Job summary
- Main area
- Forensic Community Psychiatric Nurse
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Job ref
- 363-FOR7145804
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Community Forensic Service
- Town
- Hackney, London
- Closing
- 25/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Forensic Community Psychiatric Nurse
Band 7
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving 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.
Job overview
East London Community Forensic Service (ELCFS) is an enhanced multidisciplinary service providing care, treatments and support to service users in the process of and following discharge from secure care services. ELCFS also provide a liaison and consultation service to secondary care mental health services. ELCFS serve/cover both ELFT(Newham, City and Hackney and Tower Hamlets) and NELFT(Barking & Dagenham, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham forest)localities.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated band 7 registered mental health nurse to join our expanding service.
This role will provide the successful candidate with the opportunity to work in and be part of the NHS England’s innovative” specialist community forensic team model” that focuses on: 1) providing INREACH support to help service users move safely towards discharge, therefore reduce length of stay in secure care. 2) providing enhanced support in the community and so promote sustained recovery and quality of life in the community, reducing recalls to hospital.
The successful candidate will be responsible for managing a caseload of service users discharged from the forensic inpatient services into the community. You will act as a care coordinator for the allocated service users in designated locality and work collaboratively with relevant agencies, services, families and carers.
The postholder will be expected service to one or more of the localities covered by the service(e.g Newham)
Main duties of the job
Care Co-ordinate locality forensic patients that are discharged from forensic services into the community as agreed by the MDT sector team.
To undertake comprehensive specialist forensic nursing assessments of mentally disordered offenders in a variety of complex settings related to the forensic or community mental health teams to which they belong.
To plan, implement and evaluate care programmes that are developed which reduce the risk of violence and re-offending of the forensic patient in the community.
Engage in the quality improvement projects and use related approaches to think systemically about complex problems, develop potential change ideas and test these in practice using the Trust’s QI framework
Be able to administer medication safely and in accordance with relevant policies and procedures.
To represent the forensic community mental health services at the Multi-Agency Public Protection Meetings and/or the local Mentally Disordered Offenders Group within your locality as required.
To provide specialist advice to the locality teams on how to effectively manage mentally disordered offenders in the community, provide support, and risk assessment/management with regard to their transfer and care within the community.
To provide packages of care and psycho–education for mentally disordered offenders and their families/carers that takes account of the complexities of family systems and their significant social networks.
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
Fore detailed job description and main responsibilities for this role, please refer to the attached documents
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria
- RMN Part III of the NMC Register
- Relevant Post Graduate qualification in Forensic Practice, Mental Health and Community Mental Health Nursing (e.g. ENB A71, Diploma (Thorn), ENB 650, Appropriate Degree)
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria
- Evidence of working towards an appropriate degree or Msc.
- HCR-20 risk assessment (or willingness to complete)
- ENB 998/Mentorship course
Desirable criteria
- PCL-R, SVR Risk Assessments
- Dual Diagnosis training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant experience at Band 6 or above in a forensic setting
- Experience of working with patients who have offended
- Previous experience of working with patients with complex needs e.g. MDO’s, Personality Disorder and Learning Difficulties.
- Experience in inter-agency working.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in diverse inner city areas
- Experience of line managing staff
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Skilled in conducting nursing assessments and ability to formulate care plans and packages of care.
- Knowledge of M.H.A. 1983as amended by 2007
- Demonstrates comprehensive knowledge of the CPA framework
- Knowledge of the Criminal Justice Act and Multi agency working across the field of the Criminal Justice System and Mental Health.
Desirable criteria
- Skilled in using a problem solving approach
- Ability to contribute to new strategies and policy development
- Teaching skills both in clinical and educational settings.
- Knowledge of different treatment models relating to the client group.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
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
- Banza Mulumba
- Job title
- Community Forensic Service Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 510 4960
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