Job summary
**Community Mental Health Nurse (Bank)**
We are looking for Bank Community Mental Health Nurses to join the Stepney and Wapping Neighbourhood Mental Health Team.
This role involves being an active participant in our multidisciplinary team, providing assessments and interventions to individuals within the Stepney and Wapping community mental health services.
The post holder will also deliver brief sessional support to mental health service users through our Duty System. A key aspect of this role is to focus on helping service users achieve their recovery and social inclusion goals, through both individual and group work. Additionally, there are care coordination responsibilities. The success of the individual in this role will be evaluated based on the outcomes and satisfaction of service users, as well as the extent to which occupational therapy input helps users transition away from needing secondary mental health care support.
Main duties of the job
- To act as a care co-ordinator responsible for managing a caseload of service users in the community, and ensure the provision of high quality and evidence based mental health care and incorporating Care Act Assessment when required.
- To assess, plan, implement and review care in accordance with CPA and trust policies.
- To undertake carer's assessments and provide services, information and support to carers as appropriate.
- To develop and implement health promotion strategies relevant to the service user and carer group.
- To ensure principles of risk Assessment and risk management are followed and implemented in the provision of care.
- To conduct comprehensive mental health assessments and to develop coproduced care and support plans with service users and carers accordingly.
About us
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.
Job description
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly explore the exciting job description and person specification included with this vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse. oEvidence of continual professional Development oTrained Adult Safeguarding Enquiry officer or willing to undertake Enquiry Officer training.
- Evidence of continual professional Development
- Trained Adult Safeguarding Enquiry officer or willing to undertake Enquiry Officer training.
Desirable
- Higher Education qualification in Mental Health Nursing AMHP or willing to undertake AMHP training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of NHS community mental health occupational therapy, or equivalent relevant experience
- Experience of working as part of a Multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of managing own caseload
- Experience of individual and group work
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983 and how the act is used in practice
- Understanding of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and how the act is used to support service users and carers / relatives.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Care Act 2014 and how the is Act implemented within care provision
- Up to date knowledge of the current approaches to mental health nursing.
- Understanding of the principles of CPA and the Recovery Model.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to work autonomously and independently.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse. oEvidence of continual professional Development oTrained Adult Safeguarding Enquiry officer or willing to undertake Enquiry Officer training.
- Evidence of continual professional Development
- Trained Adult Safeguarding Enquiry officer or willing to undertake Enquiry Officer training.
Desirable
- Higher Education qualification in Mental Health Nursing AMHP or willing to undertake AMHP training
Experience
Essential
- Experience of NHS community mental health occupational therapy, or equivalent relevant experience
- Experience of working as part of a Multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of managing own caseload
- Experience of individual and group work
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Understanding of the Mental Health Act 1983 and how the act is used in practice
- Understanding of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and how the act is used to support service users and carers / relatives.
- Knowledge and understanding of the Care Act 2014 and how the is Act implemented within care provision
- Up to date knowledge of the current approaches to mental health nursing.
- Understanding of the principles of CPA and the Recovery Model.
- Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
- Ability to prioritise workload
- Excellent time management skills
- Ability to work autonomously and independently.
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).
