Job summary
- Main area
- Mhild Psychiatry
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 9 months (maternity cover until 28th March 2026)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 334-NUR-7189905-FR
- Employer
- South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Monks Orchard House, 1st floor Bethlem Royal Hospital,
- Town
- Beckenham
- Salary
- £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/07/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Community Learning Disability/Mental Health Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust has a rich history, well-established community links and an international reputation. We deliver specialist services in the London boroughs of Croydon, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark, Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Wandsworth and Richmond.
We are committed to provide a high quality and specialist care to our service users and we are recognised for our care and treatment we provide. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’.
We launched our five-year strategy, Aiming High; Changing Lives in 2021 together with Our Care Improvement System as our quality management system methodology to make a positive impact on patient care, outcomes and staff experience. By joining SLaM, all staff will get the opportunity to be part of this exciting improvement journey supported with learning and development to harness everyone’s potential as change makers.
The trust recognises the unique and valuable contribution that people with lived experience of mental illness can bring to a role. We therefore welcome applications from people with lived experience and consider them as an asset to the Trust.
Our Values
We take pride in providing specialist care to our service users where our Trust values and our promise to be caring, kind, polite, prompt, honest, listen and do what I say I’m going to do is at the heart of everything we do. When you join us, you’ll be part of something special.
As a Trust we are happy to talk flexible working.
Job overview
To oversee and provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation to service users within a variety of settings, and ensure records associated with this process is maintained. To work effectively within a multi-disciplinary team and across other agencies and to provide a high quality of care to individuals with learning disabilities and complex mental health and social needs. The post holder will carry out nursing procedures to a standard that ensures safe and effective care, and complies with
The Nursing and Midwifery Council's Code of Professional Conduct. The post holder is not responsible for clinically supervising junior staff but will be expected to be involved in supporting others as well as students. There will be an expectation that the post holder
will facilitate user involvement in all aspects of service delivery.
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist nursing input for service users with intellectual/learning disabilities and mental health needs. This will include assessment of needs and risk, implementation and evaluation of care in conjunction with the service user, the carer, MDT and other agencies
To act as Care Co-ordinator under CPA for a defined group of service users
ensuring effective liaison and consultation with them, their families and carers, GPs and others services about support, management, possible risks and contingency strategies
To liaise with, advise, and support carers, community based mental health
workers, inpatient services, support workers and primary healthcare team
members on the needs of service users with a learning disability and mental illness
To ensure that all service users have documented care plans which are reviewed and evaluated on a regular basis
To attend clinical meetings, CPN meetings, high risk complex case meetings, and other meetings as appropriate.
To mentor allocated RMN/RNLD student nurses.
To work effectively within a multi-disciplinary context whilst maintaining the unique perspective and contribution of nursing.
To undertake regular supervision of own case load with team leader
To act as an accountable professional in line with the NMC code of Professional Conduct and with relevant legislation.
Working for our organisation
The Behavioural and Developmental Psychiatry CAG provides mental health services for adults with neurodevelopmental disorders and those who require enhanced risk management. The CAG is led through integrated leadership with the joint Clinical Directors and Service Director. Enabling leadership from our front line teams is at the heart of our CAG vision. Our lead management structure supports this with the addition of our dedicated leads to head our Research and Training agendas.
The CAG provides inpatient and community care for both forensic and developmental psychiatry and has a long and positive history in learning disabilities mental health community provision, and the Estia Centre (our training, consultancy and research arm) continues to deliver an active programme to community stakeholders, careers and health and social care professionals. The CAG has a strong and effective joint partnership with the Institute of Psychiatry psychology and Neurology, with an energetic research and training programme. The Trust is committed to developing members of staff and providing opportunities for local people to make a contribution to mental health care.
Our values and commitments:
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Community experience
Essential criteria
- RMN, RNMH and/or RNLD (A) Post qualification experience of working with adults with learning disabilities and mental health needs, or strong evidence of transferable skills (A) Experience of working in a multidisciplinary team. (A/I)
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship/Sign off mentor Experience of working in partnership with families and carers (A) Knowledge and skills in specific psycho-social interventions (I, A) Other Information: Driver
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Miss Odette Scott-Boyle
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07715634573
- Additional information
Staff will be leaving soon for A/L which will run into the start of her maternity leave. We will require staff cover as soon as possible.
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