Do you want the flexibility to determine your own shift pattern?
Do you already have experience, but would like to broaden your clinical experience; working in multi-disciplinary teams to deliver a wide range of care?
We are inviting passionate and committed individuals to join our Trust's Staff Bank.
We are looking for motivated, skilled, and experienced Registered Mental Health Nurses (RMNs) to work in our community setting.
The BANK RMN under the direction of a nurse in charge, is accountable for the provision, organisation, and direction of safe and person centred nursing care approaches for patients.
Main duties of the job
To cover shifts in various departments across Oxleas Trust where the Multi-Disciplinary Team have identified that a Registered Mental Health Nurse is required to provide care to patients with complex and enduring mental health needs. Care Coordinators working with people with rehabilitation needs should ensure they are competent in: Engagement Working with a biopsychosocial formulation Using explanatory models of illness Knowledge of Mental Health diagnosis Explaining treatment options Skills for working with families of people with psychosis Conflict management and conflict resolution. 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 Listen We Care Job responsibilities
A manual of self-management programme should be developed and delivered face-to-face with service users, as part of the treatment and management. Self-management programmes should include: Information and advice about psychosis Effective use of medication Identifying and managing symptoms Accessing mental health and other support services Coping with stress and other problems What to do in a crisis Building a social support network Preventing relapse and setting personal recovery goals. Care Coordinators should be skilled in working with recovery-based approaches to care planning. They should be able to work flexibly and creatively with people in order to achieve their individual goals, supporting them across a range of health and social care needs, including housing, benefits and debt advice. Care coordinators will also deliver family intervention when trained and supervised in delivery. Care Coordinators working with people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds should ensure they are competent in addressing cultural and ethnic differences in beliefs regarding biological, social and family influences on the causes of unusual mental states, treatment expectations and adherence. Person Specification
Qualifications
Registered Mental Health Nurse Evidence of Continuing Professional Development 2 years Community Experience Experience
Minimum of 3 years post registration Experience of supervising junior staff Experience of working in a multi disciplinary team Experience of working with adults with Mental Health problems Experience of liaising with other agencies Skills
Knowledge and skills in the management of clients on Clozapine & Depot medication Experience of being able to work within policy frameworks in a regulated patient care setting Experience of facilitating/planning/supporting groups in a healthcare setting/smoking cessation/activities 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.
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To cover shifts in various departments across Oxleas Trust where the Multi-Disciplinary Team have identified that a Registered Mental Health Nurse is required to provide care to patients with complex and enduring mental health needs. Care Coordinators working with people with rehabilitation needs should ensure they are competent in: Engagement Working with a biopsychosocial formulation Using explanatory models of illness Knowledge of Mental Health diagnosis Explaining treatment options Skills for working with families of people with psychosis Conflict management and conflict resolution. 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 Listen We Care Job responsibilities
A manual of self-management programme should be developed and delivered face-to-face with service users, as part of the treatment and management. Self-management programmes should include: Information and advice about psychosis Effective use of medication Identifying and managing symptoms Accessing mental health and other support services Coping with stress and other problems What to do in a crisis Building a social support network Preventing relapse and setting personal recovery goals. Care Coordinators should be skilled in working with recovery-based approaches to care planning. They should be able to work flexibly and creatively with people in order to achieve their individual goals, supporting them across a range of health and social care needs, including housing, benefits and debt advice. Care coordinators will also deliver family intervention when trained and supervised in delivery. Care Coordinators working with people from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds should ensure they are competent in addressing cultural and ethnic differences in beliefs regarding biological, social and family influences on the causes of unusual mental states, treatment expectations and adherence. Person Specification
Qualifications
Registered Mental Health Nurse Evidence of Continuing Professional Development 2 years Community Experience Experience
Minimum of 3 years post registration Experience of supervising junior staff Experience of working in a multi disciplinary team Experience of working with adults with Mental Health problems Experience of liaising with other agencies Skills
Knowledge and skills in the management of clients on Clozapine & Depot medication Experience of being able to work within policy frameworks in a regulated patient care setting Experience of facilitating/planning/supporting groups in a healthcare setting/smoking cessation/activities 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.
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