Community Mental Health Nurse

1. To be responsible for the case management of a caseload of clients, including coordinating their care
2. To ensure provision of high quality and evidence-based care
3. To assess, plan, implement and review care in line with NICE guidelines and the Care Act
4. To offer and conduct carer assessments in accordance with the Care Act 2014 or to link with relevant other services providing this assessment
5. To ensure service users and their carers take as full a part as possible in case discussions, care planning and implementation
6. To offer psycho-education, relapse prevention interventions and support, as well as access to psychological help
7. To offer support and advice around work and education and to refer to specialist services, The role of the CPN is to carry a caseload of clients, to actively work to engage with and support them and to offer an early intervention in psychosis care package in accordance with NICE guidelines. This will include conducting delegated responsibilities on behalf of the London Borough of Hackney, such as Care Act assessments and responsibilities associated with safeguarding adults and children. Clear and timely recording on the clinical record, plus the preparation of statutory and other reports, are essential. CPNs will also be responsible for the administration of depot medication for the relatively small number of patients on depots and other clinically appropriate interventions. They contribute to the team duty rota, which supports both EQUIP and Heads Up. Participation in quality initiatives is encouraged and CPD and reflective practice are embedded in the team.

To form effective working relationships with:
+ Patients, their networks and carers
+ Manager, supervisor & other colleagues within EQUIP
+ Colleagues within the Early Intervention inpatient ward
+ Colleagues within the Neighbourhood Teams, Assessment and Neighbourhood Recovery Services, and other relevant community teams
+ Partner agencies, including primary care services, local authority services and voluntary agencies
+ Colleagues within other services, such as the Crisis Pathway and AMHP Services
+ Staff in other NHS Trusts
Please see the attached job description and person specification for full details.
Making Things Better
Quality Improvement is a key part of our work to improve our services and refine how we do things. We have a global reputation for our quality improvement work and we don't stand still! So we offer a fantastic opportunity for our staff to learn, lead and contribute towards improving our services.
We launched our Five Year Strategy in April 2018, which identified four main strategic outcomes to improve: population health outcomes, experience of care, staff experience and improve value. This complements the NHS Long Term Strategy and sets out our direction of travel.
Our Community
We provide a wide range of community health and mental health inpatient services to children, young people, adults of working age, and older adults in The City of London, Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire and Luton. We also provide psychological therapy services to the London Borough of Richmond, and provide Forensic services to the whole of North East London. We provide services in urban and rural settings, sometimes in our inpatient units, but mostly in the community close to where people live. Integrated care is key in making the best use of resources and providing effective care.
Aiming High
We were rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC in 2016, were proud to be rated 'Outstanding' again in 2018 and continue to be rate 'Outstanding' in 2021.. We were named in the HSJ's Top 10 best places to work in healthcare and were voted Provider Trust of the Year in 2018.
Staff and Service Users United
We strive to ensure that staff feel valued by the Trust and as they are truly pivotal in delivering better outcomes for our patients and service users. Our aspiration is to help to make ELFT the best place to work. This Trust is clinician-led and provides the highest possible level of clinical expertise throughout its services. We pride ourselves on our service user involvement. A service user will be on your assessment centre and interview panel if you are invited to meet us.
We especially welcome people with lived experience of health difficulties, with insight and understanding of different backgrounds, cultures and lifestyles in our population as we believe that this will equip staff to deliver a high standard of care to our service users and patients.
Diversity
ELFT Is committed to being a diverse organisation and our workforce is reflective of the population and communities we serve. We believe that having colleagues with a range of backgrounds and life experiences enriches and adds value to the outcomes we have set out to achieve. Having partnered and endorsed by organisations who are representative and experts in various areas of equality and diversity, we can ensure we are meeting the pre-set standards all the way from recruitment stage throughout the career journey of our employees by being accessible, having fair inclusive practices and a host of staff networks to support, nurture and celebrate our valued staff in the workplace.
Other reasons to apply
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that's job share, part time or another flexible pattern.
As part of the relocation scheme we presently have, the Trust could support you with offering up to £10,000 for removal and associated expenses. This is subject to change and terms and conditions apply.

ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving 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., EQUIP offers a community service to adult residents of Hackney and the City following a first episode of psychosis. It also works closely with the Heads Up Team, the early detection service for people who are at risk of developing psychosis. The post holders will manage a caseload of patients recovering from a first episode psychosis as well as rotate onto a duty system. The team work to NICE guidelines and within relevant legislation and policy. The post holders will work with other MDT members and be expected to develop their social, biological and psychological understandings of psychosis by attending in-house CPD/group supervisions and co-working with families., 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.

Time : 09:00 am - 16:00 pm (Come prepared to be interviewed on the day)
Morning registration: 9:00 AM -10:00 AM (We wont accept candidates for the morning session after this time)
Morning Interview : 10 am - 12:30 pm
Afternoon registration: 12:30 - 13:15 pm (We wont accept candidates for the afternoon session after this time)
Afternoon Interview : 13:15 - 16:00 pm