Senior Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist for ECS

Job description

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will work with A&E / OPAU teams, hospital ward staff, social care staff, community Nurse Consultants, inpatient and outpatient mental health services to prevent avoidable hospital admissions / readmissions and A&E attendances wherever this is feasible.

The role requires some teaching both informal and formal to educate and motivate patients to self-manage their physical and mental health needs. The role also includes regular attendance of the MDT to give advice on the assessment, management and treatment of complex psychological needs.

The role will require signposting for those already known to mental health services to the most appropriate teams and assessment and onward referrals for those not yet accessing mental health services. The Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist for Enfield Community Services (ECS) will be the expert at the MDT in mental health pathways, services, support groups, medications and interventions to ensure

Key Relationships.

• Primary Care Colleagues/GPs
• MDT colleagues including health psychologist, physical health community matrons, peer workers and care navigators
• Social Services/Housing
• Safeguarding
• Therapists in ECS and Social Services
• Psychological services
• Community and inpatient Mental Health Teams
• Community Nurses
• Other Community Matrons & Specialist Nurses
• Nurse Consultants
• Older Persons Assessment Units
• Acute Sector Staff
• Palliative Care Teams
• Voluntary Sector/IMCA Services
• OOH provider (BarnDoc)

Service Development

1. To liaise closely with other professionals involved in the patients care, building relationships and negotiating to smooth the patient journey across care settings, co-ordinating care provision and acting where necessary as advocate for the patients. Ensuring adequate proactive preventative measures with residents that improve their psychological health and wellbeing in this particular population.
2. Participate in the development of the multidisciplinary teams knowledge of specific psychological disease management and contribute to the implementation of agreed risk management strategies as part of a wider clinical governance framework.
3. To actively promote and develop the role of proactive case management within Enfield and participate in meetings / events to represent the service and undertake any other duties that are appropriate to the role, working continuously to improve the service for users and their carers.
4. To act as a resource to the team and Adults and Older Peoples services in general in your specific field of expertise within psychological conditions.
5. To put in place regular audit of care pathways and critical incidents, including multidisciplinary reviews of any hospital admissions related to an unmet psychological need.
6. To develop and implement appropriate care pathways and associated protocols of care for patients to improve clinical outcomes.
7. To act as a link between physical and mental health services.

Information Management

To maintain accurate up to date records of all patients seen using the ECS RiO System, ensuring that all records comply with NMC Guidelines.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• 1 st. level Registered Mental Health Nurse with current registration with the NMC.
• Evidence of CPD in management of psychological conditions.

Desirable

• Degree in psychological health related topic.
• Education at Masters Level.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Ability to manage complex psychological illness within a defined caseload.
• Ability to work proactively with A&E, ICT, GPs and social care colleagues to prevent hospital admission.

Desirable

• Data collection & analysis.

Experience

Essential

• Significant post-basic work within acute, mental health or community & primary care nursing fields.
• Experience of working in a senior nursing role .

Desirable

• Experience of working with peer workers of patient experts by experience.

Knowledge & Understanding

Essential

• Knowledge of the NHS primary / social care systems.
• Understanding of clinical governance/ risk management frameworks.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

Enfield Community Services, Lucas House and St. Michaels PCC

LUCAS House

Enfield

N9 0PZ

Employer's website

http://www.beh-mht.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)