Community Mental Health Nurse - Forensic Support Plus Team - #63978

Sanctuary Personnel, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency with a TrustPilot score of 4.9/5 and nearly 1,000 reviews is currently looking for an experienced and dedicated Community Mental Health Nurse to take on a new ongoing contract role.

Community Mental Health Nurse Pay Rate: £26 per hour (assignment rate)

Location: Bethlem Royal Hospital Beckenham, London

Contract Type: Locum 3 month contract

Working Pattern: Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm

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• Expert Guidance and Support: Benefit from personalised clinical governance and revalidation support from our in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years of experience. We're here to ensure you're always on top of your game.
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• Professional Development: Working as a locum provides opportunities for continuous professional development. You may encounter new challenges, technologies, and best practices in different settings, which can enhance your clinical skills and knowledge.
  
  

Duties Of The Community Mental Health Nurse

• Supporting service users who have been / are known to the criminal justice system, and have spent 5+ more years in an inpatient setting. They may have experienced difficult discharges in the past necessitating intensive support from the team to reduce this risk.
• Assessing inpatient service users referred into the team for caseload suitability.
• Case management that includes routine reviews of patient mental state, risk assessment, risk management planning, care plans, physical health screens.
• Candidates will also be required to administer depot medication.
• Liaise with various stake holders including carers / relatives, supported housing providers, Jigsaw Team, National Probation Service, Police , MAPPA, Housing Services, Inpatient services, Social Services and other outpatient services.
• Attend CPA reviews, tribunals, associate managers hearings, inpatient discharge planning meetings / ward rounds.
• Complete quarterly MOJ reports and send referral forms and safeguarding referrals to Social Work Team when required.
  
  

Requirements Of The Community Mental Health Nurse

• Degree or equivalent in Mental Health Nursing
• Experience working as a Community Psychiatric Nurse
• NMC Registration
• Experience working in an NHS setting
• Familiar with EPJS (SLAM’s patient journey system).
  
  

Contact

This Community Mental Health Nurse job is advertised by Deane Garrard; if you are interested in this position please click above to apply now.

We welcome applications from: Community Mental Health Nurses, Mental Health Nurses, Nurses, Psychiatric Nurses & Community Nurses as we have vacancies that match with these job titles. Online remote nurse jobs are available from time to time so please get in touch.

Regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet these requirements for this Community Psychiatric Nurse role as we need to meet our clients requirements.

Reasonable Adjustments

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into you work placement.