Job overview
Band 7: Senior Community Mental Health
Location: North Kensington & Chelsea Community Mental Health Hub – Hathaway House
Lead. Inspire. Transform.
Are you ready to take the next step in your career? We are thrilled to offer an exciting opportunity for an experienced Community Mental Health Nurse to join our dynamic team as a Band 7 Senior Nurse.
This role is perfect for Band 6/7 RMNs with community experience who are eager to develop leadership skills and broaden their expertise. You’ll be part of a vibrant, supportive multidisciplinary team, making a real difference in the lives of adults receiving secondary mental health care.
At CNWL, we are passionate about investing in our people. This secondment is designed to help you grow into a more established practitioner, offering hands-on experience in leadership and service development.
The North Kensington & Chelsea Community Mental Health Hub is at the forefront of mental health transformation, aligned with the NHS Five Year Forward View. This is your chance to contribute to innovative care models and shape the future of community mental health services.
What We’re Looking For
A Registered Mental Health Nurse (RMN)
Commitment to delivering high-quality care
Enthusiasm for working in a multi-disciplinary team
A desire to develop leadership and management skills
Why Apply?
Gain valuable leadership experience
Work in a progressive, forward-thinking service
Be part of a team that values collaboration, innovation, and professional growth
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
To be the clinical team leader for the relevant sub-team of the Mental Health Hub, responsible for the clinical practice of the team and ensuring that priorities are met.
To assist and deputise for colleagues in the Mental Health Hub other sub-team as necessary
To line manage CPNs, OTs, unqualified staff and to line manage the work of the
To carry and care co-ordinate a caseload
To ensure systems for the delivery of Dialogue Plus are in place and that they are made available to service users in the team
To work with in the relevant legislative frameworks |(e.g. Mental Health Act (1983) Mental Capacity Act (2005), Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards, Care Act 2014 etc)
To promote a culture of service user choice and control within team members daily practice to be monitored and developed through supervision and appraisal
To ensure that the sub- team works within the relevant frameworks and policies for safeguarding vulnerable adults
To ensure that systems are in place for monitoring assessments, allocation, caseloads and clinical review processes
To ensure that clinical supervision is given to all health qualified staff in the team and to ensure that staff work to high standards of professional practice.
Working for our organisation
The post will be based at North Kensington & Chelsea Community Mental Health Hub based at Hathaway House. This would be a great development opportunity for band 6 RMN’s with community experience. Be part of a vibrant, supportive team whilst developing leadership skills. This will be an exciting opportunity to make a difference in community nursing, and ultimately contributing towards patients care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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· To line manage CPN’s, OT’s, Unqualified staff and to line manage the work of the psychologists
· To ensure all staff for whom he/she has line management responsibilities receive supervision and appraisal on a regular basis, in line with service policy
· To participate in the recruitment of team personnel
· To ensure HR procedures for CNWL are implemented
· To deal with disciplinary and grievance issues in accordance with policies as delegated by the team manager
· To monitor staff attendance and sickness In line with CNWL procedures
· Authorise leave and training as delegated by the Mental Health Hub manager
· To ensure effective resource management
· To work within standing financial instructions
· To maintain awareness of budget limit, ensure that any expenditure is authorised in line with agreed protocol and that tight procedures are maintained as regards payment for any services or expenses
· To ensure that policies and protocols pertaining to clinical practice are available to all team members
· To ensure procedures for assessment, Dialogue Plus, allocated worker and reviews are followed
· To ensure that all disciplines in the team conform with the agreed operational policy
· To facilitate a multidisciplinary team approach and maximise the use of staff resources to the benefit of service users
· To ensure that the management and supervision of administrative staff in the teams takes place
· To assist the Mental Health Hub Manager in the investigation of complaints and serious incidents and prepare reports for the Chief Executive and Director of Social and Community Services as delegated by the team manager
· To facilitate and enhance good team working and promote reflective practice
· When on-going needs have been identified, to ensure that care plans are made and an allocated worker is allocated
· To ensure that arrangements for risk assessment and management are agreed and adhered to
· In conjunction with the team manager allocate work and ensure systems are in place for allocations, caseload management and clinical review in the team
· To monitor incoming referrals and requests for clinical input ensuring that priorities are met as regards to assessment and allocation in conjunction with the team manager/senior practitioner
· To support with covering/ running of the Depot/ Cozapine/ Health Clinic
· To facilitate good team working and promote reflective practice
· To ensure adherence to CNWL standards and procedures as regards to Health and Safety, Fire Safety, the provision of First Aid and the response to serious incidents
· To advise senior managers and professional leads on professional issues
· To manage other aspects of the service as required.
· To undertake any other duties relevant to the post as requested by the relevant manager
Vaccination
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
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