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Job overview
The role includes regular participation in multidisciplinary team meetings, acting as a mental health expert resource, contributing to service development, supporting education and training initiatives, and providing clinical leadership to colleagues. The post holder will promote integrated, person-centred care and help shape the continued development of neighbourhood-based services across Enfield.
Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust and Enfield GP Federation are working in partnership to improve health outcomes for Enfield’s diverse population. Together, we serve some of the most deprived communities in the country, combining our complementary strengths, extensive local knowledge and shared commitment to delivering high quality, equitable healthcare.
The Enfield Integrated Proactive Care Service delivers care through a multidisciplinary, multi-agency care coordination model that underpins neighbourhood-based care. Bringing together professionals from health, social care and the voluntary and community sector, the service supports adults living with frailty and complex needs. It provides a strong foundation for the continued development of Integrated Neighbourhood Teams, demonstrating the benefits of truly joined-up, preventative and person-centred care delivered within local communities.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Mental Health Clinical Nurse Specialist will work as part of the Integrated Proactive Care Service multidisciplinary team, providing specialist mental health support to adults with complex physical and mental health needs living in the community. The post holder will undertake comprehensive mental health assessments, develop and implement personalised care plans, provide expert clinical advice, and support patients to improve their health, wellbeing, and independence.
The successful candidate will work closely with GPs, community services, social care, mental health services, hospital teams, and voluntary sector partners to coordinate care, reduce health inequalities, prevent avoidable hospital admissions, and support people to receive care closer to home. They will provide specialist advice on mental health pathways, risk management, safeguarding, medication adherence, and complex case management.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job description and Person Specification for main responsibilities of the role.
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.
Person specification
Others
Essential
- • Car Driver with current UK License
Experience
Essential
- • Significant post-basic work within acute, mental health or community & primary care nursing fields
- • Experience of working in a senior nursing role
- • Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- • Experience of implementing change in clinical practice
- • Experience of working with older adults
Desirable
- • Experience of working with or in community setting
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential
- • Ability to manage complex psychological illness within a defined caseload
- • Ability to work proactively with A&E, ERAS, GPs, and Social Care colleagues to prevent hospital admission
- • Ability to assess and plan individual care needs in partnership with patients/their carers and MDTs
- • Ability to work across the multi-disciplinary health and social care team
- • Ability to case manage for patients/individuals with complex needs
- • Ability to make decisions autonomously but liaise closely with other care providers within the sector
- • Ability to give clear and concise reports against performance targets
- • Ability to handle distressing situations with sensitivity and empathy
- • Ability to prioritise work/response/triage referrals and messages effectively
- • Psychological Assessment Skills
- • Clinical Leadership Skills
- • Data Collection & Analysis
- • IT Skills
Personal Qualities & Attributes
Essential
- • Enthusiastic and motivated
- • Demonstrable ability to meet Trust values
Education & Professional Qualifications
Essential
- • 1st . level Registered Mental Health Nurse with current registration with the NMC
- • Evidence of CPD in management of psychological conditions
- • Full UK Driving Licence
Desirable
- • Degree in psychological health related topic
- • Community Specialist Practice
- • Independent Prescribing
- • Education at Masters Level
- • Post graduate training in Dementia and/or Delirium management
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This advert is for Senior Mental Health Nurse with Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in Royal Free Hospital, England. It is listed as a Band 7 Nurse (adult and children) role. The advertised salary is £55,524 - £62,652 per annum including outer London HCAs. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 09 Sep 2026.
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