Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity for Mental Health nurses who are energetic, enthusiastic and capable to be at the forefront of some fantastic new initiatives
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work with all relevant community partners to:
Improve the lives of people with mental ill health by minimising the impact of their condition through the delivery of an excellent, compassionate services to promote the recovery and well-being of patients and their carers/families.
Support the delivery of PCN DES contract priorities including supporting the improvement of physical health for people with serious mental illness (SMI)
Facilitate the interface between primary care and secondary mental health services to provide specialist advice and support, assessment, treatment, education, and solution-focused approaches to the local primary care teams, for patients and carers.
Offer expertise in networking and navigation to promote ease of access to a range of specialist mental health support services. This ensures that each person, once assessed, receives the best possible care in the right place at the right time and by the right supporting service.
Accept referrals direct from primary care via an agreed route, promote early assessment / treatment, and ensure robust relationships and links with other community-based services.
Be a dedicated support for primary care, providing timely advice to GP practice staff.
Work with adults (18+) whose mental health needs can be best met within primary care and whose difficulties are best understood within a biopsychosocial model.
Follow up on SMI patients.
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 work as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat service users in primary care, using expert knowledge of mental health.
- To fulfil a first contact specialist mental health role across the Primary Care Network seeing service users and carers who would have traditionally seen a GP
- To promote and provide early strengths based assessment, treatment and improved access to evidence based interventions for people with mental health problems
- In line with principles of Shared Care, provide support for those service users on depot and annual health checks for service users on SMI registers
- provide smooth pathways and transitions between primary and secondary care mental health services, supporting service users transitioning from secondary care
- To offer education, support and training to GPs and practice staff in the management of mental health conditions
- Maintain high quality record and data keeping, to support service evaluation, and the measurement of clinical outcomes and service user experience
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To work as part of an integrated multi-disciplinary team in a patient facing role to clinically assess and treat service users in primary care, using expert knowledge of mental health.
- To fulfil a first contact specialist mental health role across the Primary Care Network seeing service users and carers who would have traditionally seen a GP
- To promote and provide early strengths based assessment, treatment and improved access to evidence based interventions for people with mental health problems
- In line with principles of Shared Care, provide support for those service users on depot and annual health checks for service users on SMI registers
- provide smooth pathways and transitions between primary and secondary care mental health services, supporting service users transitioning from secondary care
- To offer education, support and training to GPs and practice staff in the management of mental health conditions
- Maintain high quality record and data keeping, to support service evaluation, and the measurement of clinical outcomes and service user experience
Person Specification
Continuing Professional Development
Essential
- Experience in undertaking a variety assessments with people with mental health needs
Desirable
- Worked in clinical/CMHT setting with people with complex mental health needs.
Registered Mental Health Nurse
Essential
Desirable
- Primary Care Network experience
Relevant clinical experience in Mental Health setting
Essential
- Experience of supporting Adult working age with significant mental health difficulties
Desirable
- Knowledge base of services to support wellbeing recovery.
Person Specification
Continuing Professional Development
Essential
- Experience in undertaking a variety assessments with people with mental health needs
Desirable
- Worked in clinical/CMHT setting with people with complex mental health needs.
Registered Mental Health Nurse
Essential
Desirable
- Primary Care Network experience
Relevant clinical experience in Mental Health setting
Essential
- Experience of supporting Adult working age with significant mental health difficulties
Desirable
- Knowledge base of services to support wellbeing recovery.
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).
