Staff Nurse - Mental Health Community Slough

Job summary

Are you a compassionate and confident Registered Mental Health Nurse with a passion for delivering high-quality mental health care? Slough Community Mental Health Service is looking for a Band 6 RMN to lead our depot clinic and support physical health monitoring for people with severe mental illness on the team caseload. This role is ideal for a nurse who enjoys specialist practice, autonomy and close multidisciplinary team collaboration. You will lead depot and long-acting injectable clinics, provide expert physical health monitoring, support medicines optimisation and play a key role in improving patient experience, safety and wellbeing. You will be the steady, skilled presence that ensures our depot clinic runs smoothly and safely, while supporting the wider team to maintain high clinical standards

Main duties of the job

• Lead and coordinate the depot/long-acting injectable service within Slough Community Mental Health Service, ensuring safe clinic flow, documentation and escalation.
• Administer depot/long-acting injectable medication safely in line with Trust policy and national guidance.
• Deliver high-quality physical health monitoring and maintain oversight of physical health pathways for people with severe mental illness.
• Promote recovery-focused care, physical wellbeing and medication adherence.
• Provide specialist nursing advice, psychoeducation and clinical leadership within the multidisciplinary team.
• Liaise with partner services, including GPs and voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations, where appropriate.
• Work collaboratively with Pharmacy to support medicines optimisation and safe prescribing.
• Maintain high standards of infection prevention and control, medicines management, patient safety and clinical governance.
• Contribute to the wider functions of the service as required.

About us

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated 'outstanding' by the CQC, we're committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we're committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us.

Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days' annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• 'Cycle to Work' and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

Job responsibilities

The must haves for this role:

• Current registration as a Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN).
• At least two years post-registration experience, including demonstrable experience in community mental health.
• Evidence of continuing post-registration professional development.
• Competence and experience in the safe administration of depot/long-acting injectable medication.
• Physical health monitoring skills and relevant training.
• Ability to provide specialist nursing input and clinical leadership within a multidisciplinary team.
• Car driver with the ability to travel as required for the role.
• Desirable: Non-medical prescribing qualification.

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Education, qualifications or training

Essential

• Registered Mental Health Nurse
• NMC Registration
• Specialist knowledge acquired through post graduate short courses, training and equivalent experience, in a relevant field.

Continuous Professional Development

Essential

• Evidence of continuing professional development.

Previous Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working autonomously to deliver high quality and evidence-based nursing care.
• Experience in providing supervision to junior colleagues and students in the completion of routine nursing and clinical skills.
• Uphold the Trust's values of being caring, committed and working as team through demonstrable examples and experience.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Essential

• Demonstrable understanding of an acute mental health environment and relevant legislation such as the Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act and DOLs.
• Proficient use of digital tools and applications including Word, Outlook and patient management systems.

Additional Requirements

Essential

• Ability to travel between multiple Trust sites and non-Trust locations, including patient homes, some of which may not be easily accessible via public transport.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust

Address: New Horizons, Pursers Court, Slough Berkshire SL2 5BX

Employer's website: https://www.berkshirehealthcare.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Manager

Eunice Malahleka

Eunice.Malahleka@berkshire.nhs.uk

01753690950