Community Mental Health Nurse

4 weeks ago

London, United Kingdom West London NHS Trust Full time

Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for experienced registered nurses, in Hammersmith and Fulham Older People’s Community Mental Health Services, within local Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Services.

This is a hugely exciting and a great opportunity to be part of a supportive, forward thinking, adaptive team, that welcomes applications from nurses on all parts of the NMC register with the required experience and skill set

We are looking for dedicated, enthusiastic community nurses who is a highly motivated and caring professional, who can provide the best possible care with compassion to our patients. To thrive in this role, you need to be resilient and committed to adapt, working in a changing environment.

The successful candidate will have experience within Dementia Care, knowledge and experience of older adults with mental health needs or be able to demonstrate your transferrable skills within your application and will hold a valid, recognised mentorship qualification.

Main duties of the job

You will have post registration experience, in the specified care group, and will be someone who can make a significant contribution in supporting the delivery of high quality assessments, investigation and treatment, supporting the team in the day-to-day running of the service, whilst being expected to take a lead on a core aspect of service delivery.

The post holder, will work with individuals who present with a range of memory related health needs, by providing assessment, information, treatment, review and support through individual and group work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

You will work as a Care coordinator for a group of patients, and be responsible for liaising with other professionals and organisations to ensure that patients’ physical, social and psychological needs are met in an integrated and holistic way.

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse providers of mental health, community and social care in the UK.

Our 3,982 staff care for people in hospital and in the community, helping them to recover and go on to lead full and productive lives. We aim to be the best organisation of our kind in the country.

We provide care and treatment for more than 800,000 people living in the London boroughs of Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham and Hounslow, delivering services in the community (at home, in GP surgeries and care homes), hospital, specialist clinics and forensic (secure) units. 

We’re .

Together, we’re committed to promoting hope and wellbeing, working with patients, service users, carers, families and partners across the communities we serve.

We are keen to ensure that our workforce reflects the community it serves, particularly in terms of ethnicity, gender, disability, LGBTQ+ and experience of mental illness.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Summary :

To provide specialist assessments, reviews and nursing interventions to service users accessing Cognitive Impairment & Dementia Services (CIDS). The post holder will demonstrate an understanding of clinical interventions relevant to the care group to include education, care plans and discharge planning, working closely with carers, families and partner agencies to facilitate this.

The post holder will work at all times to promote the safety and the wellbeing of service users and their families/carers. The post holder will assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist nursing advice and carry out specialist nursing procedures. They will provide clinical supervision to staff and students.

To contribute to work in partnership with service users in the designated care group with complex health presentations, developing their care and support plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives.

To ensure the successful implementation and roll out of care for dementia patients.

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

Professionally qualified and registered Nurse with current NMC registration in Mental Health / LD/ Adult Nursing. Evidence of continuous professional development.

Desirable criteria

Dementia and community experience.

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of working with patients and their carers with complex health and social care difficulties in the designated care group. Experience of supervising staff Experience of managing clinical caseload will include carrying out initial assessments, treatment efficacy reviews and risk mitigation assessments leading to crisis prevention. Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health difficulties. Experience of working consultatively with professionals. Experience of conducting a range of clinical assessments including risk assessments. Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non-statutory teams and agencies. Previous experience of working with carers and independent / voluntary sectors

Desirable criteria

Experience in working with people with dementia on the ward and in the community.

Knowledge

Essential criteria

A high level of working knowledge of cognitive impairment and dementia. Ability to work within a Multi-Disciplinary Community Team. Deputise for the duty manager as appropriate Have an excellent understanding of assessment and management of risk. Effective planning & organisational skills with an ability to prioritise own workload. Effective communications skills to meet the needs of the post in full. Effective management and leadership skills Ability to identify solutions to problems and implement them effectively. Ability to work to tight timescales whilst meeting targets. Demonstrate a commitment to the provision of high quality and safe services with an ability to drive a culture of continuous improvement. Be willing to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service. Ability to engage patients and their carers in meaningful dialogue.

Desirable criteria

Mentorship in practice. Additional dementia training

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

Demonstrate support for the values and beliefs of the Care Group and those of the Trust. Can use constructive feedback and openly seeks to review and reflect on self, style and presentation. To demonstrate empathy and compassion towards the needs of individuals and their carers. To treat people with dignity and respect.

Desirable criteria

Leadership skills

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