Community Mental Health Nurse ICMP Team

We are looking for a motivated, skilled, and experienced Nurse to join our Community Mental Health Services in Bromley East ICMP Team. The post is based at Carlton Parade, Orpington, Kent.
The post holder will be committed to improving the mental and physical well being of mental health service users that are accessing care in our team.
Interviews for this post will be held December 2024 - The interviews will be conducted via a face to face panel interview at the team base., The post holder will be responsible for a caseload of service users who have complex and substantial mental health needs. They will work as a member of the MDT ensuring that high quality individualised care is delivered and that this promotes recovery and maximise independence.
The post holder will be responsible for undertaking comprehensive assessment of service users and carers mental health and social care needs, in accordance with National CPA Guidance.
The post holder will be working in a supportive diverse team, where there are opportunities for personal development., + Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality nursing care, contributing to the physical, psychological, social, recreational and spiritual care in a recovery-focused way through therapeutic engagement and activities, and taking steps to address any issues that arise.
+ Leading on and undertaking activities to ensure that the fundamentals of care are met - nutrition, hydration, hygiene, comfort, emotional and social support:
+ Co-ordinating and evaluating collaborative patient centred care; getting feedback and improving plans with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
+ Providing accurate information about care in an accessible format to patients and their relatives / carers.
+ Liaising and working positively with members of the multi- disciplinary team and partner organisations.
+ Administering, and monitoring the side-effects of, medication; monitoring service user compliance.
+ Safety: safe custody of medicines, sharps, clinical equipment, report all incidents following trust policy.
+ Leading and supporting/teaching junior staff on risk assessment and risk management that involves making decisions based on knowledge of the research evidence, knowledge of the individual service user and their social context, knowledge of the service user's own experience and clinical judgment.
+ Supporting and supervising junior staff to develop the management of care needs through:
+ Initial data collection
+ Monitoring of individual service user / patient progress
+ Feedback and discussion
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that welcomes and supports individuals of all abilities. Remember, if you meet the minimum criteria for this role and you have a disability, you can be guaranteed an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme - Please ensure you select this on your application form. We would encourage you to be open about your needs so we can work with you to design a comfortable and accessible interview experience. Any information you provide regarding a disability or a need for adjustments will be treated in confidence and will only be shared with colleagues who are supporting this request.
If you require any adjustments to participate fully in the interview process, please let us know by adding the relevant details when scheduling your preferred interview date and time. Please feel free to contact the appointing manager to discuss your needs.

Working for our organisation
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
+ We're Kind
+ We're
+ We Listen
+ We Care