Depot / Specialist Clozapine Clinic Nurse | NELFT NHS Foundation Trust

Redbridge Integrated Care Directorate invites applications for the post of Band 6 Specialist Depot/Clozapine Mental Health Nurse.

The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary Mental Health Wellbeing Team in Redbridge.

NELFT fully promotes professional development and personal training, monthly supervision, CPD, annual appraisal, audit, research, and work-based Quality Improvement and innovation. There is the opportunity to support junior staff, and mentor students.

This is an exciting time to join NELFT.

NELFT has recently launched the mental health transformation programme and aims to radically transform our whole model of mental health care and support.

The integrated teams will merge assessment, brief intervention, and recovery services. Our intention is not just to redesign care pathways but to develop a new ethos and culture that helps transform how we work together with our partners as 'one team' sharing care. There is new investment for mental health, peer support, and Support Time and Recovery workers to support the integrated teams in providing seamless care around the individual, their families, and their social networks.

The post holder will be required to manage and have responsibility for a busy Depot Clinic and at times cover the Clozapine Clinic in absence of the regular Clozapine Clinic nurse. You will also have responsibility for those service users under the MHWT without Care coordinators or key workers. Your responsibility will be to ensure risk assessment are updated, medical review is booked, and physical health screening has been carried out.

The post holder will also be required to utilise evidence-based practice, client centred approaches to assess service users mental state as they attend clinic and sign post as appropriate. The Post Holder will respect diversity, practice ethically and aim to challenge inequalities within service delivery.

In consultation with the matron the post holder will maintain effective communication with statutory and voluntary services, service users and carers within NELFT and Redbridge.

The post holder will be required to undertake specific duties on behalf of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Teams, which will include supervision of some junior staff, mentorship, teaching and assessing of nursing students on placement within the team.

The post holder will contribute as required by the team manager in the process of service audit, evaluation, development in line with the National Service Framework and the Modernisation Agenda within Mental Health Services.

COVID-19 Vaccination
We continue to encourage all staff to ensure that they have been double vaccinated and received their booster. We recognise that taking the vaccine provides the best defence against COVID 19 for our patients, our staff and their families.
Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focusing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement - London
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of15% of basic salary, with a minimum of £4,551 and maximum of £5,735, pro rata for part time staff.

1. To provide a comprehensive, accessible and responsive mental health services to adults within the local area.
2. To deliver physical health interventions to patients under the service inclusive of phlebotomy.
3. To competently run and management the clozapine clinic as a team and at times autonomously.
4. To at times support in administer long acting injections alongside facilitate clozapine monitoring.
5. To continually develop clinical, team and service evaluation and delivery of the service.
6. To contribute to effective multi-disciplinary working within the MHWT and build effective liaison with community, primary and other secondary and tertiary services and agencies within the area.
7. To meet the changing demands of the service as required.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

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