Job summary
The Community Mental Health Services are undergoing widespread, innovativetransformation and investment over the next two years. North London FoundationTrust are at the forefront of this transformation, developing a more holistic, recoveryoriented, biopsychosocial approach to support people with their mental health, inpartnership with primary care, other community NHS providers and the voluntarysector. The aim is to build support systems that reach the whole mental healthpopulation with a focus on prevention and sustained recovery delivered by multiagency collaboration. Each population unit is based on the footprint of Primary CareNetworks, bringing together NHS, voluntary sector, peer support and communityorganisations. These relationships will be central to the new community mentalhealth model.The Population Health Nurse role will support with driving a community andpopulation health approach to the teams work within a locality, forging partnershipsand close relationships with GP's and key local stakeholders. This will support ajoined-up approach to supporting the wellbeing of residents and developing a systemwide approach to prevention.
Main duties of the job
The Population Health Nurse role is a senior, specialist clinician position within the South Camden core team. This essential post focuses on addressing complex mental and physical health needs, supporting an integrated primary-secondary care approach, and promoting health equity in the borough. The role involves working with a designated cohort of service users to deliver population health initiatives, foster community connections, and provide leadership in team discussions. With a person-centred, strength-based approach, the nurse ensures timely transitions for service users, manages risk effectively, and supports GPs by alleviating workload pressures. Operationally, the potholder adheres to team procedures and contributes to the delivery of high-quality, coordinated care aligned with clinical strategies.
About us
The partnership betweenBarnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH)andCamden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I)is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming theNorth London Mental Health Partnership.
Why choose to join the Partnership?
- We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
- Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.
- Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
- Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.
- We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.
- Generous Annual Leave Allowance
- NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.
- We have excellent internal staff network support groups.
The postholder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and will at all times behave and align with our Trusts' values and cultural pillars:
- We are kind
- We are respectful
- We work together
- We keep things simple
- We empower
- We are proudly diverse
In order to meet the needs of the new Partnership services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Liaise with local organizations to co-produce workshops, foster social inclusion, and strengthen community relationships.
Provide clinical supervision, manage staff, and lead team initiatives to ensure quality service delivery and adherence to NLFT standards.
Integrated Care: Support integrated primary-secondary care by delivering holistic, person-centred interventions, including physical and mental health assessments.
Community Engagement: Offer community-based appointments, promote population health awareness, and lead UCLP Primrose interventions in GP surgeries.
Operational Duties: Manage expenses, maintain records, and ensure compliance with safeguarding, confidentiality, and risk management protocols.
Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Participate in team meetings, develop group initiatives, and provide training to colleagues and partners on population health needs.
Able manage an independent caseload, ensuring service user support aligns with a strengths-based, holistic approaches.
Responsibilities for information resources and/or systems e.g. use of data systems, producing reports.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Liaise with local organizations to co-produce workshops, foster social inclusion, and strengthen community relationships.
Provide clinical supervision, manage staff, and lead team initiatives to ensure quality service delivery and adherence to NLFT standards.
Integrated Care: Support integrated primary-secondary care by delivering holistic, person-centred interventions, including physical and mental health assessments.
Community Engagement: Offer community-based appointments, promote population health awareness, and lead UCLP Primrose interventions in GP surgeries.
Operational Duties: Manage expenses, maintain records, and ensure compliance with safeguarding, confidentiality, and risk management protocols.
Multidisciplinary Collaboration: Participate in team meetings, develop group initiatives, and provide training to colleagues and partners on population health needs.
Able manage an independent caseload, ensuring service user support aligns with a strengths-based, holistic approaches.
Responsibilities for information resources and/or systems e.g. use of data systems, producing reports.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse (RN, Mental Health) Registered General Nurse (RN, Adult)
- Five years post qualification experience, at least three of which must have been a community setting including caseload working
- Experience of undertaking audit, research and quality improvement
Desirable
Skills (training may be offered )
Essential
- Specific skills in caring for people with Psychosis in a community setting with specialist skill in managing physical health issues such as COPD and diabetes
- Strives to promote the users' and carers' perspective
- Demonstrates a high standard of written and verbal communication
Skills
Essential
- An excellent knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment of common physical health disorders such as COPD, Cardiovascular disease and diabetes
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications and Experience
Essential
- Registered Mental Health Nurse (RN, Mental Health) Registered General Nurse (RN, Adult)
- Five years post qualification experience, at least three of which must have been a community setting including caseload working
- Experience of undertaking audit, research and quality improvement
Desirable
Skills (training may be offered )
Essential
- Specific skills in caring for people with Psychosis in a community setting with specialist skill in managing physical health issues such as COPD and diabetes
- Strives to promote the users' and carers' perspective
- Demonstrates a high standard of written and verbal communication
Skills
Essential
- An excellent knowledge of the diagnosis and treatment of common physical health disorders such as COPD, Cardiovascular disease and diabetes
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).
