The interviews for this vacancy will be held at our Trust wide recruitment event on 30th January 2025. Please apply as per the usual process.

As the next phase of the "Think 111 First" service, NHS England have launched a major new campaign to encourage the use of the “111, Press 2” service for mental health. 

Locally, in North Central London this service is hosted in partnership by Barnet Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust and Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust. This hub, based at St Ann’s Hospital will provide a 24/7, all-age service for people who need advice and support with a mental health need. 

As part of the new hub, you will also have the opportunity to support the Mental Health Clinical Advice Line for Police with their often-difficult Section 136 decisions, and where appropriate signposting them to alternatives to the use of Section 136 across London.

This is a fabulous opportunity to be part of these new and re-designed services in NCL through supporting the expansion of the Crisis Single Point of Access offer across North Central London.

So, if you're a skilled mental health nurse or practitioner who has effective and compassionate communication skills and are committed to delivering high quality healthcare advice, then we have a fantastic opportunity for you to join our Crisis Hub in North Central London.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be skilled in assessment, risk assessment and possess sound decision-making skills for people in mental health crisis, managing professional boundaries and knowing how to respond to escalations to enable formulations of crisis safety plans from junior colleagues.
• The post holder will be experienced in delivering a range of interventions to alleviate distress. They will be expected to work under minimal supervision, with adherence to Trust procedures and policies, and to employ value based and socially inclusive practice.
• The post holder will act as an effective role model and supervisor to junior members of the team to ensure they work to high standards.

Working for our organisation  

In order to meet the needs of the new Trust services you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Enfield and Harringay Trust and Camden and Islington Trust. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.

Person specification

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria

• NMC Registration as RMN, or current registration with relevant professional body

Desirable criteria

• Mentorship qualification or equivalent.
• Evidence of post registration training.

Experience

Essential criteria

• Minimum of 18 months post qualification experience.
• Previous experience as a clinician in an acute or community mental health setting.

Desirable criteria

• Ability and experience in dealing with developing and implementing systems that support clinical excellence.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

Essential criteria

• Ability to implement policies and procedures, leading their implementation where appropriate.
• Able to evidence current and practice knowledge of legal, social, clinical, managerial and policy issues related to the clinical specialty and the wider NHS.

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge of a full range of therapeutic skills and approaches supported by further training in the specialty and management practice

Thank you for your interest for the North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT), it is an exciting time to join us and being part of our journey to improve mental health care across North London and deliver excellent services to our local people. We will achieve this through the North London Way, as we: 

Collaborate at every level by living our Values to create the right conditions for us all to work together. Develop our new Trust culture, to help make our new Trust a great place to work and to receive great care. Empower our teams to lead the planned improvements in our services, by skilling them and giving them the tools to make the changes. Focus on delivering excellence at every level to improve our performance and ensure consistently high-quality care across all our services. Ensure that research, Quality Improvement, and technology lead the way and are embedded in our services. Take a trauma informed approach to everything we do We proactively welcome diversity in our workforce and pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer.  We aim to recruit from our local communities and provide opportunities to all including apprenticeships, veterans, care leavers and more.

The North London Way to deliver, Better Mental Health, Better Lives, Better Communities.

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