Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) Older AdultsinHarold WoodinHarold WoodPUBLISHED FRI 31 JAN 2025
The successful applicant will conduct assessments, develop care plans, and provide support not only to the service users but also to their families. Collaboration within a multidisciplinary team is essential for delivering high-quality, risk-managed care. While the role follows a standard Monday to Friday schedule, there is flexibility, and all staff participate in a duty rota. A minimum of one year of post-registration clinical experience in mental health is required, along with initiative and effective time management skills.
An opportunity has arisen for Mental Health Practitioner posts within the Havering Older Adult Mental Health Team.
We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Nurse, Occupational Therapist or Social Worker who can rise to the challenge of working within the busy Older Adult MHT and support the continued development of the service.
As an organisation NELFT strives to deliver services within a recovery-focused and socially inclusive approach. The time is right for innovative clinicians to provide skilled input within a multidisciplinary team to support a culture of recovery and social inclusion.
The successful candidate will use their evidence based clinical skills to manage a caseload of service users with frailty and functional mental illness or a primary dementia. You will have the opportunity to work within a diverse community in the London Borough of Havering, to develop quality services which improve the lives of local people.
You will provide a specialist service and interventions in accordance with the Care Programme Approach, national policies and clinical guidelines.
The applicant will need to have a minimum of one year post-registration clinical experience in mental health where a degree of autonomous working has been required. They should be able to demonstrate the ability to work on their own initiative, have good time management skills and be able to prioritise workload effectively.
You will care coordinate a caseload of service users that have complex and challenging needs. This will involve assessment of care needs, planning and reviewing them, enabling service users to maximise opportunities for recovery. You will also be providing support to the carers of service users and carrying out carer's assessments.
You will work closely within a multi-disciplinary team and other agencies to deliver high quality care and recovery focused health and social care interventions that includes managing risk and the safeguarding of adults at risk.
All band 6 staff also take part in a referral intake/duty rota.
The normal working pattern of this role is Monday to Friday 09.00-17.00, but we have a flexible working policy.
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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.
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