Total 77 job vacancies by CNWL NHS Foundation Trust

The purpose of the role is to oversee and undertake physical health checks and health promotion support to complex patients with severe and enduring mental health problems, (SMI) who are under the care of Brent Community mental health teams (CMHT); Inpatient services, Learning disability services (LD), Home treatment team (HTT), Older adults (OPHA) and Early intervention services (EIS). The postholder will supervise and support the teams to deliver high standards of physical care to patients with long term conditions in accordance with up to date, evidence-based professional practice subject to local and Trust policies and to provide leadership to the nursing teams within the services. They will focus on supporting patients to be healthy, monitoring of long-term conditions, health promotion and screening.

The post holder will lead on preparation and delivery of health promotion initiatives linking in with Trust resources, local business, and healthcare providers. The post holder will ensure that health promotion materials are up to date, available in various languages and easily accessible across the services. Based on the principles of co-production, the post holder will support the administration and facilitation of service user forums and feedback relating to physical health and health promotion initiatives
• Provide professional clinical leadership, working in collaboration with the appropriate multidisciplinary groups to meet the physical health needs of patients within community services.
• Provide specialist evidenced based knowledge and clinical skills to the staff and patients within the services to ensure that the physical health and well-being needs of individuals is met.
• Lead on the strategic development and delivery of health promotion and physical health care within CMHT, OPHA, HTT, EIS and Acute Inpatient Services.
• Active involvement and leadership on our QI Project on physical health Improvement model
• Expected to complete QI training to assist with QI project
• Working collaboratively with medical members of the team to deliver high standards of physical health care.
• To continually strive to improve physical health care of service users through our services.
• Phlebotomy trained; including training on how understanding blood results, or expected to complete training and support doctors in carrying out blood tests.
• Develop and deliver training on physical health and health promotion to clinicians within the services as required.
• Develop and maintain good links with other services, such as occupational therapy and primary care as required.
• Work collaboratively with the Physical Health Champions within Borough, Physical Health Leads and Nursing Directors in Jameson.

We are committed to ensuring our staff get the most out of their benefits package and understand the importance of a healthy work life balance. We can offer;
• Flexible working with the opportunity to work condensed hours and working from home
• Working within a dynamic team with visibility of the Senior Management Team (Service Manager & Borough Director)
• Award-winning Staff Networks that have thousands of members and exciting events.
• Career mapping and development programmes.
• Support and guidance with your Nurse revalidation.
• Opportunity to shadow senior leaders
• Hidden Gem & annual award ceremonies.

The Team serves the population of Brent, a diverse and vibrant borough. It is an established team with a friendly, supportive culture. There is a visible , supportive management team and a strong emphasis on training and professional development opportunities.

Brent is a place of contrast, a destination for thousands of British and international visitors every year. Home of the iconic Wembley Stadium, the world famous Wembley Arena, the new London Designer Outlet & the spectacular Swaminarayan Hindu Temple, it provides a stage for cultural, sporting & religious events of national and international importance.



The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage & support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues & of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

The post holder will also take the lead on maintaining Physical health performance within Brent Teams and Chair the Borough Physical Health Review monthly meeting.


The Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF) physical health checks are the key health checks that are required and include:
• BMI
• Blood pressure and pulse
• Lifestyle, including diet and exercise
• Smoking status
• Substance misuse (drugs and alcohol use)
• Cardio-metabolic risk using tools such as Q-Risk
• Blood lipids including cholesterol
• Blood sugar (HbA1c).


• Contribute to advanced practice initiatives in nursing by contributing to education and training with links with the learning and development department and higher education establishments.


• Lead on clinical audit in relation to physical health. Contribute to research as required.


• Give advice, guidance and provide interventions for patients with complex physical health needs.


• To support and oversee the process of implementing CNWL physical health strategy

More can be gleaned from attached JD and Person Spec


This advert closes on Monday 2 Dec 2024

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A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.


This is an exciting opportunity for either a newly (or soon to be) qualified band 7 psychological therapist looking for a post with career progression or for an established band 8a psychological therapist to work in the London Women’s Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) Service. This is a London pathways Partnership (LPP) service, led by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust in partnership with CNWL NHS Foundation Trust and Together for Mental Wellbeing.

MHTRs aim to reduce custodial sentences, improve wellbeing and address mental health needs associated with offending. MHTRs were introduced by the Criminal Justice Act in 2003, recognising that for many individuals who offend, mental health and substance misuse issues underpin their offending behaviour. This service aims to increase the use of MHTRs as part of a community sentence. The London Women’s MHTR Service provides a primary-care level service and is also one of three pilot secondary care sites, testing pathways into secondary care services for individuals. The successful individual will have the opportunity to work across both services.

We are recruiting to two posts, in conjunction with Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, who are also advertising for this role.

If you would like to know more about this exciting opportunity, please contact Dr Lorna Fallon, Principal Clinical Psychologist & Service Lead (lorna.fallon2@nhs.net).
The post-holder will work according to national MHTR guidance, and local procedures.

