• Job Description

  Req#: C9455-25-0201?language=en&page=294&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  We are the Camden and Islington Community Mental Health Teams (CMHTs), servicing the London Boroughs of Camden and Islington, and we are passionate about supporting older adults with mental illness and/or people affected by dementia.

  We're seeking to recruit a nurse who shares our passion to strive towards excellence in older people's mental health and dementia care, with a keen interest in service development and quality improvement and who encourages a workplace based on our Trust's culture pillars where staff and service users feel safe, valued and are empowered.

  Main duties of the job

  We are a busy service and caseloads are reflective of this. This requires you to have good organisational skills and an ability to work independently. The role involves visiting patients at home and you therefore must be able to get around Camden and Islington using Public Transport and/or walking/cycling.

  You'll be able to demonstrate experience in working with older people with severe mental illness and/or dementia, and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. You should have an understanding of the wider health and social care system. Being computer literate is a must as you will be using an Electronic Patient Record and MS Word, Teams and other software.

  If you have the right values for the North London Foundation Trust you will be supported by a programme of continuous training and development. The position offers opportunities to get involved in Quality Improvement projects and to become champion/lead in specific area relevant to the role. You will also be responsible for supervising other members of the team.

  About us

  We're keen to recruit someone with the right values and behaviours who can help us deliver our Trust priorities:

  • Early and effective intervention - we offer a range of evidence-based interventions such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
  • Helping people to live well - we use the DIALOGUE+ approach for holistic care planning
  • Research and innovation - we promote opportunities for research with our patients and carers
  • Keeping our service users, carers and staff safe - we have several QI projects in the service to develop safe and effective ways of working

  Details

  Date posted

  21 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £42,471 to £50,364 a year Per annum inclusive of Inner London HCAS

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  455-NLFT-0078

  Job locations

  Unit 9 Blenheim Court

  62 Brewery Road

  London

  N7 9NY

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  As a nurse within the Camden or Islington CMHT you will be responsible for a caseload of older adults who require secondary mental health care and treatment. You will carry out a range of interventions in collaboration with service users and their families/carers. You will be supported by a multidisciplinary team and work closely with the senior nurse in the team. You will also liaise closely with GPs and other primary care services, secondary health services, voluntary sector organisations, and Adult Social Care.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  As a nurse within the Camden or Islington CMHT you will be responsible for a caseload of older adults who require secondary mental health care and treatment. You will carry out a range of interventions in collaboration with service users and their families/carers. You will be supported by a multidisciplinary team and work closely with the senior nurse in the team. You will also liaise closely with GPs and other primary care services, secondary health services, voluntary sector organisations, and Adult Social Care.

  Person Specification

  Education/Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered Mental Health Nurse
  • Current registration with relevant professional body.
  • Evidence of further post-registration relevant training /ongoing academic study relevant to area of practice.
  • Current Level 2 Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults certificates
  • Mentorship or recognised teaching and assessing certificate or willingness to undertake.
  • Minimum 2 years post qualifying experience.

  Desirable

  • Other advanced relevant training i.e. CBT/Dementia Care/Gerontology/Advanced Care Planning etc.

  Knowledge/Experience

  Essential

  • Demonstrable experience in a specialist capacity caring for older people with mental health problems and/or dementia in a community care or inpatient setting.
  • Demonstrate a sound knowledge and understanding of the needs of older people with mental illness and/or dementia and the opportunities and challenges of caring for them.
  • Demonstrate practical experience within a senior role of dealing with the needs of people with complex needs.
  • Demonstrate a sound knowledge and extensive experience in relation to functional mental health and dementia; treatment, impact and evidence based care.
  • Demonstrate a clear understanding of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act legislation, its application and use in practice.
  • Demonstrable understanding and experience of professionally specific and generic assessment tools and treatment modalities.
  • Demonstrate a sound knowledge and understanding of the needs of informal carers.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of risk together with an ability to evaluate and contain risk with reference to the individual, staff and carers.

  Desirable

  • Demonstrate practical experience of supervision within a clinical context

  Skills/Abilities

  Essential

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skill.
  • Highly motivated and committed to improving quality and services for older people and people living with dementia.
  • Able to work autonomously and to deputise for senior staff in a variety of roles when required to do so.
  • Able to work as part of and to lead a team.
  • Ability to maintain boundaries and form positive therapeutic relationships with service users and carers.
  • Competent using computers and keyboards for entering personally generated data, generating and responding to emails, conducting web searches, storing data and retrieving data, producing reports etc.

  Desirable

  • Demonstrable skill of implementing change processes.

  Person Specification

  Education/Qualifications

  Essential

  • Registered Mental Health Nurse
  • Current registration with relevant professional body.
  • Evidence of further post-registration relevant training /ongoing academic study relevant to area of practice.
  • Current Level 2 Safeguarding Children and Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults certificates
  • Mentorship or recognised teaching and assessing certificate or willingness to undertake.
  • Minimum 2 years post qualifying experience.

  Desirable

  • Other advanced relevant training i.e. CBT/Dementia Care/Gerontology/Advanced Care Planning etc.

  Knowledge/Experience

  Essential

  • Demonstrable experience in a specialist capacity caring for older people with mental health problems and/or dementia in a community care or inpatient setting.
  • Demonstrate a sound knowledge and understanding of the needs of older people with mental illness and/or dementia and the opportunities and challenges of caring for them.
  • Demonstrate practical experience within a senior role of dealing with the needs of people with complex needs.
  • Demonstrate a sound knowledge and extensive experience in relation to functional mental health and dementia; treatment, impact and evidence based care.
  • Demonstrate a clear understanding of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act legislation, its application and use in practice.
  • Demonstrable understanding and experience of professionally specific and generic assessment tools and treatment modalities.
  • Demonstrate a sound knowledge and understanding of the needs of informal carers.
  • Demonstrate an understanding of risk together with an ability to evaluate and contain risk with reference to the individual, staff and carers.

  Desirable

  • Demonstrate practical experience of supervision within a clinical context

  Skills/Abilities

  Essential

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skill.
  • Highly motivated and committed to improving quality and services for older people and people living with dementia.
  • Able to work autonomously and to deputise for senior staff in a variety of roles when required to do so.
  • Able to work as part of and to lead a team.
  • Ability to maintain boundaries and form positive therapeutic relationships with service users and carers.
  • Competent using computers and keyboards for entering personally generated data, generating and responding to emails, conducting web searches, storing data and retrieving data, producing reports etc.

  Desirable

  • Demonstrable skill of implementing change processes.

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  Certificate of Sponsorship

  Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

  From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  455 North London NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Unit 9 Blenheim Court

  62 Brewery Road

  London

  N7 9NY

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  455 North London NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Unit 9 Blenheim Court

  62 Brewery Road

  London

  N7 9NY

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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