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Site: Ealing North MINT Town Northolt
Salary: £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of 15% HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/02/2025 23:59
Interview date: 13/02/2025
West London NHS Trust provides a full range of mental health, community and physical healthcare services for children, adults and older people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow.
Job overview
This role will involve a number of elements which will support people with mental health conditions in the new integrated mental health teams. These roles will be key in providing professional support to the new primary care network based teams and will provide mental and physical health support helping people to engage with their local communities and benefit from all the supports available locally. The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team which will cover a Primary Care Network or locality and will work across networks to form a truly innovative and ground-breaking support structure. The objectives of the services are: To consider an individual’s needs holistically – mental and physical health as well as social needs. To reduce the need for repeated long assessments and story telling. To provide early advice and guidance with signposting to the relevant services where appropriate therefore supporting individuals to make full use of community resources available. To bridge the gaps that can appear between community mental health care and primary care, acute care, social services and support. To ensure easier access to the right level of care such as group programmes, therapy etc. For Care plans to be person centred – developed with the individual and others involved in their care. Main duties of the job
The Integrated Mental Health Team mental health nurse will have a number of key roles and will undertake the following duties: Provide holistic and specialist bio-psycho-social assessment for anyone experiencing mental health difficulties and offer specialist nursing assessment where required. Provide advice to primary care to help them provide better support to patients and to (where preferable) meet their mental health needs within a primary care setting. Carry out robust risk assessments, working collaboratively with the patient and their carer to provide a plan that will support them remaining safe. Provide access to a broad range of specialist psychosocial interventions for individual patients where needed. Provide expert advice regarding the pharmacological treatment options available to mental health patients to patients and non-mental health professionals, seeking clinical guidance from the designated Consultant Psychiatrist/GP in relation to any specific prescribing advice. Where required, nurses working within the team will administer intra muscular medication to patients for whom this is prescribed, assessing the effects and side effects at each appointment, working within the NMC guidelines and the Trust’s medicines policies. To maintain the safe handling and storage of medication at all times, ensuring the safe disposal of clinical waste and all sharps. Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation. The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached. Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Professional qualification in mental health - Mental Health Nursing (RMN) with current NMC registration. Educated to degree or Diploma level with other courses relevant to primary care mental health services e.g. CBT, Brief Solution Focussed Therapy etc. Evidence of recent and ongoing relevant further professional development. Experience
Demonstrable experience of post qualifying work in psychiatry. Experience of supervising junior staff within own and/or other disciplines. Evidence of experience in a Band 6 position or equivalent. Other relevant post registration experience. Audit and research experience. Experience of teaching/training in a formal or informal setting. Experience of working in a primary care setting/ social care/ voluntary sector. Knowledge
Knowledge of counselling skills/cognitive behavioural skills, psychosocial interventions. Knowledge of recovery approaches as used with those with mental health conditions. Ability to interpret research and apply to practice. Specialist knowledge of mental health conditions as well as their relationship to physical disorders. Assessment and treatment of Deliberate Self Harm. Risk assessment/management and crisis intervention skills. Use of psychosocial assessment methods. Higher level communication skills, both written and oral. Ability to engage challenging and/or acutely distressed patients in potentially hostile and/or antagonistic situations and use de-escalation techniques effectively. Sufficient clinical knowledge to be able to make autonomous decisions, based on an analysis of complex presenting problems and judgement about available options, with senior clinical support/supervision. Team/self management and organisation skills that enable a number of complex activities and clinical work to be undertaken, revising and adjusting these according to the needs of individual patients and the service. Personal Qualities
Ability to frequently work under pressure and maintain intense concentration, particularly in unpredictable situations where there will be exposure to highly distressed and/or disturbed patients, often exhibiting challenging behaviours and the risk of physical violence. Ability to meet deadlines. Commitment to equal opportunities. Self-motivated, able to work autonomously and independently with confidence when required. As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution. We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications. By applying for this post you are agreeing to West London NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which can take between 4-8 weeks. After which your information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system (ESR). Please ensure you include email addresses for your referees which MUST be at supervisory or managerial capacity covering the last 3 years of employment to date to avoid delay in the recruitment process.
West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. At West London NHS Trust, we want you to support you to build a career you can be proud of and this starts before your first day with us. Our people live our values every day as they deliver, manage and work to improve our services to patients, carers, families and other professionals. We’re committed to making our recruitment process clear and efficient. It’s in everyone’s interest that we get the very best people on board as soon as we can.