The role will include:
• Assessment of women prior to sentencing to consider suitability for an MHTR
• Holding a caseload and providing short-term psychological interventions for those that are sentenced to an MHTR
• Liaison with stakeholders including probation colleagues, court staff and secondary care mental health services
• Supervision of prequalified staff including trainees and assistant psychologists, and supervision of qualified staff dependent on experience
• Involvement in service research, audits and development

Applications are encouraged from existing, newly qualified, or soon-to-qualify, psychological therapists who could progress from Band 7 preceptorship to Band 8a in this post.

London Pathways Partnership (LPP) is committed to providing a comprehensive training package to all staff in order to promote continuing professional development. Recent training events have focused on structured professional judgement tools, cultural competency and resilience. The service also provides opportunities for developing specialism in particular aspects of service delivery, e.g. working with women or young people, or promoting trauma-informed approaches.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

For further information about the advertised role, please refer to the job description & person specification included in the documents section of this advert.


This advert closes on Monday 2 Dec 2024

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A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.


A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician to join our St Pancras Hospital pharmacy team at Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust.

The post offers an excellent opportunity to develop your clinical and professional knowledge and skills in both rehabilitation and elderly care healthcare services, working closely with the multi-disciplinary team in an inpatient setting.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

You will need to demonstrate a person-centred approach and have effective interpersonal and organisational skills. Previous NHS Hospital pharmacy experience, including elderly care, would be desirable.

You will be responsible for identifying opportunities to engage with patients/carers, confidently complete medicine reconciliation and deliver medication counselling. Additionally, you must be able to organise your workload and uphold standards of pharmacy practice, referring and reporting concerns when appropriate.

General medicines management skills are necessary for this role; stock management, ordering of patient medications, reducing wastage and maintaining secure, safe environments.

You will also be expected to participate in the weekend and bank holiday rota, following a period of induction and training.

St Pancras Rehabilitation Unit Pharmacy team is an established team with a friendly, supportive culture with a strong emphasis on training and professional development opportunities.

CNWL has a strong commitment to advancing pharmacy practice and embedding effective medicines optimisation systems into patient care. The pharmacy team is recognised for the contribution it makes to the safe and effective use of medicines for patients.

If you are successful, you will work in a supportive, friendly and forward-thinking environment. You will be encouraged and supported in your development, provide medicines optimisation services across St Pancras Rehabilitation unit and actively participate in department wide health and wellbeing initiatives.


This advert closes on Thursday 5 Dec 2024

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A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.


The post holder will work as a member of the Vincent Square Eating Disorders Inpatient multidisciplinary team that provides care
and treatment to patients who are working on recovery from an eating disorder addressing patients’ physical and mental health needs. Patients engage in a full treatment programme and have supported meals as part of the daily structure.


Patients are admitted for inpatient admissions to the ward where care and treatment is provided 24 hours per day, working with the team to facilitate their recovery. The post holder will be expected to work closely with the wider service, including working across the different teams; day
programme, inpatient ward and outpatients service.

The post holder is responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care/services to patients as part of an eating disorders inpatient team, working under the direct supervision of a registered member of staff.

The post holder will provide supportive care management to a caseload of patients, as allocated by the team manager or the nurse in charge. The post holder will be responsible for carrying out practical tasks, including physical monitoring, supported meals and facilitating groups, identified
as part of the patient’s care plan.

The post holder will receive clinical supervision as appropriate and partake in reflective practice/training on a regular basis

The post holder will work as a member of the inpatient multidisciplinary team that provides care and treatment to patients who are admitted for treatment of their eating disorder.

The post holder will be expected to work closely with the wider service, including working across the different teams; day programme and outpatients service.

The post holder is responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care/services to patients as part of an eating disorders inpatient team, working under the direct supervision of a registered member of staff.

The post holder will provide supportive care management to a caseload of patients, as delegated by the team manager or registered practitioner. The post holder will be responsible for carrying out practical tasks, including physical monitoring, supported meals and facilitating groups, identified as part of the patient’s care plan. The post holder will receive clinical supervision as appropriate and partake in reflective practice/training on a regular basis.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

We’re passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patient’s own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do.

Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.

We’re always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee we’re hoping to find our future leaders and we’ll support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.

With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more – whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.

Staff are the heartbeat of our organisation and we offer Inpatient staff a £2,000 Post Probation Bonus, followed by £1,000 paid 12 months later.

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• Undertake basic physical monitoring e.g., vital signs, blood sugar monitoring and venepuncture for service-users.
• Undertake a range of duties which involve direct patient care, including running of therapeutic groups and offering meal support, with supervision following competency assessment.
• Assist in the coordination of care delivery for a case load of service users, under the supervision of a registered professional, in close collaboration with the Directorate, psychiatric multidisciplinary team, service users and other community agencies.
• Work independently with clients, with regular supervision from qualified staff that supervise the caseload.
• Contribute to the monitoring of the physical environment ensuring that it is safe and conducive to the therapeutic work of the unit/community setting.
• Have informed knowledge and understanding in the psychological, social, physical and spiritual needs of all service users.
• Actively participate in the care and rehabilitation of service users as per the plan of care determined by registered practitioners.
• Maintain clear, timely and comprehensive written clinical records on all patients in accordance with Trust policies.
• Utilising IT skills and knowledge to access and input clinical information and data to the Trust Electronic System and Local Authority IT system.
• Using the Care Programme Approach assess service users’ health and social care needs.
• Contribute towards the delivery of care using the recovery approach to provide therapeutic interventions under supervision by means of assessment and ongoing treatment in various settings. Design care plans in line with risk assessment and psychosocial needs.
• Utilise designated recovery tool with outcomes focusing on collaborative care planning, ensuring personalised goals are identified and clients are assisted in building skills and resources to support them into meaningful and sustainable occupations.
• To be familiar with factors that cause mental illness and preferred treatment methods.
• Support the assessment and management of patient care needs through initial data collection, monitoring of patients progress, feedback, discussion, and reports and in reviews with the clinical team.
• Assist in the physical health care assessment of service users and report any changes in service users physical health to the registered practitioner


