Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
17 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Experience of working alongside people with complex health problems in the designated care group
- Experience
Experience of supervising staff
- Experience
Experience of managing a caseload
- Experience
Experience of providing a range of clinical interventions to people in the designated care group with a variety of health problems
- Experience
Experience of working consultatively with professionals
- Experience
Experience of conducting clinical assessments including risk assessments
- Experience
Experience of partnership working within and across various statutory and non statutory teams and agencies
- Experience
Experience of working within the CPA process
- Experience
Previous experience of working in the community
- Experience
Contribute to the implementation of services
- Qualifications
Registered Nurse with current registration [mental health/LD/Adult], appropriate to the job role
- Qualifications
Evidence of continuous professional development
- Qualifications
At least 2 years professionally qualified
- Qualifications
Completion of Mentorship Course/ENB equivalent
- Knowledge and Skills
Understanding of clinical governance
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge and understanding of the principles of recovery and their application to risk management, positive risk taking and strengths orientated approaches to care delivery.
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of MHA and governance structures
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Lived experience of mental health issues
- Qualifications
Further professional qualifications
- Knowledge and Skills
Experience of working with homeless people.
Job overview
The Trust successfully bid to establish a Rough Sleeping Team and we are now recruiting staff to a Multi - Disciplinary Team. An opportunity exists for a CPN to join this Team and play a key part in its development and response to the needs of rough sleepers who have mental health difficulties and or serious physical health challenges. The service works across the tri-Borough area of Hammersmith & Fulham, Ealing and Hounslow and works closely alongside our principal partners , St Mungos and Thamesreach Outreach Services.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting development providing a much-needed service and in addition to your established professional skills you will be a good communicator with a degree of flexibility and willingness to work with a number of agencies. The Team, in addition, includes a Consultant Psychiatrist, Social Workers and an OT.
The post involves working shifts which enable us to access service users effectively in order to assess mental and physical health needs , engage successfully and pursue reconnection with health and appropriate accommodation services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Candidate Pack provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. Please view as attached
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
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.
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This advert is for Community Psychiatric Nurse - Rough Sleeping Team with West London NHS Trust in Southall, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Nurse (community and district) role. The advertised salary is £47,951 - £56,863 per annum inclusive of HCAS (Inner). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 13 Sep 2026.
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