Trosolwg o'r swydd

Thank you for your interest in this Band 6 Mental Health Practitioner position within our Ealing Community Rehabilitation Service (CRS). This is a full-time and permanent position and attracts 15% Outer London weighting. We welcome applications from both Registered Mental Health Nurses (registered with the NMC) and qualified Social Workers (registered with Social Work England).

West London NHS Trust’s Community Rehabilitation Services have been operational for approximately 5 years and have recently gone through a period of review. We are in the process of implementing the findings of that review, which include a shift from the Care Coordinator role towards a named-worker model that allows for more specific professional and clinical input to occur. The emphasis of these changes is to ensure that the service meets and exceeds the current quality standards for community rehabilitation for psychosis, and aims to provide the highest standards of clinical care possible

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

Provide comprehensive biopsychosocial assessments, reviews and interventions to service users.

Be an autonomous practitioner who will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload of service users.

To contribute to working in partnership with service users in the designated care group with complex health presentations, developing their care and support plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives.

Work at all times to promote the safety and the wellbeing of service users and their families/carers. The post holder will assess, plan and implement care, and provide specialist nursing advice and carry out specialist nursing procedures. They will provide clinical supervision to staff and students. To contribute to work in partnership with service users in the designated care group with complex health presentations, developing their care and support plans to enable them to lead fulfilling lives.

Provide expertise to the health and social care agenda within community services, ensuring timely and proactive care planning is offered to users and their families to the best possible standard in keeping with the Care Act 2014.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

West London NHS Trust is one of the most diverse healthcare providers in the UK, delivering a range of mental health and physical healthcare and community services. The Trust runs Broadmoor Hospital, one of three high secure hospitals in the country, with an international reputation.

Our high secure services care for patients from South of England and we provide low and medium secure services across eight London boroughs. The Trust also provides mental and physical healthcare in three London boroughs (Ealing, Hounslow and   Hammersmith & Fulham). We employ 4,500 staff, of whom 56% are BME. Our turnover for 2023-24 is £426m. 

The Trust is rated as ‘Good’ overall by the Care Quality Commission. Forensic services are rated as ‘Outstanding’.

The Trust is an established partner and contributor in the development of the evolving North West London Integrated Care System and the Integrated Care Board. The Trust leads the NW London Children and Adolescent Mental Health provider collaborative.