Clinical Specialist Nurse - Islington CMHT | Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 22 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £42,471 - £50,364 Per annum inclusive of Inner London HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 June 2024 |
| Location: | London, N7 9NY |
| Company: | Camden And Islington NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6331737/455-CANDI-687-E |
Summary
We are the Islington Services for Ageing and Mental Health (SAMH) Community Mental Health Team (CMHT), a high-quality health and social care service in the London Borough of Islington provided by the Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust, who are passionate about supporting older adults with mental illness and/or people affected by dementia.
We’re seeking to recruit a nurse who shares our passion to strive towards excellence in older people’s mental health and dementia care, with a keen interest in service development and quality improvement and who encourages a workplace based on our Trust’s culture pillars where staff and service users feel safe, valued and are empowered.
We are a busy service and caseloads are reflective of this. This requires you to have good organisational skills and an ability to work independently. The role involves visiting patients at home and you therefore must be able to get around Islington using Public Transport and/or walking/cycling.
You’ll be able to demonstrate experience in working with older people and/or dementia care and excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You should have an understanding of the wider health and social care system. Being computer literate is a must and you have to be able to use Word, Excel and other relevant IT systems.
If you have the right values for the Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust you will be supported by a programme of continuous training and development. The position offers opportunities to get involved in Quality Improvement projects and to become champion/lead in specific area relevant to the role. You will also be responsible for supervising other members of the team.
We’re keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us deliver our Trust priorities:
• Early and effective intervention– we offer a range of evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
• Helping people to live well– we use the DIALOGUE+ approach for holistic care planning
• Research and innovation– we promote opportunities for research with our patients and carers
• Keeping our service users, carers and staff safe– we have several QI projects in the service to develop safe and effective ways of working
As a nurse within Islington SAMH CMHT you will be responsible for a caseload of older adults who require health and/or social care interventions. You will carry out a range of interventions, varying from administering a depot to carrying out an assessment under the Care Act and you will regularly see your patients, and their carers, in their own homes. You will be supported by a multidisciplinary team and work closely with the clinical lead nurse for the team.
This advert closes on Tuesday 4 Jun 2024