Community Mental Health Professional - London, United Kingdom - South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Lewisham Community Mental Health Team (CMHT N3) have undergone service transformation.

The transformation is about enhancing the quality of our service delivery, improving the experiences of those using our services, maintaining staff morale and to ensure services are meeting the NHS Long Term Plan.

It is an exciting time to be part of this transformation in Lewisham, getting involved in improved ways of working due to investment in resources.

The Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) is a generic team integrated with Lewisham Social Care in working with all adults experiencing severe and enduring mental illness.

The new CMHTs are are no longer based on diagnosis and work with all individuals from a locality who have mental health needs that require support from secondary care.

We are looking for an enthusiastic mental health professional / care coordinator with a professional background in either Nursing, Social work or Occupational Therapy to join this highly experienced and supportive Multi-disciplinary CMHT, covering the South of the borough.

The post holder will work as Care Coordinator / Community Mental Health Nurse for a caseload of service users in the local community who have complex mental health difficulties, and work with their carers where applicable.

The post holder will be expected to have excellent self-management skills, and work collaboratively within the team.

The post holder must be able to formulate flexible, robust and holistic care plans with service users and/or carers, to work well under pressure, be experienced in dynamic risk assessment, and to have excellent communication skills.

Benefits:

Generous pay, pensions and leave, comprehensive pay, pensions and leave package which is dependent on the role and length of service.
Work life balance, flexible working and support a range of flexible options, such as: parttime working and job sharing.
Career development, There are plenty of opportunities to progress your career and we support your development through a number of programmes such as mentoring, coaching, positive people management, collective leadership and other talent programmes
Car lease, our staff benefits from competitive deals to lease cars
Accommodation, our staff benefits from keyworker housing available which is available on selected sites
NHS discounts, with discounts up to 10% from a variety of wellknown retail brands though Health Service Discounts website.
We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We have career pathways available, where you will be able to develop your skills and build on your experience to progress into other roles across different specialties.

Job Purpose:

The post holder will deliver, or advise on the delivery of, high quality safe care, ensuring consistently high standards of practice and clinical excellence which comply with their registered professional body and code of professional conduct.

As a Community Mental Health Professional you will promote and develop clinical leadership and clinical practice and be a positive role model to junior members of the team through the practice of evidence-based care.

You will be expected to support professional development through clinical appraisal and supervision and contribute to the ongoing educational programme for staff, fostering a positive learning environment.

You will be encouraged and supported by your line manager to undertake further training.

As a senior member of staff working within the South London Mental Health and Community Partnership you are required to encourage and foster collaborative and cross organisational working.

Our values and commitments:

I promise to.

Be caring, kind and polite
Do what I say I'm going to do
Take the time and listen to you
Be honest and direct with you
Be prompt and value your time

Communications and Working Relationships:

Service users and carers:
Daily

Professional colleagues:
Daily

Supervisor and supervisees:
At least monthly.

Other teams/departments:
As required

Referring agencies At least weekly

Police, probation, AMHP service; psychiatric liaison team; forensic services: As required

Support services:
As required

Voluntary Community Services part of or linked to the Centre: As required

Core Responsibilities:

As a practitioner working in a community setting you will promote and deliver evidence-based care for service users with mental health conditions in their own homes and within a variety of accommodation settings.

Working autonomously within the parameters of the role leading and supporting junior staff and wider care team to implement the delivery of quality 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.

Demonstrating an enhanced under