Community Mental Health Clinical Team Leader/ Psychiatric nurse

at  Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work as a Team Leader for Harrow Community Mental Health Hub. We are looking for an experienced Mental Health Nurse to join the team to work in the community with Adults with mental health needs and support the team with the day to day running of a busy mental health service
The role is suitable for nurses who have experience in working in the community and for someone seeking to develop their leadership and management skills
Harrow Community Mental Health Hub, based in Harrow and Wealdstone is looking for a passionate RMN who is looking to make a difference whilst working in an environment that promotes staff development and training opportunities . CNWL is passionate about developing its own staff , driving them to go on to become more established practitioners and this post is no different.
The CMHH is an exciting area to work in as it is at the forefront of mental health transformation in line with the five year forward plan and Harrow services are pioneering Trauma Informed Approaches. To be considered for this post you will need to be a registered mental health nurse and be keen to develop experience of working in multi-disciplinary teams who care for adults within mental health secondary care sector.
The post holder will work as a Clinical Team Leader in the Borough team providing brief clinical and social care intervention for service users.
To Triage referrals and co-ordinate duty assessments,
Be responsible for the supervision of staff & their case load.
Facilitate appropriate clinical practice of the team including CPN’s, OT’s, Administrative staff and AMHPS.
Draw up the monthly rotas
Develop and maintain close professional relationships with GP’s and other professionals.
Ensure staff practices in a safe, appropriate and professional way with service users and their carers.
Attend professional practice forums
Organise and investigate Safeguarding alerts in line with local Safeguarding policies.
Chair clinical and team meetings as appropriate.
Provide senior support to the Team Manager
To assist the team to be compliant with KPI and monitor electronic records
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
Commitment from the team to develop you by offering Preceptorship and in-house development sessions
Free access to our Staff and Wellbeing service to ensure that you are always looking after yourself
Commitment to career mapping to ensure continuous professional development including opportunities within the Trust
On-site shadowing opportunities including HTT, Psych Liaison and many more
Local nursing, social work or OT forums run by one of the senior leads
An opportunity to work with a friendly, dynamic, passionate and diverse team who are committed to looking after each other as well as their patients
To identify vulnerable service users in Primary Care and deploy resources in an effective manner to meet their needs within existing budgets.
To carry out needs assessment of individuals presenting to the duty service using FACS criteria.
To promote and support self-care, recognising the important role of individuals, their families and carers as co-producers of health.
To identify vulnerable adults and provide effective programmes of support that protect and promote their health and wellbeing, intervening appropriately when a person’s safety or welfare is at risk.
To ensure that CNWL Trust and LA protocols are adhered to by team members.  To cover for the absences of senior colleagues as appropriate and as required by service needs.
To contribute to the implementation of the Clinical Governance agenda including Target Setting for Teams, Clinical Audit.
Participate as a key member of the Borough Service to ensure collaborative and innovative practice

Please refer the Job description for details