Community Mental Health Nurse – Forensic Support Plus Team

Global Healthcare Jobs, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency 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

Benefits of working with us:

• Fully online and paperless registration service
• Free DBS and compliance service including paid for mandatory e-learning and practical training modules (if applicable)
• Exclusive access to roles that aren’t available with other agencies; NHSBT, The Home Office and Vaccination Centres (private and public) are just some of the projects we’ve recently recruited to.
• £250 refer a friend bonus once referral has worked 100 hours (uncapped – T&Cs apply)
• Registration body costs covered based on length of service (T&Cs apply)
• Find your own job bonus – Receive £250 for bringing your own position to us
• Clinical governance and revalidation support from an in-house qualified health professional with over 15 years experience
• Your own dedicated consultant with extensive experience within the healthcare sector
• Daily payroll and in-house payroll system

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.