Staff NurseNHS AfC: Band 7

Job overview

Staff Nurse (Primary Care Mental Health Practitioner)

We are seeking to recruit a Staff Nurse to join our team

Our transformation work aims for teams of clinical and non-clinical staff to work together to make a greater positive impact on the health and lives of groups and communities of people living with mental ill-health. Through providing more integrated care across mental and physical health services in inner London, we have been able to test new ways of working within our ‘blended’ teams, to deliver improvements aligned to the implementation of the Community Mental Health Framework for Adults and Older Adults.

A key feature of our approach has been the development of a care offer delivered by staff from multiple partner organisations within the footprint of a Primary Care Network to deliver what really matters to people who need mental health support in that neighbourhood.

This role (which is jointly funded by the Primary Care Network (PCN) and ELFT) will be embedded in this new team structure, and represents an exciting opportunity to accelerate the transformation work underway across East London, while also bringing additional capacity to the new care models for those with serious mental illness, complex emotional needs, and disordered eating. You will support local GP practices to help rebuild and reconnect healthcare teams

Main duties of the job

As a registered Nurse, you will be expected to work with some autonomy within this system, but

would also connect into professional support structures already in existence in ELFT. You would also

be expected to work closely with other roles as part of the PCN’s core multi-disciplinary team to help

address the potential range of biopsychosocial needs of service users with mental health problems

via personalized approaches (for example, PCN clinical pharmacists and social prescribing link

workers). You will be responsible for patients allocated to you, and will work alongside them to

assess, plan and deliver their care, including being professionally and legally accountable.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To promote and offer a range of clinical and non-clinical interventions within the PCN Mental

Health Team

2. To provide assessment and care planning expertise relevant to your profession

3. To contribute to the on-going development and transformation of the care system

4. To provide effective signposting to a range of health, social, voluntary sector and community-

based resources and services.

5. To work with service users to:

a. support shared decision-making about self-management;

b. provide brief psychological interventions, where qualified to do so and where

appropriate;

6. To, where possible, operate without the need for formal referral from GPs, including accepting

some direct bookings where appropriate.

7. To support the PCN practices in order to achieve specific targets relevant to mental health as

may be dictated by local and national contracts (DES, NIS. QOF)

8. To participate at practice and network-based MDTs, share good practice and take part in

training activities for other members of the MDT.

9. To work in GP practices and support the team in reviewing patients with Depression and

Anxiety who are usually managed in Primary care only.

10. To attend relevant meetings and work collaboratively with colleagues to enhance patient care.

Person specification

Education / Qulifications

Essential criteria

• • Relevant degree level Nursing qualification • Registered as a nurse with the Nursing & Midwifery Council
• • Evidence of post registration continued professional development, qualifications or equivalent experience
• • Educated to degree level or equivalent experience

Knowledge and Skills

Essential criteria

• • Excellent communications skills
• • Knowledge of NICE guidance in relation to a wide range of mental disorders a clear clinical outcomes is embedded into practice the ability to ensure that evidence based practice with

Desirable criteria

• • Skills in using electronic clinical systems and associated Microsoft 365 applications

Experience

Essential criteria

• • Experience practicing as a Mental Health Nurse in the Community
• • Previous experience of functioning as a team member
• • Previous experience of Management and Clinical Supervision, including annual appraisal
• • Previous experience of service development, quality improvement and of bringing innovation and new ideas to practice
• • Previous experience of working within the health or care system• Previous experience of working within the health or care system

Desirable criteria

• services
• • Experience of using DIALOG+ (as a service user or professional)