This advert closes on Thursday 28 Nov 2024

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We are looking for a motivated individual with excellent communication skills who has a passion and experience for working in mental health and the ability to work flexibly and creatively in an ever-changing environment.

You will provide a sports and exercise programme for inpatients and will offer support for individuals to plan to continue this after they are discharged. You will work closely with a welcoming and friendly multi-disciplinary team and will offer individual and group sessions across four treatment wards and two psychiatric intensive care wards. Each ward has their own gym plus a space for group exercise sessions.
We are looking for someone who has previous experience working with mental health clients as this essential for this band 5 post. A part of the interview selection process will involve a visit to the unit to meet staff and patients.

There is a trustwide Gym/fitness professional group which offers professional support, development and opportunities to consider Quality Improvement projects and research.

The postholder will also provide an established exercise support training session to staff working in the unit and there will be opportunity to get involved in service improvement projects across the unit.
Applicants should have a Sports Science/Sports Exercise degree or equivalent, require CIMPSPA level 3 Exercise Referral (or be working towards it) and level 4 mental health, Diabetes and Obesity. Applicants must be a member of BASES.
The work will include:
• Liaising closely with the multi disciplinary teams
• Establishing a programme of fitness sessions across all wards.
• Providing gym inductions for inpatients.
• Providing individual programmes.
• Facilitating gym sessions.
• Facilitating group exercise sessions.
• Supporting referrals on to community exercise resources
• Supporting individuals with their health and wellbeing via sessions, conversations and advice.
• Providing staff advice and training
• Responsibility for regular equipment checks and reporting any repairs
• Maintaining safe gym environments on the inpatient wards
• Keeping records of attendance and writing in patient records.
Unit Information:
St Charles Mental Health Centre in Kensington & Chelsea has four adult inpatient wards plus two psychiatric intensive care wards that provide a safe and therapeutic environment for people with acute mental health problems.

The unit is a short walk from Ladbroke Grove station with good transport links to other stations.

There are opportunities for flexible working, access to CNWL staff health and wellbeing resources and an on-site staff wellbeing room.

We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people.
We're always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.


Clinical

To support service users to engage in health and wellbeing activities.

To plan, implement and review a range of exercise activities using individual and group work approaches, under the supervision and direction of qualified occupational therapists.

To support service users to engage in care plans which have been developed in partnership with the individual and that reflect ‘recovery goals’.

To develop, plan and implement health and wellbeing-based activities including sports/ exercise at St Charles Mental Health Centre.

To provide health and wellbeing activities that are sensitive to racial, social and cultural needs and expectations, under the guidance of a qualified Occupational Therapist.

To apply current knowledge from the field of health, exercise and social sciences to Mental Health settings.

To provide training to staff to be able to safely supervise service users’ use of gym equipment.

To keep abreast new policies and initiatives that relate to health and wellbeing and to keep up to date with current knowledge and practice within sports exercise.


This advert closes on Wednesday 20 Nov 2024

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A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.


An opportunity has arisen for a fixed term contract Band 6 Occupational Therapist to join the North Kensington and Chelsea Community Mental Health Hub. The post is from the starting date until November 2025. The team is located in W9 close to Westbourne Park station, with great transport links and serving the diverse community of North Kensington. We are looking for an Occupational Therapist with motivation and enthusiasm for working in a community mental health role.

The post holder will be a valued member of the team and will offer Occupational Therapy assessments and intervention for clients as well as supporting the overall work of the team by providing a named worker role for some clients and supporting the overall work of the team.

The team consists of medical staff, nurses, social workers, peer support workers, community navigators, arts therapies, employment specialists and psychology staff. There are two other Occupational Therapists in the team and the post holder will have opportunity to co-facilitate groups as a part of the psychosocial offer for the hub.

Although the post is fixed term, we will support the post holder in seeking a permanent position within CNWL when the fixed term period ends.

• To work as a Senior Occupational Therapist in the Adult Community Mental Health hub, providing a high quality service to clients.
• To provide OT assessments and intervention for clients under the care of the team.
• To provide functional assessments and home assessments for prescribing adapted equipment, making recommendations and for accommodation needs.
• To provide evidence based group interventions.
• To provide a case worker role for a designated number of clients with an occupational focus.
• To work within the multidisciplinary team and support the overall functioning of the team.
• To offer clinical placements to Occupational Therapy Students.
• To provide informal support and supervision to staff as needed.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.


