Community Mental Health Nurse

An exciting Opportunity has come up in Waltham Forest Home Treatment Team / Crisis Care Team. We are seeking an experienced Band 6 Community Mental Health Nurse with NMC registration to Waltham Forest Home Treatment Team Day team.

Applicants will need to demonstrate a clear understanding of Home Treatment/Crisis Resolution Model of service delivery including Gate keeping and facilitating early discharges from the ward.

The candidate must have extensive experience in assessments of patients in crisis and formulating a plan in line with the assessment outcome.

The candidate will be at the front line of gatekeeping in ICAH and on home visits.

• To ensure that assessments and care plans reflect the psychological, emotional, social care, treatment, intervention and risk management needs appropriate to adults with acute mental health problems.
• To enable others to contribute effectively, acknowledging the nature of and context of their work, sharing and taking account of own and others’ knowledge and skills, and differences in working and professional practice
• To work closely with other disciplines to deliver joined up care.
• To take joint responsibility for teaching and assessing of student nurses and other multi-disciplinary staff who are on placement within the team.
• To actively identify a full range of needs pertaining to equality and diversity issues that may arise for service users.
• Gate Keeping
• Risk Management
• Rotating between ICAH base, ward liaison and home visits as part of the gate keeping responsibility
• To work as a team during shifts with other HTT colleagues, Mental Health Direct, Duty Doctor and EDT service.
• Ability to respond to crisis assessments on short notices.
• To ensure hundred percent gate keeping to acute beds.
• To ensure excellent working relationship with housing department and other voluntary agencies in the local community.
• HTT is a 24hrs service therefore the post holder is required to work blend in shift which consists of short shift, long days and nights

High Cost Area Supplement Outer London (B&D, Redbridge, Havering and Waltham Forest, CEME)

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,714 to a maximum of £5,941 p.a. pro rata for part time).

Joining NELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation.

Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.