An exciting opportunity has come up in Redbridge Home Treatment Team / Crisis Care Team. We are seeking an experienced Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse with NMC registration to work nights in our Integrated Crisis and Assessment Hub (ICAH) and Psychiatric Liaison in King George's Hospital. Please note this is a secondment post for 6 months.
Though the post is for nights at the moment, staff may be asked to work alternate days and nights in the future. This will be explained in detail later.
The candidate must have extensive experience in assessments of patients in crisis and formulating a plan in line with the assessment outcome.
The candidate will be at the front line of gatekeeping in ICAH and KGH working nights.
Main duties of the job
The main responsibilities of the post include:
1. Ensuring that assessments and care plans reflect the psychological, emotional, social care, treatment, intervention, and risk management needs appropriate to adults with acute mental health problems.
2. Enabling others to contribute effectively, acknowledging the nature and context of their work, sharing and taking account of own and others' knowledge and skills, and differences in working and professional practice.
3. Working closely with other disciplines to deliver joined-up care.
4. Taking joint responsibility for teaching and assessing student nurses and other multi-disciplinary staff who are on placement within the team.
5. Actively identifying a full range of needs pertaining to equality and diversity issues that may arise for service users.
* Gate Keeping
* Risk Management
* Rotating between ICAH base and local A&E's as part of the gatekeeping responsibility
* Working as a team during night shifts with other HTT colleagues, Mental Health Direct, Duty Doctor, and EDT service.
* Ability to respond to crisis assessments on short notice.
* Ensuring 100% gatekeeping to acute beds.
* Establishing excellent working relationships with housing departments and other voluntary agencies in the local community.
HTT is a 24-hour service; therefore, the post holder is required to work week nights and weekend nights.
Assessment of patients presenting in the emergency department at KGH or ICAH in crisis and gatekeeping.
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Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently partway through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
High-Cost Area Supplement - London
This post also attracts payment for High-Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (minimum payment of £4,551 and a maximum payment of £5,735).
Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programs are used, then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants from seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.
Job description
Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer closely to this when completing your application.
We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Any development needs to help you succeed in the role can be discussed at the interview stage.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* RMN
* Degree
* Evidence of CPD
Desirable
* Mentorship
Experience
Essential
* Providing staff supervision and appraisal to qualified and non-professionally aligned staff.
* Risk assessment and management within a mental health inpatient setting or community setting.
* Ability to perform under pressure, quickly and effectively, making timely managerial decisions and following through available agreed care pathways.
* Psychiatric liaison experience.
Desirable
* Managing clinical services.
Knowledge
Essential
* Thorough knowledge of the 1983 Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, Children's Act, and related legislation, codes of practice, and guidance.
* Understanding of and commitment to the principle of equal opportunities in service delivery.
Other
Essential
* Ability to travel efficiently throughout the area.
* Well-developed interpersonal skills, especially when handling conflict and change.
* Ability to cope with highly emotionally stressful situations on a day-to-day basis.
* Flexibility to be supportive and take on management of new services as required.
Employer details
Employer name
NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address
Tantallon House- Goodmayes
Goodmayes
IG3 8XQ
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