The team will provide you will a friendly welcome and full induction which includes shadowing opportunities and visits to services.

The team is based in Hathaway House which is a purpose built building for CNWL services. The team work in an open plan space alongside other services so there is opportunity for connecting with others .

There are excellent training and development opportunities available within CNWL in addition to local in house CPD opportunities.

CNWL is very fortunate in having a long-established professional structure and this includes a Head of Therapies, an AHP associate director, Trust wide Professional Leads for all professional groups and borough and specialist professional leadership.

Personal and professional development is a high priority for the profession this enables us to invest in the development of our staff by providing excellent internal training as well as commissioning specialised external training and providing quality supervision. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are a priority for us in CNWL we expect staff to be culturally competent, reflective and open to culturally diverse CPD opportunities.



Please see attached dob description for full details and don't hesitate to get in touch to find out more about the role.

Further information about the service can be found on this link:

Kensington and Chelsea North Community Mental Health Hub :: Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (cnwl.nhs.uk)


This advert closes on Wednesday 20 Nov 2024

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Job Summary:

Band 5 MHST EMHP/CWP Practitioners work closely with young people and families, parents and carer's and staff in schools and play an important contribution in how people experience our services. Band 5 Practitioner are expected to be kind and responsive but professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide by:

· keeping the people who using our services as safe as possible through the use of sound clinical skills and effective risk assessments

· ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes by using up-to-date skills and adhering to evidence-based policies and procedures

· ensuring the people using our services have a good experience by respecting, empowering and working in partnership with people throughout the care planning process

We believe that the best health care is delivered by multi-disciplinary teams working well together and in partnership with other teams and services to provide seamless care.

As a Band 5 Practitioners you will work alongside more experienced mental health practitioners, other health professionals and EMHP/CWP peers delivering a service to schools.

As a team you will work together to ensure that the team is working to the standards which the people using our services deserve.

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Applicants must be a qualified Education Mental Health Practitioner (EMHP) or CYP Wellbeing Practitioner (CWP) or an equivalent qualification with experience of working with Children and Young People in Mental Health Services or Schools in the provision of individual and group treatments.

Brent Mental Health Support Team is looking for qualified EMHP, CWP, Wellbeing Practitioners with experience of working with Children and Young People in Mental Health Services in the delivery of individual and group treatments in school settings. We are seeking to appoint enthusiastic and dynamic practitioners who are creative in their approach and passionate about improving health outcomes for children and young people.

You will work alongside EMHPs, Mental Health Practitioners and a Senior Clinical Leads to support the wellbeing and mental health of children and young people based in participating schools in Brent.

Brent MHST works with children and young people with mild to moderate mental health presentations attending schools in the area.

CNWL are committed to progressing and supporting their staff with career development and training, and ensuring staff health and wellbeing and job satisfaction.

For an informal discussion please contact Amanda Pegrum (Team Lead) apegrum@nhs.net/07701294484 or Marta Krajewska (Senior Supervisor)m.krajewska1@nhs.net/07725497102

Central and North West London NHS Trust expects all Band 5 Practitioners to act in a way which shows you understand our core values and are willing to put them into practice with young people, their friend’s family, carers, teachers and other staff members.

As a Band 5 Practitioner we expect you to show COMPASSION, contribute to a caring and kind environment and recognise that what you do and say helps can make the lives of others better

We expect you to RESPECT everyone and acknowledge and welcome people’s differences rather than ignore them or see them as problematic.

We expect you to EMPOWER others and continually try to provide information, resources and support to help others make their own decisions and meet their own needs.

We expect you to work in PARTNERSHIP and behave in a way that shows that you recognise that commissioners and users of our services are the people who generate and pay for our work.

Key Deliverables:

To allow the post holder, with appropriate supervision, to work as an autonomous and responsible practitioner as their training affords and within the scope of their local job description, to engage in:

· Delivering low intensity evidence-based intervention for children and young people in education setting with mild to moderate mental health problems.

· Helping children and young people within these settings who present with more severe problems to rapidly access more specialist services.

· Supporting and facilitating staff in education settings to identify and where appropriate manage issues related to mental health and wellbeing.

· Working with and within education environments to afford better access to specialist mental health services.

· Group/Whole school approach implementation/Consultation on referrals.

And to use the acquired skills, knowledge and abilities to deliver a service based within education settings that builds on and reinforces but does not replace those initiatives that already exist within these environments.








This advert closes on Friday 15 Nov 2024

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Have you ever considered exploringnew horizons within our communityor expanding your skill set in a different role? If so, we would like to offer you an opportunity to do this with ourHome Treatment Team inOlderAdults Community Mental Health Serviceat the heart of Westminster where we will present you with a unique opportunityto do just that.

This is an opportunity for staff who are looking to develop new skills and expand their abilities to be able to work within the community. In turn you will be able to make a meaningful impact in a different capacity than your existing role. We are looking as a trust to change the approach as an alternative to inpatient care so that the patient can be in familiar surroundings.

