About this role
Job summary
Are you an experienced and motivated Registered Mental Health Nurse looking to develop your community mental health career?
The North Kensington Community Mental Health Hub is seeking a compassionate and enthusiastic Band 6 RMN to join our multidisciplinary team. You will work with adults experiencing severe and enduring mental health difficulties, providing high-quality, recovery-focused care within one of London's most diverse and vibrant communities.
You will manage a defined caseload and deliver comprehensive assessments, personalised care planning, evidence-based interventions and proactive risk management. You will work closely with service users, carers, GPs, local authority services and partner agencies to support recovery and promote independence.
We are looking for someone who is clinically confident, organised and committed to delivering safe, inclusive and person-centred care.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a motivated and compassionate Registered Band 6 Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with:
Current professional registration. Relevant post-registration mental health experience. Experience of supporting people with severe and enduring mental health needs. Strong assessment, care-planning and risk-management skills. Excellent communication and multidisciplinary working skills. Good knowledge of safeguarding, mental health legislation and professional standards. The ability to manage and prioritise a busy community caseload.A commitment to person-centred, inclusive and culturally responsive care.An interest in developing others and contributing to service improvement.
Experience of community mental health, leadership, psychosocial interventions and DIALOG+ would be an advantage.
About us
The North Kensington Community Mental Health Hub offers:
A welcoming, supportive and experienced multidisciplinary team. Regular clinical and management supervision. Opportunities for reflective practice, coaching and continued professional development. Access to specialist training and career-development pathways. Opportunities to work alongside community, crisis, inpatient and primary care services. Involvement in quality improvement, service development, audit and research. Flexible-working opportunities, considered in line with service requirements and Trust policy. The opportunity to work in the culturally diverse and vibrant North Kensington community.
At CNWL, we are committed to delivering safe, compassionate and person-centred care. You will be supported to develop your clinical and leadership skills while contributing to an inclusive service that values collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.
If you are an experienced RMN who is passionate about community mental health and helping people achieve meaningful recovery, we would be pleased to receive your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As a Band 6 Community Mental Health Hub Nurse (RMN) within the North Kensington Community Mental Health Hub, you will be an active member of the multidisciplinary team, delivering high-quality, recovery-focused care to adults with severe and enduring mental health needs.
You will
Hold responsibility for a defined caseload, coordinating assessment, care planning, interventions and reviews. Undertake comprehensive mental health and social care assessments, including risk assessment and robust risk-management planning. Develop personalised care plans, using approaches including DIALOG+, with service users at the centre of decision-making. Deliver evidence-based psychosocial interventions, psychoeducation, relapse prevention and crisis planning. Monitor mental and physical health, medication effectiveness and potential side effects, taking appropriate action where required.
Work collaboratively with service users, carers, GPs, the Local Authority and other health, social care and voluntary-sector partners. Support people to remain in the least restrictive environment wherever clinically appropriate and promote recovery, independence and social inclusion. Respond appropriately to safeguarding concerns and work within relevant legislation, professional standards and Trust policies. Support effective transitions between community, crisis and inpatient services, including safe discharge and step-down arrangements.
Maintain accurate, timely and high-quality clinical records and contribute to performance monitoring, audit and quality improvement. Provide clinical advice, support and supervision to students and junior colleagues and contribute to their development. Demonstrate Band 6 leadership by supporting the coordination of day-to-day team activity and deputising for senior colleagues when required. Contribute to service development, learning, research and continuous improvement across the Hub.
The full B6 Hub Nurse JD also identifies Band 6 responsibilities around supervising junior staff, contributing to recruitment and appraisal, multidisciplinary working, quality improvement, audit and maintaining professional standards in line with the NMC Code.
For full details of the role, responsibilities and person specification, please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential
- Current Professional Qualification in mental health nursing
- Registration must be live with professional body.
- Evidence of post registration training and CPD.
Desirable
- Post qualification training in relevant mental health therapeutic skills.
- Training in Psychosocial Interventions or Family Therapy/Work training
- Other relevant training e.g. substance use
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post-registration experience
- Experience of working in multidisciplinary mental health team with clients with acute/severe and enduring mental health problems
Desirable
- Experience of working in a community adult mental health team
- Work with people experiencing mental health crisis.
- Supervision of students and junior staff.
- Audit and research
Skills, knowledge and abilities
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including report writing and presentations / IT skills.
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive care package for the identified client group, using a wide range of resources.
- Able to develop a comprehensive programme of intervention and support for the identified client group and their families
- Skills in risk assessment and management.
- Can demonstrate understanding of psychosis and its impact on service users and carers.
- Knowledge of current legislation and guidance applicable to this client group.
Desirable
- Skills in leadership: ability to motivate others, use initiative and manage change.
- Individual and group work skills
- Use of DIALOG+
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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
Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Hathaway House
7F Woodfield Road
London
W92BA
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.cnwl.nhs.uk/work (Opens in a new tab)