Community Psychiatric Nurse Older People Services

A Vacancy at Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust.

To work as a member of the Community Mental Health Team. To provide effective care and specialist advice for people with complex mental health needs and their carers, in order to support
their wellbeing and recovery.

To liaise with other agencies in planning and assessing programmes of care. Provide formal, ongoing clinical supervision and caseload management supervision to junior and less experienced community mental health staff, as directed.

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.

Carry overall responsibility for the management of a caseload in the role of care co-ordinator
/care manager, as defined by the Care Programme Approach and other government and local
directives. Ensure that the service of the CMHT i.e. nursing, social care, occupational therapy
and psychology is carried out effectively within a multidisciplinary framework and in collaboration with other agencies. Maintain contact with service users on their caseload during periods of admission, including attendance at MDT meetings. To take lead in the planning and implementation of the client's re-integration back into the community.
2. Provide service users and their carers with a service that is culturally sensitive and gives due consideration to any special needs

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.



• 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,staffand visitors.



• Creating and working together to becomea great placeto 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.


The postholder will need to be comfortable working in an environment of complex matrix management arrangements and willat all timesbehave and align with our Trusts' values and cultural pillars:


• We are kind



• We are respectful



• We work together



• We keep things simple



• We empower



• We are proudly diverse


In order tomeet the needs of the new Partnership services you may berequiredfrom time to time to work atdifferent locationsto your normal place of work.

1. Carry overall responsibility for the management of a caseload in the role of care co-ordinator /care manager, as defined by the Care Programme Approach and other government and local directives. Ensure that the service of the CMHT i.e. nursing, social care, occupational therapy and psychology is carried out effectively within a multidisciplinary framework and in collaboration with other agencies. Maintain contact with service users on their caseload during periods of admission, including attendance at MDT meetings. To take lead in the planning and implementation of the client's re-integration back into the community.
2. Provide service users and their carers with a service that is culturally sensitive and gives due consideration to any special needs