Join our team at HTT, where your work-life balance is a priority! Our services run from9 am to 5 pm, seven days a week, with no night shifts (within this you will be asked to work at least two weekends within a month). This structure not only ensures you have dedicated time for your personal life but also opens up opportunities for you to take on additional bank hours with us or explore roles elsewhere across the trust. Your career, your schedule – make it work for you. Join HTT and seize the flexibility you've been looking for!

We want to hear from you!

** We highly recommend you reach out to us to have an informal discussion beforehand to learn a little more about the role**

This role involves intensive support and treatment to patients in the community in the acute phase of a mental health crisis as an alternative to inpatient care; monitoring patients’ safety and well-being to promote independence in the community; acting as gate keepers to admissions; supporting early discharges from hospital.



You will also be expected to work in collaboration with the Operational Team Manager, Clinical Leads/Senior Practitioners and to have close working relationships with the community teams, inpatient services, and the HTT backup across the service.

To help you achieve expanding your knowledge we will offer you
• Mentoring and supervisionfrom our highly experienced staff and team leaders supporting you with your development and growth into the role
• Commitment from the team to develop youby offeringtraining and development opportunities tailored to your needs and the role
• Opportunities to shadowour neighbouring services including CMHTs, HTTs, acute inpatients, PICU and HBPoS allowing you to see the full circle of treatment for our patients
• Local Reflective Practice forumsrun by one of the senior leads
• Clear objectives and pathway to develop your career further
• You would be joining a warm and welcoming team that would be looking to inspire and motivate you to become an integral team member and support your growth
• Flexible shift working opportunities for a healthier work-life balance
• CNWL is dedicated to developing its own staff and you will be encouraged to develop yourself into becoming the Nurse you aspire to be.
• Free access to our Staff and Well-being service to ensure that you are always looking after yourself

Working in the City of Westminster offers a myriad of advantages. Firstly, it's a hub of cultural diversity, providing exposure to different perspectives and fostering a vibrant atmosphere. The area is full of iconic landmarks like Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, and Westminster Abbey, making every workday a visual delight

Clinical duties

To triage referrals and allocate work to junior staff as appropriate.

To provide a comprehensive mental health assessment for complex patients in the acute phase of a mental health crisis.

To assess current risks and identify how the risk and patients mental health needs would best be met.

To formulate, implement and review individualised Recovery Care Plans with patients and their carers that aims to address their psychological, physical & social needs.

To build and maintain therapeutic relationships with patients and carers and involve them in drawing up care plans.

To work with patients care co-ordinator/ lead professional as appropriate to ensure continuity of care.

To provide information and advice to carers to support them through the crisis period.


This advert closes on Wednesday 13 Nov 2024

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Would you enjoy working in our thriving multi-disciplinary palliative care team where we, day to day work to achieve the best outcomes for the people we support? Could you imagine yourself working in the heart of London? Are you ambitious to develop your palliative career and would you like to develop in this growing, well-renowned team with a long tradition of ‘can do’? If yes, then please contact us to find out more.

We provide the space to care; access to a multi-professional team; we are committed to a happy and cohesive team; value personal and professional development; and aim to facilitate a risk-confident and supportive culture.

We arerecruiting a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialistfor our community palliative care team in South Camden and Islington. We are looking for someone who can appreciate their resilience and motivation to work in this area, and also can demonstrate compassion, self-knowledge, confidence, generosity, and courage.

As a service we provide palliative care to the patients of UCLH and South Camden & Islington community. The community team is based at St Pancras Hospital, and we work as one team with the UCLH hospital team. Camden, and Islington boroughs are the homes to diverse communities, as well as being the setting for many well-known London landmarks and facilities. These are just a few of the reasons we love working here.

Working in the community, you will work as an autonomous practitioner, as part of a team managing a caseload of palliative care patients with a variety of conditions, and often complex needs. This role will involve being part of a large team of nurses who provide on call cover for UCLH hospitals, and there will be opportunity to rotate to the hospital team.

Here in Central London, the demand for palliative care is increasing at a faster pace than ever before and many more people are dying in their place of choice thanks to the work we do as a multi-professional service.

If you think you have the personal pre-requisites and skills we’re looking for, please get in touch.

We offer excellent training and development opportunities to support personal and professional development, a range of family friendly policies, an interest free season ticket loan and subsidised sports facilities.

We work a 7 day working pattern with on call via a rota until 8pm each day.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
1. To be professionally and legally accountable for all work undertaken. To work within the Standards for Better Health and guidelines of the Palliative Care Team, CNWL and UCLH NHS Trusts and NMC Code of Conduct at all times.
2. To undertake specialist-nursing assessment of clients with complex palliative care needs through subjective questioning, objective examination, and study of appropriate written material (e.g. clinical records) available.
3. To prioritise factors involved in the patients and informal carers condition through advanced clinical reasoning based on knowledge of current professional opinion, patients prognosis and other physical, psychological, spiritual, ethical, social, and mental health records.
4. To identify patients, their informal carers or children whom may be at risk and vulnerable. Promptly enact the process outlined in the policies for Care of Vulnerable Adults and Care of Vulnerable Children.


This advert closes on Wednesday 30 Oct 2024

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Nurse to provide professional nursing support across Goodall Community services.

