understanding of disciplinary and other Human Resource processes.
Person Specification
oRegistered Mental Nurse Diploma or degree
Essential
- oRegistered Mental Nurse Diploma or degree oTeaching / Assessment / Mentorship qualification oEvidence of ongoing professional development relevant to area of practice oExperience of working within a multidisciplinary team oAt least 2 years post registration experience in acute mental health setting oExperience in carrying out mental health assessment oExperience of participating in clinical audit oThorough knowledge of mental illness and therapeutic interventions oCompetence in the assessment of risk oCompetence in assessing MSE
Desirable
- oRegistered Mental Nurse Diploma or degree oTeaching / Assessment / Mentorship qualification oEvidence of ongoing professional development relevant to area of practice oExperience of working within a multidisciplinary team oAt least 2 years post registration experience in acute mental health setting oExperience in carrying out mental health assessment oExperience of participating in clinical audit oThorough knowledge of mental illness and therapeutic interventions oCompetence in the assessment of risk oCompetence in assessing MSE
Person Specification
oRegistered Mental Nurse Diploma or degree
Essential
- oRegistered Mental Nurse Diploma or degree oTeaching / Assessment / Mentorship qualification oEvidence of ongoing professional development relevant to area of practice oExperience of working within a multidisciplinary team oAt least 2 years post registration experience in acute mental health setting oExperience in carrying out mental health assessment oExperience of participating in clinical audit oThorough knowledge of mental illness and therapeutic interventions oCompetence in the assessment of risk oCompetence in assessing MSE
Desirable
- oRegistered Mental Nurse Diploma or degree oTeaching / Assessment / Mentorship qualification oEvidence of ongoing professional development relevant to area of practice oExperience of working within a multidisciplinary team oAt least 2 years post registration experience in acute mental health setting oExperience in carrying out mental health assessment oExperience of participating in clinical audit oThorough knowledge of mental illness and therapeutic interventions oCompetence in the assessment of risk oCompetence in assessing MSE
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).
Employer details
Employer name
Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Green Parks House Princess Royal University Hospital
Farnborough Common
Orpington
BR6 8NY
Employer's website
http://oxleas.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