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This role will involve a number of elements which will support people with mental health conditions in the new integrated mental health teams. These roles will be key in providing professional support to the new primary care network based teams and will provide mental and physical health support helping people to engage with their local communities and benefit from all the supports available locally. The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team which will cover a Primary Care Network or locality and will work across networks to form a truly innovative and ground-breaking support structure. The objectives of the services are: To consider an individual’s needs holistically – mental and physical health as well as social needs. To reduce the need for repeated long assessments and story telling. To provide early advice and guidance with signposting to the relevant services where appropriate therefore supporting individuals to make full use of community resources available. To bridge the gaps that can appear between community mental health care and primary care, acute care, social services and support. To ensure easier access to the right level of care such as group programmes, therapy etc. For Care plans to be person centred – developed with the individual and others involved in their care. Main duties of the job
The Integrated Mental Health Team mental health nurse will have a number of key roles and will undertake the following duties: Provide holistic and specialist bio-psycho-social assessment for anyone experiencing mental health difficulties and offer specialist nursing assessment where required. Provide advice to primary care to help them provide better support to patients and to (where preferable) meet their mental health needs within a primary care setting. Carry out robust risk assessments, working collaboratively with the patient and their carer to provide a plan that will support them remaining safe. Provide access to a broad range of specialist psychosocial interventions for individual patients where needed. Provide expert advice regarding the pharmacological treatment options available to mental health patients to patients and non-mental health professionals, seeking clinical guidance from the designated Consultant Psychiatrist/GP in relation to any specific prescribing advice. Where required, nurses working within the team will administer intra muscular medication to patients for whom this is prescribed, assessing the effects and side effects at each appointment, working within the NMC guidelines and the Trust’s medicines policies. To maintain the safe handling and storage of medication at all times, ensuring the safe disposal of clinical waste and all sharps. Working for our organisation
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation. The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’. Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached. Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Professional qualification in mental health - Mental Health Nursing (RMN) with current NMC registration. Educated to degree or Diploma level with other courses relevant to primary care mental health services e.g. CBT, Brief Solution Focussed Therapy etc. Evidence of recent and ongoing relevant further professional development. Experience
Demonstrable experience of post qualifying work in psychiatry. Experience of supervising junior staff within own and/or other disciplines. Evidence of experience in a Band 6 position or equivalent. Other relevant post registration experience. Audit and research experience. Experience of teaching/training in a formal or informal setting. Experience of working in a primary care setting/ social care/ voluntary sector. Knowledge
Knowledge of counselling skills/cognitive behavioural skills, psychosocial interventions. Knowledge of recovery approaches as used with those with mental health conditions. Ability to interpret research and apply to practice. Specialist knowledge of mental health conditions as well as their relationship to physical disorders. Assessment and treatment of Deliberate Self Harm. Risk assessment/management and crisis intervention skills. Use of psychosocial assessment methods. Higher level communication skills, both written and oral. Ability to engage challenging and/or acutely distressed patients in potentially hostile and/or antagonistic situations and use de-escalation techniques effectively. Sufficient clinical knowledge to be able to make autonomous decisions, based on an analysis of complex presenting problems and judgement about available options, with senior clinical support/supervision. Team/self management and organisation skills that enable a number of complex activities and clinical work to be undertaken, revising and adjusting these according to the needs of individual patients and the service. Personal Qualities
Ability to frequently work under pressure and maintain intense concentration, particularly in unpredictable situations where there will be exposure to highly distressed and/or disturbed patients, often exhibiting challenging behaviours and the risk of physical violence. Ability to meet deadlines. Commitment to equal opportunities. Self-motivated, able to work autonomously and independently with confidence when required. As an employee of West London NHS Trust, you have a responsibility to maintain a sound understanding of, and a commitment to uphold the National Health Service values and principles set out in the NHS Constitution. We reserve the right to close adverts prior to the closing date stated should we receive a high volume of applications. By applying for this post you are agreeing to West London NHS Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks which can take between 4-8 weeks. After which your information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system (ESR). Please ensure you include email addresses for your referees which MUST be at supervisory or managerial capacity covering the last 3 years of employment to date to avoid delay in the recruitment process.
West London NHS Trust is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. At West London NHS Trust, we want you to support you to build a career you can be proud of and this starts before your first day with us. Our people live our values every day as they deliver, manage and work to improve our services to patients, carers, families and other professionals. We’re committed to making our recruitment process clear and efficient. It’s in everyone’s interest that we get the very best people on board as soon as we can.
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