Health Care Facilitator | West London NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 02 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £31,944 - £34,937 per annum pro rata inclusive of 20% HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 02 July 2025 |
| Location: | London, W6 8NF |
| Company: | West London Mental Health Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7247791/222-LS-HF-AMHS-316 |
Summary
The HBPoS provides a place of safety for those detained under S135 and S136 of the Mental Health Act. The service provides a safe place for those detained to be assessed by the HBPoS team, S12 approved doctors and AMHP. The post holder will provide care, support and assessments of all clients who enter the HBPoS.
The HBPoS is a nursing led service which provides intensive support, treatment and care for up to 24 hours for people who are deemed to be experiencing a mental health crisis.
We aim to maintain excellent interpersonal relationships with both internal and external parties to ensure we provide comprehensive and holistic care to our service users in the short amount of time we have.
· To provide holistic nursing care to clients including physical assessments, risk assessments, mental state assessments, intensive interventions to highly distressed individuals and complete relevant assessment tools.
· To contact S12 doctor and provide accurate and comprehensive handover of clients’ attendance and presentation within 1 hour of clients’ arrival.
· To contact AMHP and provide a handover of presentation and complete necessary documentation to facilitate assessment.
· To gather collateral information on clients from both internal and external resources.
· Appropriately manage highly emotional, abusive or threatening clients and defuse such situations when appropriate, often under difficult and hostile circumstances.
· Support with quality improvement in the service
· To work under the supervision of a registered nurse. To maintain timely and accurate patient written / electronic records under supervision and in line with Trust and service line policy and procedure.
West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.
Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ over 5,000 staff, of whom 59% are BME. Our turnover for 2024-25 is over £500m.
The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.
The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
This advert closes on Thursday 5 Jun 2025