The role covers two main community service areas - Camden Adults and Children's Community Services - Camden Children and Bi-Borough Children Services and CIS (Tri-borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith & Fulham and Westminster).

As a result, the successful applicant will be expected to be highly visible spending time in each geographical area but focusing on areas that need the most support, and with an office base in Camden. We run inpatient wards in Camden and you will also provide professional support and visibility to the wards.

You will need to be self-motivated and able to manage your time in response to a range of competing demands. In return we offer an effective structure and culture that places strong emphasis on attracting and retaining staff and managers; the current post holder has been seconded into another post creating this vacancy.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working in our healthcare settings.


• Provide leadership for clinical practice across the service in conjunction with the SMT and Divisional Director of Nursing with specific focus on the professional leadership of all nursing workforce within Goodall community services.
• Advise the services management teams on professional matters relating to nursing and on steps that it should take in order to ensure that its nursing staff remain compliant with professional codes and relevant regulations
• Provide clinical supervision as part of this system for senior nursing staff.
• Work closely with the Trust medicine’s and governance teams to ensure safe and clinically effective systems are in place in relation to nurse prescribing and non-medical prescribing.
• Chair nursing forums and groups relevant to the post and provide professional challenge to current practice, (including challenging the ‘status quo’) to drive on-going improvement
• Ensure the development and implementation of appropriate policies and protocols appropriate to this role and take the lead where
• Represent the service at external events on clinical practice in order to enhance the reputation of the Service and receive feedback on service delivery provided by clinical staff

CNWL is a forward-thinking trust and we pride ourselves on having:
• an ambitious and exemplary People Plan
• investment in organisational development at all levels
• are underpinned by a strong and far-reaching IT infrastructure
• have quality improvement at the heart of how we work
• proactively engage with service users and have ambitions to progress this further
• a strong evidence-base approach to all we do and a growing clinical research department
• To support the line management of nursing staff, (within specific areas of responsibility as identified above), and work closely with varying professional backgrounds that include: nursing, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, psychology and health care/rehabilitation assistants.
• To support teams to provide effective service delivery and ensure positive communication, promoting both multi-disciplinary and multi-agency working internally and externally to the organisation.
• To act as a senior leader influencing staff to make change, ensuring that service improvements are sustainable across both professional and organisational boundaries.
• To be a source of clinical expertise across the field of adult nursing services, by providing both general and specialist advice for clinicians delivering nursing interventions, on the full range of relevant issues including nursing aspects of risk assessment and management.
• To work alongside key colleagues to develop appropriate and constructive relationships both within and external to the organisation.
• To ensure that appropriate methods are used to ensure the inclusion of patient’s perspectives within service improvements.
• To identify and lead on the delivery of productivity and efficiency savings within the specific areas of responsibility.
• To work with the Head of Quality Governance and implement systems and processes to manage risk and ensure full compliance with internal and external governance procedures within the specific services.
• To contribute to and participate in the annual business planning cycle.
• To work as an active member of the Community Services Senior Management Team.
• To deputise for the Assistant Director of Nursing as appropriate.
• Prepare written and oral progress reports setting out progress in relation to the work and learning within the various services.


This advert closes on Sunday 3 Nov 2024

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A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technician to join our pharmacy team at Central & North West London NHS Foundation Trust based in Inner London Services. We are looking for somebody with a friendly demeanour and excellent interpersonal skills.

We provide high quality support to our patients and are looking for a motivated, flexible and forward-thinking Pharmacy technician. This post offers you the opportunity to progress your career in an innovative and supportive environment. The post offers an excellent opportunity to develop your clinical and professional knowledge and skills in both physical and mental health. You will be involved in providing medicines optimisation service to in-patient eating disorder, children’s and adolescents mental health service and rehabilitation units. You will be registered with the General Pharmaceutical council (GPhC) as a Pharmacy Technician and practicing as a pharmacy technician in your current role.

If you have notcompleted a GPhC approved combined pharmacy technician qualification, you will need to hold a nationally recognised ‘Medicines Optimisation skills’ certificate and a ‘Final Accuracy Checking’ qualification. Willingness to work towards these qualifications is essential if you are yet to complete them.

You will need to demonstrate a person-centred approach and organisational skills. Previous NHS Hospital pharmacy experience, including mental health, would be desirable. You will also be expected to participate in the weekend and bank holiday rota, following a period of induction and training.

Locations: South Kensington and Chelsea (SK&C) SW10 9NG (Base) Collingham Child and Family Centre (CCFC) 1 Beatrice Place, Marloes Road W8 5LW

Bluebell Lodge, 7a Woodfield Road, W9 2NW





The pharmacy team is an established team with a friendly, supportive culture with a strong emphasis on training and professional development opportunities. CNWL has a strong commitment to advancing pharmacy practice and embedding effective medicines optimisation systems into patient care. The pharmacy team is recognised for the contribution it makes to the safe and effective use of medicines for patients.


This advert closes on Wednesday 30 Oct 2024

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We are looking for a full time (37.5) motivated and enthusiastic Medical Secretary, with a wide range of office skills to provide administrative and secretarial support to the Learning Disabilities Community Psychiatric Team. The postholder will be the primary point-of-contact for the medical staff and will be responsible for managing enquiries that come into the service in a manner responsive to customer needs and in accordance with consent to share information.

