Job summary
We are looking for a motivated experienced B6 CMHN to join our vibrant, friendly teams in Westminster.
As part of a national move to primary care networks, community services in Westminster has been transformed to mental health 'Hubs'. We are currently recruiting to the North Hub which is located at 7a Woodfield Rd.
Our working environment is very supportive, with an established team culture of shared responsibility for caseload management, appreciation of and respect for the core skills and contribution of all disciplines.
Our 2 Hubs provide integrated care to adults presenting with a broad range of mental health issues, drawn from a culturally and socio-economically diverse population.
The model of care is designed on a concept of movement and journey through services, promoting fluidity between primary care and secondary care and with local third sector and voluntary organisations that will support people in their journey to Recovery. We have a strong emphasis on Social Prescribing and Inclusiveness.
These are exciting roles in a dynamic service and we welcome your application.
Main duties of the job
To be an active member of the multidisciplinary Westminster Mental Health Hub and to undertake or provide triage, assessments, time-limited interventions, treatment and individually tailored care packages and to carry a defined caseload in relation to adults of working age, and their families/carers, who have acute or severe and enduring mental illness or who otherwise require intervention or input from our service.To work in a therapeutic, client-centred way and use a range of evidence-based interventions to help promote recovery through individual or joint working with other professionals.To work in close liaison with GP surgeries aligned to the hub to provide a seamless service for patients of those surgeries and the local population.
Vaccination: The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of deployment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users and we will therefore be seeking proof of vaccination or medical exemption during the recruitment process. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings
About us
Wherever you work within the Trust we will offer you;
- Wards equipped with latest technology including Oxehealth room sensor technology, Omnicell automated medicine cabinets and electronic prescribing
- Specialised inhouse training including Trauma and informed approach (TIA) i.e ACE assessments, wound care and more
- Flexible shift working hours to provide a healthy work-life balance
- Commitment to career mappingto ensure continuous professional development including opportunities
- Support and guidance with your Nurse revalidation.
- On-going support with supervision and appraisals.
- On-site shadowing opportunities for you
- Hidden Gem, annual award ceremonies and award-winning Staff Networks that have thousands of members and exciting events.
- Excellent staff benefits: our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include: childcare vouchers, health and wellbeing services, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme.
We are the key Contact: From the moment you join CNWL, our hands-on R&R Team will be there to support you and help you settle in.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Overview of Main Responsibilities1. Clinical1. To be accountable for the care and support of a defined caseload of adults of working age.2. To assess health and social care needs (including accommodation, finances, and supportin accessing education, training or employment) and negotiate care plans with serviceusers and their carers, remaining objective when working with diagnostic uncertainty andundertake assessments of need (in compliance with the Care Act 2014).3. To undertake risk assessments and develop robust risk management plans, according toTrust policy.4. To safely administer and store medication as needed in the community and ensure thatrelevant Pharmacy guidelines and policies are adhered to.5. To monitor treatment, support concordance and ensure prompt action is taken to alleviateunwanted effects of prescribed medication.6. To ensure delivery of care plans in partnership with multi-disciplinary colleagues and arange of health and social care agencies, within the CPA framework.7. To engage with service users and carers assertively and offer care/interventions within theleast restrictive setting, in normal community environments.8. To help clients gain fair and equal access to services, through choice and social inclusionand being sensitive to age, culture, ethnicity and gender, sexuality and disability.9. To offer a range of evidence based psycho-social interventions and pro-active riskmanagement approaches to help the service user and their family to reduce and managesymptoms, high risk behaviour and other disabling effects of psychosis and enable, as faras possible, full and sustained recovery.10. To ensure CNWL Child Protection Guidelines and Safeguarding Children and Adultprocedures are fully understood by self and others. To ensure the safety needs of childrenand adults are met at all times and take appropriate action when a child or adult is felt to beat risk or in need.11. To provide access to, and ongoing, psycho-education and health promotion regardingillness, disability and health to service users and families.12. To provide interventions and to work with other disciplines/agencies/teams in the care ofservice users experiencing co-morbid problems with substance use/misuse.13. To engage the service user and their family in relapse prevention and crisis planning,provide, and coordinate interventions that maximise the service users ability to resolvecrises, remain at home and avoid the need for hospitalisation.14. To deliver a flexible and responsive service through working practices that are dictated byservice user/carer need and contribute to the provision of service continuity includingoutside normal working hours when necessary.15. To receive referrals from GPs and undertake comprehensive psycho-social mental healthassessments to establish care needs.Page 3 of 1116. To identify where best those needs can be met and facilitate signposting, onward referral orrapid access to relevant professionals and services and/or to provide support/advice to thereferring GP on effective management.17. To act as a contact point and provide a link/liaison role to GP practices with regard topatients with more complex mental health problems and/or co-morbidities18. To ensure early detection and fast tracking of clients with severe mental health problems.19. To