Community Mental Health Nurse in Ilford

We are seeking Band 5 and Band 6 Mental Health (RMN) Community Nurses to work in the Community Mental Health Teams in Tower Hamlets. You will develop your community nursing skills and support the teams to meet key targets and provide excellent care for service users and keep them well in the community. You will be part of a pool of bank nurses who will be called upon when bank nurse cover is needed. An induction to each of the 5 community teams will be provided so you are ready to support any team. Newly qualified nurses are welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job:

• Be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team providing assessment, care and support to adults presenting with mental health issues within the neighbourhood team.
• Conduct comprehensive and high-quality holistic Health and Social Care (Care Act 2014) assessments including safeguarding when required.
• Act as a care co-ordinator for a caseload of service users and develop, implement and review individualised recovery-focused care and support plans and commissioned packages of care.
• Use a broad range of nursing knowledge, interventions and skills to prevent, where possible, hospital admission.
• Conduct carers assessments and offer support and advice to carers and relatives.
• Promote the needs of service users and provide training and education accordingly.
• Operate as a Duty Worker on rotation across the team, responding to emergencies, processing referrals and presenting at referrals meetings of your assessment.
• Support the seamless running of the depot clinic.
• Develop good communication links with patients and carers and joint working with other services across professional and organisational boundaries to provide a patient-centred, holistic and seamless service.

Person Specification:

Education/Qualification/Training

• Essential: A graduate mental health nurse who is pending their PIN or a Registered Mental Health Nurse or an AHP Registered professional.
• Willingness to undertake further training relevant to the role.

Experience

• Essential: Experience of mental health nursing either in inpatient or community settings.

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of the Mental Health Act (1983), Mental Capacity Act (2005) and the Care Act (2014).
• Understanding of the principles of the recovery model and Care Programme Approach.
• Up-to-date knowledge of current approaches to mental health nursing.
• Knowledge of issues affecting individuals and carers affected by mental health and/or cognitive impairment (where applicable).
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate care using evidence-based approaches.
• Ability to prioritise workload and work autonomously and independently.
• Excellent time management skills.

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.