Other duties include providing secretarial support to the LD psychiatrists which will include management of appointments, processing letters and correspondence on behalf of the doctors, minute taking, post distribution, receiving and disseminating information, maintaining the electronic patient database and general administrative duties.

English and Maths GCSE or equivalent is essential to the post plus previous administrative/secretarial experience, in addition to excellent communication and organisational skills.

A comprehensive knowledge of windows packages is also required.

The post holder will be an integral member of the Community Learning Disability Team, providing secretarial / administrative support to the medical staff within the team as defined in the principal responsibilities of the post.

The post holder will also act as one of the central points of contact for patients / relatives, ensuring a positive corporate image and good client care is promoted at all times.

The post will be supervised and the post holder will liaise closely with other administration staff on a day-to-day basis as well as liaise with the Brent Community LD Multidisciplinary Team / the community and inpatient Service manager, and other departments as necessary.

The postholder will be able to prioritise their own workload, whilst effectively managing competing priorities within their own workload and also the wider general office environment.

The postholder will be required to provide cover for the other administrative staff within the LD service as and when necessary and during periods of absence, to ensure the continued smooth running of the service.

We are delighted that you are interested in working with us here CNWL. Our Trust is an exciting place to work with a wealth of CPD opportunities available for all our staff. We work in collaboration with our Social Work colleagues and value the lived experiences of both our staff and service users.

What we can offer you:

CNWL is recognised locally, nationally and internationally for providing high quality, innovative healthcare. We aim to employ in line with our values, and policy, and many models of our care have been adapted for use in other countries. With us, you will get:
• A Trust committed to staff personal development, with a trust wide culture change and leadership programme that has staff wellbeing at its core.
• An opportunity to work for one of the top 10 NHS employers
• Flexible working
• Variety of work
• Access to a variety of CPD opportunities

We encourage staff input and ideas in relation to moving services forward and meeting the client group’s needs.

As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Reception
• Covering reception on a shift basis.


• Covering reception when staff shortages.


• Greeting all visitors/service users appropriately and with sensitivity.


• Ensure all patients and visitors sign in and showing correct ID.


• Issuing of badges.



Answering phones
• First point of contact for incoming calls.


• To deal with telephone calls, correspondence and direct contacts with clients and other internal or external agencies in an appropriate and professional manner, using judgement and discretion where necessary and referring complex matters to relevant team members.


• To take clear and accurate messages and ensure that they are passed to the appropriate person as soon as possible, escalating the message if necessary, depending on the urgency.


• To listen to the Service Users and understand their needs.


• To offer advice and solutions where appropriate.


• To answer telephone calls to CNWL standards.




This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Oct 2024

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A Vacancy at Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust.


As a Band 6 Pharmacist, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality pharmaceutical services to our patients with the support to progress into a Band 7 post. Applicants who are currently suitable to practice at a band 7 level, will be considered for a band 7 position

We are recruiting for a Pharmacist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

We are looking for highly motivated pharmacists to join our innovative, progressive, patient-centred pharmacy team. We are a friendly department and will support you to become an outstanding clinical pharmacist and help you fulfil your full potential.

Locations: Vincent Square Inpatient Eating Disorder Services, South Kensington and Chelsea (SK&C) SW10 9NG

Bluebell Lodge, 7a Woodfield Road, W9 2NW
• To deliver a comprehensive medicines optimisation service to Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust (CNWL) patients and the multidisciplinary treatment team responsible for their care, in line with Trust policies, procedures and standards
• The potential to develop the clinical knowledge and skills to practice competently as a foundation pharmacist under the Diploma in General Pharmacy Practice
• To deputise for other pharmacists in their absence.
• To work with Medicines Optimisation Pharmacy Technicians (MOPT) in the delivery of medicines reconciliation and discharge counselling.
• To provide input into policy and procedures affecting the use of medicines at local and Trust wide level under direction of the Advanced Specialist Pharmacist.
• To act as a Practice Supervisor in the training and education of pre-registration pharmacists and junior pharmacists.

You will be involved in covering specialist mental health services and building your portfolio to demonstrate advanced pharmacy practice. You will be involved in providing clinical pharmacy services to in-patient eating disorder, mental health rehabilitation and children and adolescent mental health services.

We will support you to undertake relevant post graduate training including the prescribing qualification and leadership training.

We will develop your portfolio of skills to prepare you for more senior roles within the department through involvement in directorate and project work focused on improving quality of clinical services and patient-focused care. Previous NHS Hospital pharmacy experience, including mental health, would be desirable.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

Our Trust Values are compassion, respect, empowerment and partnership. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!

The pharmacy team is an established team with a friendly, supportive culture with a strong emphasis on training and professional development opportunities. CNWL has a strong commitment to advancing pharmacy practice and embedding effective medicines optimisation systems into patient care. The pharmacy team is recognised for the contribution it makes to the safe and effective use of medicines for patients.


