Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a community mental health nurse to join our Haringey Older People Services team based in the Victoria Unit at St. Ann's Hospital. We cover the London borough of Haringey.



As a multi-disciplinary team we provide needs-led holistic assessment and treatment pathways for older adults, and people with mental health and frailty needs. Our service provides seamless pathways between primary care and secondary care services for people with functional mental illness, and dementia.



We are looking for a dynamic nurse who is passionate about the care of our older adult service users. We consider transferable skills from other areas of mental health services as valuable and a positive contribution to a well-rounded team.



As a team, we can offer multi-disciplinary support from Clinical Psychologists, Consultant Psychiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, as well as Mental Health Nurses. We also provide regular CPD sessions, reflective practice, staff support sessions, individual and group supervisions, and training opportunities.



The post holder to demonstrate expert practise in the care of clients with mental health needs and maintain clinical expertise. taking responsibility for initiating risk assessment, mental capacity, best interest assessments, crisis planning, dialog plus and core assessment, ensuring the care and interventions provided within the older people service are evidence based and in accordance with NICE guidance.



North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.

Our Five-Year Strategy:

1. We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.



2. With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all



3. We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.



4. We will be more effective as an organisation by pioneering research, quality improvement and technology.



Why NLFT?



We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities. We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives. NHS Discounts, generous annual leave, and NHS pension scheme Excellent internal staff network

The postholder will be aligned with our Values :

We Are Kind We Are Respectful We Work Together We Keep Things Simple We Empower We Are Proudly Diverse

In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey, or Islington.



1. Carry overall responsibility for the management of a caseload in the role of Key worker /care manager, as defined by the Dialog+ approach and other government and local directives. Ensure that the service of the CMHT i.e. nursing, social care, occupational therapy and psychology is carried out effectively within a multidisciplinary framework and in collaboration with other agencies. Maintain contact with service users on their caseload during periods of admission, including attendance at MDT meetings. To take lead in the planning and implementation of the client's re-integration back into the community.



2. Provide service users and their carers with a service that is culturally sensitive and gives due consideration to any special needs



3. Provide therapeutic interventions by means of assessment and ongoing treatment in various settings. Design care programmes in line with risk assessment and psychosocial needs. In consultation with MDT colleagues discharge service users in line with Trust and CMHT policies and procedures



4. Participate in the Duty System as the Duty Officer or 'Backup' providing a Direct Access mental health service to the community. Be responsible for the screening of all new referrals, arrange assessments, provide advice and refer to other agencies as appropriate.



5 Input and maintain clear, comprehensive and contemporaneous written records on all service users in accordance with NMC standards and Trust policies, utilising I.T. skills and knowledge to access and input all information and data to the RIO case management electronic / integrated notes and Framework I (social services computer system) as required.



6. Screen referrals received via intake (single point of access) in consultation with the designated duty manager. Bringing circumstances of an 'urgent' nature to the immediate attention of the senior practitioner.



7. Provide formal, ongoing clinical supervision and caseload management supervision to less experienced members of the CMHT and students on placement who are allocated cases. This includes carrying overall responsibility for junior practitioners' caseloads



8. Undertake involvement of formal and informal training and team development for qualified and unqualified staff, including students



9. Initiate and/or collaborate in clinical developments based on appropriate research evidence. Set, monitor and ensure maintenance of standards of mental health as appropriate to the post holder's professional qualification.



10. Promote health and provide highly specialist advice / education regarding Mental Health to professionals, service users, their carers, other agencies and members of the community in general.



11. Receive regular, ongoing clinical and case management supervision; attend staff development and training as required. The post holder will be subject to periodic appraisal for their work performance (Individual Performance Appraisal and Review) and objectives will be set on an annual basis between the post holder and their supervisor / manager



12. To prepare and provide all necessary social circumstances report and mental health tribunal report as required.



13. To prepare and provide evidence-based community Care, treatment and interventions. To negotiate buying in Services as required to meet client's needs. E.g. Direct payments, Home Care, Housing.)



14. To provide a direct link / liaison to GP practices as a mental health specialist advisor for individual service users.



15. To assist clients with Welfare Rights / Benefits / Freedom Pass.



16. Promote Health and Safety advice at work and in the Community.



17. To be highly skilled in working with potential aggressive behaviour of clients, relatives and carers in the community.



18. To have specialist skills and knowledge required to work independently in highly unpleasant/potentially hazardous conditions and unpredictable environments.