Job Overview
We are looking for a compassionate and motivated Band 5 Registered Mental Health Nurse to join the Queens Park and Paddington (QPP) Community Mental Health Hub (CMHH) in Westminster.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your skills within a supportive multidisciplinary team, delivering recovery focused and person centred care to adults accessing community mental health services. You will work alongside experienced clinicians and receive regular supervision, support, and development opportunities to build confidence within community mental health practice.
This post is ideal for a nurse who is enthusiastic about learning, developing professionally, and contributing to innovative and collaborative ways of working within a busy and dynamic community mental health hub.
This 6 month secondment opportunity would suit either a newly qualified nurse looking to develop community mental health experience, or an inpatient nurse wishing to broaden their skills within a supportive community setting.
Main duties of the job
- Develop and deliver recovery focused care in collaboration with service users and their family /carers.
- Provide information and psychoeducation surrounding mental health conditions and medication.
- Uphold legal frameworks which underpin service delivery.
- Assess risks, the management of risks and effectiveness of interventions.
- Signposting / referral to external services when required.
- Develop good working relationships with neighbouring teams to enable effective co‑working and responsive transfers of care if necessary.
- Act as duty officer on a rota basis.
- Support the administration and monitoring of medication.
Working for our organisation
At QPP, we are committed to creating a supportive and inclusive environment where learning, reflection and development are actively encouraged.
As a Band 5 nurse, you will receive a robust induction, regular supervision and access to role appropriate training, including psychosocial interventions, physical health skills such as venepuncture and ECGs, and opportunities to build confidence in community mental health nursing.
We value staff wellbeing and offer flexible working where possible, protected learning time and a strong team culture that prioritises kindness, collaboration and mutual support.
As part of CNWL, you will also have access to a wide range of staff wellbeing resources, award winning staff networks and a comprehensive NHS benefits package to support your work life balance.
Detailed Job Description
As part of the Community Mental Health Hub, you will contribute to the day‑to‑day clinical running of the service while developing your skills and confidence as a community mental health nurse.
You will take part in duty days, supporting timely responses to service users, carers and professionals. This includes responding to queries, identifying risk, escalating concerns appropriately and working with senior staff to coordinate care.
You will gain experience in triage work, learning how referrals are received, reviewed and processed. This will include contributing to brief assessments, gathering key information, supporting risk identification, and assisting with signposting, onward referral or allocation, with guidance from senior clinicians.
You will attend Therapies Hub meetings and contribute to discussions where referrals are being considered for psychological interventions. This includes presenting relevant information, highlighting risk, and developing an understanding of thresholds and pathways.
You will support physical health monitoring through assessment and follow up, including basic observations, health promotion and healthy lifestyle advice, working within your competencies and with supervision.
You will hold a defined caseload appropriate to your level of experience, providing ongoing support, reviews and interventions under supervision, and developing skills in managing workload, prioritisation and documentation.
You will contribute to service quality and improvement activity, including supporting audits, data collection and KPI related work, and developing an understanding of how community services measure safety, quality and performance.
You will work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues and partner services, and engage in regular supervision, reflective practice and training to support your development within the Community Mental Health Hub.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current Professional Qualification in mental health nursing. Registration must be live with professional body NMC.
- Evidence of post registration training and CPD.
Desirable criteria
- Training in Psychosocial Interventions (DBT skills, Motivational Interviewing Skills, CBT skills); Other relevant training, e.g. substance misuse, group facilitation skills or experience.
- Physical Health Assessment Skills: Venepuncture, ECG and interpretation skills.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience working in a mental health or substance misuse setting in a ward or community based setting.
- Experience in undertaking risk assessment and risk management.
Desirable criteria
- Work with clients with acute or severe and enduring mental health problems who are homeless or rootless.
- Work with people experiencing mental health crisis.
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including report writing, presentations and IT skills.
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate a comprehensive care package for the identified client group, using a wide range of resources.
- Able to develop a comprehensive programme of intervention and support for the identified client group and their families.
- Can demonstrate understanding of the needs of diverse groups, e.g. residents of inner city, black and minority ethnic groups, and have skills in engaging with them.
- Able to build constructive relationships with clients and carers using warmth and empathy, with good communication skills.
- Skills in psychosocial interventions.
- Knowledge of current legislation and guidance applicable to this client group.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to motivate others, use initiative and manage change; confident in autonomous working.
- Experience with dual diagnosis or substance misuse.
- Basic counselling and group work skills.
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