Job summary
- Main area
- Other 1st Level Nurse in Other Learning Disabilities
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 334-NUR-7207507-LF
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Jeanette Wallace House
- Town
- Croydon
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/06/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Psychiatric Nurse
Band 6
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to join the newly developed Forensic Intellectual and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (FIND) Community Team in South London and Maudsley (SLaM).
The FIND Team will provide safe transition for inpatients discharged from the inpatient Forensic Services to the community providing specialist assessment, treatment and consultation to the Forensic Service in order to ensure a smooth, safe and clinically justified pathway to individuals with mental illness, offending history and learning disability with or without neurodevelopmental disorder.
The three forensic services of SLaM, South West London and St Georges( SWLSTG), and Oxleas together comprise the South London Mental Health and Community Partnership (SLP). The SLP’s overarching goals centre on bringing care closer to home, improving patient pathways and outcomes by delivering excellent care in better environments. The SLP has a track record of delivering highly effective, clinically informed service developments in order to better meet the needs of service-users. The FIND provision is one such development and the SLaM FIND Team will therefore work closely with the FIND Teams in each of the other Trusts in order to expedite service-user’s transition through inpatient settings to community provision.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will have oversight of a small caseload managed in partnership with the Multi-Disciplinary team (MDT). The MDT team is a team of multi professionals with specialist skills and experience with the client group. This will include clinical assessment, treatment, planning, implementation and monitoring of outcomes. The post holder will carry out nursing procedures to a standard that ensures safe and effective care and complies with The Nursing and Midwifery Council's Code of Professional Conduct. The post holder will clinically supervise and appraise junior staff and students. There will be an expectation that the post holder will facilitate user involvement in all aspects of service delivery.
The postholder will oversee and provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation to people on their caseload within a variety of settings, and ensure records associated with this process are maintained. The post holder will carry out risk assessments for people on their caseload for example, work with the FIND Team Lead and MDT to manage these situations effectively. The role will also involve an opportunity to provide support, training and advice for junior team members and/or Trainee nursing students.
Working for our organisation
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key Responsibilities:
1) To provide specialist nursing input for adults with a diagnosis of a learning disability (LD) and/or Autism (ASD) who also experience additional mental illness, co-morbid neurodevelopmental conditions, or behaviours which challenge and who have had contact with forensic services. This will include assessment, including risk, planning and implementing care and interventions and evaluating in conjunction with the service user, the carer, MDT and other agencies.
2) Provide specialist knowledge on forensic mental health across all SLaM boroughs through active follow up of a defined caseload as well as providing expert advice and consultation e.g. CMHT's, Community LD teams, Community Forensic mental health teams, courts, police liaison meetings, probation and mental health hostels.
3) To liaise with, advise and support carers, community based mental health workers, inpatient services, support workers and primary healthcare team members. To liaise effectively with all concerned parties including GPs about CPAs, management, possible risks and contingency strategies for service users.
4) To work effectively within a multi-disciplinary context whilst maintaining the unique perspective and contribution of mental health and learning disability nursing.
5) Ensure that all service users have documented service/care plans which are reviewed and evaluated on a regular basis and that service users have copies of their care plans.
6) Manage a caseload of enhanced CPA clients acting as a care co-ordinator. Attending clinical meetings, CPN meetings, referral meetings, professional meetings as appropriate to the service user.
7) To mentor allocated RMN/RNLD student nurses and joint practitioner students. To participate in the induction of new team members.
8) To maintain accurate user documentation, establishing priorities, organising time and resources to ensure safe and effective standards to monitor/document care.
9) To actively participate in the setting, monitoring and maintenance of evidence based nursing practice and standards of care, through nursing research and clinical audits.
10) Through regular appraisal and supervision, review, maintain and promote your own professional development. Undertake regular supervision of own case load with team leader or other identified professional and ensure this is accurately recorded.
11) To act as an accountable professional in line with the NMC code of Professional Conduct and with relevant legislation
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • RNLD, RMN or RNMH .
- • Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team.
- • Evidence of continued professional development.
- • Experience of working with adults with a learning disability and mental health or behavioural needs
- • Experience of Forensic services
Desirable criteria
- • Positive behaviour support
- • Psycho-social interventions
- • Evidence based Quality Improvement/Research
- • Autonomous/lone working
- • Managing a caseload
- • Crisis management
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience of working with this client group at Band 5/6 or above.
- • Sound knowledge of current issues in the care of people with mental health problems who have learning disability and/or ASD
- • Experience of Forensic inpatient or community services.
- • Experience of providing clinical supervision to nursing staff and students.
- • Experience of working as part of a multidisciplinary team
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of working with families and carers.
- • Psycho-social interventions
Knowledge / Skills
Essential criteria
- • Sound knowledge of philosophies and models commonly in used in forensic, learning disability, ASD and mental health fields.
- • Up to date knowledge of DIALOG, CPA and the Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act, Human Rights Act and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards.
- • Working knowledge of community care legislation and its relevance for the care of people with mental health problems and intellectual disabilities
Desirable criteria
- • Dealing with complex clinical cases
- • Experience of nursing assessment
- • Experience of safe guarding management
Communication Skills
Essential criteria
- • Ability to communicate to a high standard both verbally and in writing that is simultaneously accessible to people with a learning disability and their family and carers and to professionals.
- • Experience of communicating with other staff and agencies at a variety of levels.
- • Ability to be flexible in communication strategies used.
- • Evidence of commitment to multidisciplinary work, and recognition of role of good communication in effective team work
- • Develop good working relationships with relevant inpatient Units. Attend regular review meetings and visit clients while they are in hospital.
Personal Attributes and Other
Essential criteria
- • Recognition of own limitations and strengths and ability to seek appropriate advice when needed.
- • Ability to gain the trust, confidence and respect of service users, their relatives and staff, to work in partnership with service users.
- • Capacity to be innovative and creative in your approach to clinical and consultative work and willingness to try new approaches.
- • Evidence of strong commitment to working with people with learning disabilities and mental health needs.
- • Analytical style and solution focused, disciplined, shows attention to detail and motivation to produce high quality work, managing time and workload effectively
- • Sophisticated team player motivated by achieving joint aims and objectives- flexible about hours of work, scope of task and responsibilities.
- • Genuine commitment to principles of equal opportunity, air access and service user empowerment and the ability to translate principles into practice.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- judah Raffington
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
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