provide a range of appropriate short and longer term, evidence based, psycho-socialinterventions for clients with more complex and severe, enduring mental illnesses (SMI)with the aim of preventing deterioration, relapse and longer term intervention from mentalhealth services and to help the service user and their family to reduce and managesymptoms, high risk behaviour and other disabling effects of psychosis with the aim ofachieving, as far as possible, a full and sustained recovery.20. To prioritise time and workload, in a flexible manner to meet community caseloadresponsibilities, participate in meetings and effectively develop personal skills knowledgeand experience through supervision and training.21. To ensure delivery of care plans in partnership with multi-disciplinary colleagues and arange of health and social care agencies.22. To ensure that the principles of personalisation and individualised choice are inherent in theassessment and care planning process, including maximising service users access todirect payments and personal budgets.23. To identify appropriate resources, including residential and nursing placements and followthe Local Authority policy and procedures in order to access such services.24. To support the wider team as necessary in providing regular comprehensive review ofplacements and services commissioned by the Local Authority for service users, in line withLocal Authority policy and procedures25. To provide access to, and ongoing, psycho-education and health promotion regardingillness, disability and health to service users and families26. To ensure Safeguarding Children and Adult procedures are fully understood by self andothers. To ensure the safety needs of children and adults are met at all times and takeappropriate action when a child or adult is felt to be at risk or in need.27. To provide interventions and to work with other disciplines/agencies/teams in the care ofservice users experiencing co-morbid problems with substance use/misuse.28. To engage the service user and their family in relapse prevention and crisis planning,provide, and coordinate interventions that maximise the service users ability to resolvecrises, remain at home and avoid the need for hospitalisation29. To understand the social factors which are relevant to mental health problems and to beaware of and respectful of the cultures, customs, values and spiritual/religious practicesand beliefs of all clients, regardless of age, culture, ethnicity and gender, sexuality anddisability.30. To support the safe step down of patients not currently requiring mental health services,with a focus on enabling GP practices to provide effective, continuing care and to ensureaccess to support in terms wider social and social inclusion/self-management needs.Page 4 of 1131. To prioritise time and workload, in a flexible manner to meet community caseloadresponsibilities, participate in meetings and effectively develop personal skills knowledgeand experience through supervision and training.32. If admission to hospital becomes necessary, to provide regular, formal, joint Inpatientreview to ensure the service user is transferred/discharged to the lowest stigma/leastrestrictive environment as soon as clinically possible.33. To maintain standards of professional conduct at all times and observe the legalrequirements of the MHA (1983), its Code of Practice, The Children Act (1989) The MentalCapacity Act (2005), Care Act (2014) and other relevant legislation and guidance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Overview of Main Responsibilities1. Clinical1. To be accountable for the care and support of a defined caseload of adults of working age.2. To assess health and social care needs (including accommodation, finances, and supportin accessing education, training or employment) and negotiate care plans with serviceusers and their carers, remaining objective when working with diagnostic uncertainty andundertake assessments of need (in compliance with the Care Act 2014).3. To undertake risk assessments and develop robust risk management plans, according toTrust policy.4. To safely administer and store medication as needed in the community and ensure thatrelevant Pharmacy guidelines and policies are adhered to.5. To monitor treatment, support concordance and ensure prompt action is taken to alleviateunwanted effects of prescribed medication.6. To ensure delivery of care plans in partnership with multi-disciplinary colleagues and arange of health and social care agencies, within the CPA framework.7. To engage with service users and carers assertively and offer care/interventions within theleast restrictive setting, in normal community environments.8. To help clients gain fair and equal access to services, through choice and social inclusionand being sensitive to age, culture, ethnicity and gender, sexuality and disability.9. To offer a range of evidence based psycho-social interventions and pro-active riskmanagement approaches to help the service user and their family to reduce and managesymptoms, high risk behaviour and other disabling effects of psychosis and enable, as faras possible, full and sustained recovery.10. To ensure CNWL Child Protection Guidelines and Safeguarding Children and Adultprocedures are fully understood by self and others. To ensure the safety needs of childrenand adults are met at all times and take appropriate action when a child or adult is felt to beat risk or in need.11. To provide access to, and ongoing, psycho-education and health promotion regardingillness, disability and health to service users and families.12. To provide interventions and to work with other disciplines/agencies/teams in the care ofservice users experiencing co-morbid problems with substance use/misuse.13. To engage the service user and their family in relapse prevention and crisis planning,provide, and coordinate interventions that maximise the service users ability to resolvecrises, remain at home and avoid the need for hospitalisation.14. To deliver a flexible and responsive service through working practices that are dictated byservice user/carer need and contribute to the provision of service continuity includingoutside normal working hours when necessary.15. To receive referrals from GPs and undertake comprehensive psycho-social mental healthassessments to establish care needs.Page 3 of 1116. To identify where best those needs can be met and facilitate signposting, onward referral orrapid access to relevant professionals and services and/or to provide support/advice to thereferring GP on effective management.17. To act as a contact point