Community Mental Health Nurse | 306 North London NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Mental Health Nurse in the Barnet Intensive Enablement Team as we are looking to expand our friendly, approachable and effective service. We are committed to transforming our service into a quality rehabilitation team and need additional skilled staff to help us achieve our ambition. As one of our CPNs you will work as a member of the multidisciplinary team, providing effective care and specialist advice for people with psychosis and complex mental health needs and their carers, in order to support their wellbeing and recovery. You will liaise with other agencies in planning and assessing programmes of care, including providers of residential and supported accommodation ( mental health specific) . You will have the opportunities to be creative and facilitate group work and provider events. You will also lead on physical health projects within the team. You will have the opportunity to undertake duties designed to extend clinical and managerial expertise as delegated by the manager when required. This will include deputising in the absence of the Senior Practitioner CPN

• Carry overall responsibility for the management of a caseload
• Deliver effective care and treatment that is carried out within a multidisciplinary framework and in collaboration with other agencies.
• Involve service users and their carers in planning care that includes all of their individual and diverse needs.
• Design individual programmes of care collaboratively with patients to maximize self management and social inclusion and reflect their own goals and aspirations. Review and adjust plans according to changing service user needs.
• Provide evidence based therapeutic interventions using developed interpersonal skills such as CBT or psycho-education.
• Provide service users and their carers with clear and intelligible information which will assist them in making informed decisions about their treatment and care.
• Be creative and facilitate groups and provider engagement sessions
• Lead on physical health projects with the senior practitioner CPN.
• Provide evidence based therapeutic interventions using developed interpersonal skills such as CBT or psycho-education.
• Provide service users and their carers with clear and intelligible information which will assist them in making informed decisions about their treatment and care.
• Administer medication, monitor for effects and side-effects, in accordance with NMC Standards and Trust policies.
• Facilitate vocational rehabilitation and those aspects of mental health recovery concerning occupation.
The partnership between Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust (BEH) and Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust (C&I) is going from strength to strength since it was originally established in 2021 forming the North London Mental Health Partnership.


• We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
• Deliver the best care using the most up-to-date practise in supporting those with mental health illnesses.
• Transforming and creating a positive environment for our service users, staff and visitors.
• Creating and working together to become a great place to work for all our staff.
• We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.
• Generous Annual Leave Allowance
• NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.
• We have excellent internal staff network support groups.
Why choose to join the Partnership?
• We believe that by working together, our two Trusts can achieve more for the residents of North Central London and our patients than we can by working apart.
• We offer flexible working, a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives, NHS Pension and so much more.
• Generous Annual Leave Allowance
• NHS Discounts in a large variety of retail stores and services.
• We have excellent internal staff network support groups.