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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Ability to work independently and autonomously.
- Skills
Effective Medication Management skills
- Skills
Developing care plans with individuals and carers
- Skills
Ability to undertake comprehensive risk assessment and implement risk management plans.
- Skills
Ability to network, collaborate and liaise with other agencies.
- Skills
Effective Physical health monitoring skills and knowledge of when to escalate concerns
- Experience
Post registration experience as a Mental Health nurse preferably in a mental health setting working with older adults with functional and organic mental health needs.
- Qualifications
Dip/BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing
- Qualifications
Currently Registered with appropriate professional body
- personal qualities
Highly committed to teamwork
- personal qualities
Ability to appreciate and apply continuous improvement strategies in practice.
Desirable
9 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills
Experience of using Dialog + and co-producing care plans
- Experience
Experience of working with Older Adults
- Experience
Experience of carrying out assessments independently including risk assessment and mental capacity assessment
- Experience
Experience of Care Coordination
- Experience
Experience of carrying out individual work and group work
- Qualifications
Phlebotomy
- Qualifications
Evidence of further relevant post qualification training
- Qualifications
Practice Assessor training
- personal qualities
Motivated to learn to enhance knowledge and continuously develop skills.
Job overview
Full Time RMN / Care Coordinator
We are looking to recruit an experienced mental health nurse to our small busy team.
The role will suit you if you enjoy
- multidisciplinary working
- fast pace work and taking initiative
- working closely with service users and their families
- collaborative care planning and risk management
Please note this role is hospital site based - no regular remote working
Main duties of the job
The role includes:
Medication Management
Caseload Management and Care Coordination
Individual and group work to support assessment and treatment
Supervising support staff and students
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Medication management including handling controlled drugs
Managing a complex caseload
Individual and group interventions to support assessment and treatment
Collaborative care planning using Dialog +
Completing cognitive assessments
Physical health monitoring
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 Registered Mental Health Nurse / Care Coordinator with North London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Coordinator (discipline unspecified) role. The advertised salary is £45,953 - £54,254 Per annum including HCAS. The contract type is Permanent: site based - not remote working. The application deadline is 16 Sep 2026.
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