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Please state area that you are interested to work in - X2 vacancy in Ealing, x2 vacancy in Greenford

We are committed in offering you a rewarding and team environment with clinical supervision and support, a variety of career development opportunities and access to learning and development ensuring your continuous professional enhancement, clinical leadership.

The post holder will work closely with the locality manager, team leads/ other clinicians to develop the service and maintain close working relationships with both acute and community services.

Candidates should be experienced nurse with sound clinical knowledge and proven experience in acute and community clinical environments. You will need to be adaptable to operate in a fast moving environment and have the clinical skills and ability to function as a lone worker in a larger team.  Candidates should have excellent communication skills; and the ability to provide care as determined by the clinical assessments.  Candidates will have undertaken professional development and have extended nursing skills, with evidence to support this. The role requires travel around the local community ideally you will need to have a full drivers licence and access to a car, however applicants without driving licence will be considered. The service covers 8am - 8pm working 7 days per week. The shift patterns are 8am – 4pm and 12pm – 8pm fulltime including weekend working.

Main duties of the job

• To Practice as a senior member of the community nursing team, working within the Integrated Community Services (ICS)
• To provide a case management approach to care for an identified number of patients working closely with GPs, the ICS and other Statutory and Voluntary agencies.
• To provide advice, information and education to patients and carers with the aim of enabling patients to enjoy maximum independence, health and wellbeing.
• To creatively manage the holistic and clinical needs of patients with acute, sub-acute and long-term conditions.
• To enable patients living long term physical health challenges to live well within their communities, with a focus on not only their physical health needs but also their wider holistic needs, e.g. mental health, learning disabilities, psychological needs, social needs and spiritual needs

Working for our organisation

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and   Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m. 

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.