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Job summary

Main area
mental health
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
334-NUR-7134687-LF
Employer
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Jeanette Wallace House
Town
Croydon
Salary
£42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of HCAS
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/05/2025 23:59

Employer heading

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust logo

Community Psychiatric Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

 

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.

We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.

We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives  in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology  to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.

The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust. 

Our Values

We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.

As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.

Job overview

Croydon Community Mental Health Service (CMHT) have undergone service transformation.  The transformation is about enhancing the quality of our service delivery, improving the experiences of those using our services, maintaining staff morale and to ensure services are meeting the NHS Long Term Plan.

It is an exciting time to be part of this transformation in Croydon, getting involved in improved ways of working due to investment in resources. The Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) is a generic team integrated with Croydon Social Care in working with all adults experiencing severe and enduring mental illness.

The new teams are no longer be based on diagnosis and works with all individuals from a locality who have mental health needs that require support from secondary care.  Croydon CMHT has 3 localities NORTH, CENTRAL and SOUTH.  Our Locality Teams are highly experienced and supportive and Multi-disciplinary.

We are looking for enthusiastic care coordinators that will grow and develop with the locality teams from Nursing, Social work, and OT professional background.

This advert is for vacancies in the NORTH LOCALITY TEAM

 

Main duties of the job

In keeping with our obligations under the new Coronavirus Regulations 2021 in relation to Care Home visits, the successful candidate will be required to provide evidence of full vaccination status against Covid-19

The post holder will work as Care Coordinator / Community Mental Health Nurse for a caseload of service users in the local community who have complex mental health difficulties, and work with their carers where applicable.  The post holder will be expected to have excellent self-management skills, and work collaboratively within the team.  The post holder must be able to formulate flexible, robust and holistic care plans with service users and/or carers, to work well under pressure, be experienced in dynamic risk assessment, and to have excellent communication skills. 

 

 

Working for our organisation

Benefits

  • comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
  • Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: part-time working and job sharing.
  • Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
  • Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
  • Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
  • NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of well-known retail brands though Health Service Discounts website. 
  • We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties. For this role, we offer career pathways to Senior clinical Practitioner or Clinical Team Leader. In addition, we offer ongoing training and development in Leadership and MSC programme.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Relevant professional qualification- Mental Health Nursing, Social worker, Occupational Therapist with affiliated professional registration NMC, HCPC
  • Mentorship qualification/assessor
Desirable criteria
  • Master’s degree

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of Interagency of working
  • Experience of managing a caseload
  • Significant relevant clinical experience
  • Experience of working with diverse groups of patients and staff
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in the community
  • Experience of supporting practice development in clinical areas

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of CPA, Community Care Act, Carers Act, Mental Health Act and other relevant legislation as application to practice
  • Skills in mental health and risk assessments
  • Understanding of Care Coordination and CPA
  • Skills in being responsive to service user’s and carers' needs
  • Understanding of recovery in Mental Health
  • Very good understanding of care plan and holistic care
Desirable criteria
  • Problem solving, ability to identify problems, review options and make decision
  • Skilled in supervision of others, and in providing critical and constructive feedback
  • Knowledge of clinical governance and audit

Other Requirments

Essential criteria
  • Empathy for service users including individuals who have experienced mental health problems.
  • Ability to fulfil all the requirements of the role (including physical)
  • Loyal and able to advocate for and show pride in the work area and organization and demonstrates values of trust and expectations

Employer certification / accreditation badges

London Healthy workplaceCapital Nurse, LondonNo smoking policyLondon Living Wage is a voluntary commitment made by employers, who can become accredited with the Living Wage FoundationImproving working livesMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Stonewall Silver 2022Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Armed Forces Covenant Bronze AwardHappy to Talk Flexible WorkingArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ewurama Quarm
Job title
Clinical Team Leader
Email address
[email protected]
Additional information

Croydon and the Croydon community services hub are located at Jeanette Wallace House, close to the vibrant high-street that offers fantastic shopping opportunities and a wide range of restaurants. It is within walking distance to East Croydon overland station with quick links to London. 

As one of the few Trusts in London we are proud to offer flexible working as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 09:00 to17:00, giving you the very best of good work life balance.

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