Community Mental Health Nurse | East London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 29 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £40,701 - £48,054 n.a |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 May 2024 |
| Location: | Plaistow, E13 8AF |
| Company: | East London NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6264628/363-NEW6264628 |
Summary
The service mission is to provide a high quality service for people with severe and enduring mental health needs by working in active partnership with service users, carers and with local voluntary and community groups, in addition to statutory services within the Primary Care Network (PCN) Structure in Newham. The 9 Newham PCNs are grouped into 6 CIMH Teams, managed by a North and South service manager. CIMHS is a new service, integrating a range of existing offers, including ELFT’s Enhanced Primary Care (EPC) and Assessment and Brief Treatment (ABT), with new provision funded via NHSE early implementer resource, including significant 3rd Sector provision, Peer Support and existing Social Care provision through the council.
To link with a number of GP practices and with the community recovery team catchment area teams and Consultant Psychiatrists linked to the PCNs, providing Primary Care colleagues with advice and support on cases they are managing, including carrying out assessments at the GP’s request.
To gather information from GP surgeries, CRT’s and prepare in organising provision of assessment, treatment of service users with mental health needs in the primary care settings and to supervise primary care support workers including Peer Support Workers, Community Connectors etc. To be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team and be responsible for a caseload of people with mental health problems who are being managed by Primary Care, including the administration of Depot medication;
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
This advert closes on Wednesday 15 May 2024