This advert closes on Thursday 31 Oct 2024

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We require an enthusiastic, dynamic and highly motivated Senior Pharmacy Assistant to join our Pharmacy team based at St Charles Hospital site at Ladbroke Grove. You will help to deliver a service to CNWL sites. In addition, the post-holder will be responsible for supervising the ATOs, topping up off site wards and labelling and dispensing medication in the main dispensary. Performing this role will require a good level of communication, organisation time management and interpersonal skills and preferably some knowledge and experience of mental health services.

The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.

The SATO will be able to accurately dispense and issue repeat out-patient prescriptions and clinical trials prescriptions under the supervision of a pharmacist or accredited checking technician.

The SATO will also be responsible for supervising the ATO working in the dispensary.

Central and North West London Foundation NHS Trust is a large trust in central London covering a huge area from Hillingdon to Westminster. St Charles Hospital is part of this Trust.

The patients we care for may have a mental illness, elderly, needing rehabilitation or long term care. We provide support to staff working in our busy community care services.

Located near Ladbroke Grove, the hospital is a community of friendly multi-professional staff and patients. After work central London is close at hand and locally Notting hill has great markets and restaurants.

Interview date: TBC

Administrative responsibilities in the absence of ATOs. Accurately label prescriptions under the supervision of a pharmacist or accredited checking
technician.

Accurately dispense prescriptions including medicines in a Multi-Compartment Compliance Aid (MCA) under the supervision of a pharmacist or accredited checking technician.

Dispensing controlled drugs under the supervision of a pharmacist or accredited checking technician. Supervising the ATOs in the dispensary.

Ensure dispensary ATO duties are carried out daily, weekly & monthly
Daily room temperature monitoring Filing away all prescriptions and maintain archiving .

Carry out daily dispensary stock top up

Distribute post

Return patient named medication from wards back to stock


This advert closes on Sunday 27 Oct 2024

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Are you looking to work in a team that allows you to feel empowered and proud to be a Nurse? To work in an environment that will allow you to develop and flourish as a practitioner? Then the adult and older adult teams at Northwick Park Hospital might just have what you’re looking for.

“I feel valued, heard and part of something special. My Nursing skills are recognised by my peers and leaders at Northwick Park with opportunities available to enhance them further”- Staff Nurse, Northwick Park

Vaccination

The statutory requirement to be fully Covid-19 vaccinated as a condition of deployment from April 2022 is subject to legislative review. The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users and we will therefore be seeking proof of vaccination or medical exemption during the recruitment process. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings

Nursing practice continuously develops with time and at Northwick Park so do we. If we want to understand the reasons for mental health problems, it often makes more sense to ask“What has happened to you?” rather than “What is wrong with you?”This method forms the basis ofTrauma-Informed Approaches(TIA), where we acknowledge the relationship between people’s life experiences and the development of mental health difficulties.

Nursing, turning lives around, being the ears that our patients need;all the reasons you looked to become a Nurse.In addition to this we want to offer you;
• Innovative Trauma Informed staff training programincluding practise of Team Formulation
• Coaching and development sessionsincluding; wound care treatment, forms of dementia treatment, Mental State Examination skill sessions, administering ACE assessments
• On-siteshadowing opportunitiesfor you with our HTT, CMHT, Psych Liaison services
• Commitment tocareer mappingto ensure continuous professional development including opportunities such as CBT, DBT, ECG and venepuncture training
• Flexible shift working hours to provide ahealthy work-life balance
• Training package(inc sponsorship for post-graduate studies up to masters)
• Hidden Gem, annual award ceremonies andaward-winning Staff Networksthat have thousands of members and exciting events.
• Excellentstaff benefits: our benefit packages are amongst the best in London and include: childcare vouchers, health and wellbeing services, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme.

Why work at Northwick Park Mental Health Services?
• Front-runnersin developing Trauma Informed Approached (TIA) to patient care in CNWL
• Active attempts tomove away from medical modelto more psychological approaches- evidenced by implementation of TIA and recentQI projectaimed at providing nurses withPatient Protected timeon the wards
• AIMS accreditedwards- meaning that you will be working with a team who has achieved thehighest standards of clinical excellenceas governed by the Royal College of Psychiatrists
• Wards equipped withlatest technologyincludingOxehealth room sensor technology,Omnicell automated medicine cabinetsandelectronic prescribingto reduce time spent on administration and drug rounds and allow more time for care.
• Commitment from the team todevelop you as a practitionerby offering coaching and in-house development sessions
• An opportunity to work with afun, energetic and passionate teamwho are committed to looking after each other as well as their patients- evidenced by their team outings, away days and local events.
• You will be a current RMN or soon-to-be qualified RMN
• You will possess sound clinical risk assessment and management skills
• Good knowledge of the Mental Health Act (1983), CPA and NMC code of conduct.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work both as part of a team and on their own initiative and respond creatively to service provision and service user needs
• Maintaining accurate, legible, comprehensive records
• Safeguarding people by recognising and responding when an adult or child might be at risk from abuse but also recognising their own limits and asking for help and escalate concerns when necessary
• Escalating safety concerns and by doing so acting as effective advocates for those who use our services


This advert closes on Thursday 10 Oct 2024

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