Nurse Practitioner

We are pleased to offer a great secondment opportunity for a committed and motivated B6 mental health practitioner. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to use evidence based crisis intervention skills to support clients in mental health crisis and work collaboratively with clients and their carers to access ongoing support in the community if required. The successful candidate will be based at The Wilson Hospital in Mitcham and will be expected to work a combination of early and late shifts including weekends. In addition to the benefits of working as part of a multi disciplinary team, the successful candidate will be a confident and autonomous mental health clinician with good communication and organisational skills. An ability to prioritize competing tasks will be important however you will be part of a supportive team of skilled and experienced mental health practitioners. A car owner is essential for navigating around the respective geographical areas.

We are committed to delivering an exemplary service to our vulnerable service users and their carers and in doing so recognize the importance of your continuing professional development. We have therefore cultivated a strong culture of training and education which is supported by regular supervision and reflective practice sessions.

Main duties of the job

- Assessing client's health and social care needs who present in acute crisis.

- Completing risk assessments and risk management plans.

- Participating in daily multi disciplinary meetings.

- Acting as a team champion to develop and audit specific areas of the team's work.

- co-ordinating effective gate keeping assessments when needed.

- providing a range of bio/psycho/social interventions for service users and carers

- planning for a robust, sustainable discharge as well as sufficient aftercare

- Completing collaborative care and crisis care plans with clients and their carers.

- Leading shifts, involving fair delegation of work to colleagues.

- Maintaining professional registration and keeping abreast of relevant mental health policy and evidence based mental health interventions.

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as 'good' - we aspire to be 'outstanding'.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services as we invest a further £120m to upgrade and modernise our estate by 2027.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Come and join our inclusive teams and help our patients on their recovery journey.