and provide a link/liaison role to GP practices with regard topatients with more complex mental health problems and/or co-morbidities18. To ensure early detection and fast tracking of clients with severe mental health problems.19. To provide a range of appropriate short and longer term, evidence based, psycho-socialinterventions for clients with more complex and severe, enduring mental illnesses (SMI)with the aim of preventing deterioration, relapse and longer term intervention from mentalhealth services and to help the service user and their family to reduce and managesymptoms, high risk behaviour and other disabling effects of psychosis with the aim ofachieving, as far as possible, a full and sustained recovery.20. To prioritise time and workload, in a flexible manner to meet community caseloadresponsibilities, participate in meetings and effectively develop personal skills knowledgeand experience through supervision and training.21. To ensure delivery of care plans in partnership with multi-disciplinary colleagues and arange of health and social care agencies.22. To ensure that the principles of personalisation and individualised choice are inherent in theassessment and care planning process, including maximising service users access todirect payments and personal budgets.23. To identify appropriate resources, including residential and nursing placements and followthe Local Authority policy and procedures in order to access such services.24. To support the wider team as necessary in providing regular comprehensive review ofplacements and services commissioned by the Local Authority for service users, in line withLocal Authority policy and procedures25. To provide access to, and ongoing, psycho-education and health promotion regardingillness, disability and health to service users and families26. To ensure Safeguarding Children and Adult procedures are fully understood by self andothers. To ensure the safety needs of children and adults are met at all times and takeappropriate action when a child or adult is felt to be at risk or in need.27. To provide interventions and to work with other disciplines/agencies/teams in the care ofservice users experiencing co-morbid problems with substance use/misuse.28. To engage the service user and their family in relapse prevention and crisis planning,provide, and coordinate interventions that maximise the service users ability to resolvecrises, remain at home and avoid the need for hospitalisation29. To understand the social factors which are relevant to mental health problems and to beaware of and respectful of the cultures, customs, values and spiritual/religious practicesand beliefs of all clients, regardless of age, culture, ethnicity and gender, sexuality anddisability.30. To support the safe step down of patients not currently requiring mental health services,with a focus on enabling GP practices to provide effective, continuing care and to ensureaccess to support in terms wider social and social inclusion/self-management needs.Page 4 of 1131. To prioritise time and workload, in a flexible manner to meet community caseloadresponsibilities, participate in meetings and effectively develop personal skills knowledgeand experience through supervision and training.32. If admission to hospital becomes necessary, to provide regular, formal, joint Inpatientreview to ensure the service user is transferred/discharged to the lowest stigma/leastrestrictive environment as soon as clinically possible.33. To maintain standards of professional conduct at all times and observe the legalrequirements of the MHA (1983), its Code of Practice, The Children Act (1989) The MentalCapacity Act (2005), Care Act (2014) and other relevant legislation and guidance.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Current Professional Qualification in mental health nursing Registration must be live with professional body NMC
- Evidence of post registration training and CPD.
Desirable
- Training in Psychosocial Interventions or Thorn Family Therapy/Work training
- Other relevant training, e.g. substance misuse
Experience
Essential
- Significant years post-registration experience
- Experience of working in multidisciplinary mental health team with clients with acute/severe and enduring mental health problems
Desirable
- Supervision of students and junior staff.
- Work with clients with acute/severe and enduring mental health problems who are homeless/rootless
- Work with people experiencing mental health crisis.
- Audit and research; Teaching; Working with people who use substances
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- d knowledge Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including report writing and presentations / IT skills
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive care package for the identified client group, using a wide range of resources.
- Able to develop a comprehensive programme of intervention and support for the identified client group and their families
Desirable
- Basic counselling and group work skills
- Dual diagnosis/substance misuse
- Skills in leadership: ability to motivate others, use initiative and manage change
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- Current Professional Qualification in mental health nursing Registration must be live with professional body NMC
- Evidence of post registration training and CPD.
Desirable
- Training in Psychosocial Interventions or Thorn Family Therapy/Work training
- Other relevant training, e.g. substance misuse
Experience
Essential
- Significant years post-registration experience
- Experience of working in multidisciplinary mental health team with clients with acute/severe and enduring mental health problems
Desirable
- Supervision of students and junior staff.
- Work with clients with acute/severe and enduring mental health problems who are homeless/rootless
- Work with people experiencing mental health crisis.
- Audit and research; Teaching; Working with people who use substances
Skills and knowledge
Essential
- d knowledge Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including report writing and presentations / IT skills
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive care package for the identified client group, using a wide range of resources.
- Able to develop a comprehensive programme of intervention and support for the identified client group and their families
Desirable
- Basic counselling and group work skills
- Dual diagnosis/substance misuse
- Skills in leadership: ability to motivate others, use initiative and manage change
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).
