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Registered Mental Health Nurse / Care Coordinator
North London NHS Foundation Trust View all jobs
Posted 29 day(s) ago
Reference: 455-NLFT-8233003
Job summary
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
About us
North London NHS Foundation Trust (NLFT) is committed to improving mental health care across North London to deliver excellent services to our local people.
Our Five-Year Strategy:
- We will provide consistently high-quality care closer to home.
- With our partners in North London and each borough we will ensure equity of outcome for all
- We will offer great places to work, providing staff with supportive environment to deliver outstanding care.
Why NLFT?
- We develop and retain our staff through leadership behaviours and managers programme and many more opportunities.
- We promote flexible working and support staff with a range of health and wellbeing initiatives.
- NHS Discounts, generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
- Excellent internal staff network
In order to meet the needs of the Trust you may be required from time to time to work at different locations to your normal place of work. This may mean that you are required to work at any location that fall under Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey or Islington. The Trust reserves the right to require staff to work at such other places or locations as it considers reasonable and necessary on a temporary or permanent basis.
Details
Date posted
03 September 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£45,953 to £54,254 a year Per annum including HCAS
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
455-NLFT-8233003
Job locations
Hawthorn Recovery Unit, Chase Farm Hospital
The Ridgeway
ENFIELD
EN2 8JL
United Kingdom
Job description
Job 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
Job description
Job 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
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDip/BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing
Desirable
- Phlebotomy
Qualifications
Essential
- oCurrently Registered with appropriate professional body
Desirable
- Evidence of further relevant post qualification training
- Practice Assessor training
Experience
Essential
- oPost registration experience as a Mental Health nurse preferably in a mental health setting working with older adults with functional and organic mental health needs.
Desirable
- Experience of working with Older Adults
- Experience of carrying out assessments independently including risk assessment and mental capacity assessment
- Experience of Care Coordination
- Experience of carrying out individual work and group work
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to work independently and autonomously.
Skills
Essential
- Effective Medication Management skills
Skills
Essential
- Developing care plans with individuals and carers
Desirable
- Experience of using Dialog + and co-producing care plans
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to undertake comprehensive risk assessment and implement risk management plans.
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to network, collaborate and liaise with other agencies.
Skills
Essential
- oEffective Physical health monitoring skills and knowledge of when to escalate concerns
personal qualities
Essential
- oHighly committed to teamwork
- oAbility to appreciate and apply continuous improvement strategies in practice.
Desirable
- Motivated to learn to enhance knowledge and continuously develop skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oDip/BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing
Desirable
- Phlebotomy
Qualifications
Essential
- oCurrently Registered with appropriate professional body
Desirable
- Evidence of further relevant post qualification training
- Practice Assessor training
Experience
Essential
- oPost registration experience as a Mental Health nurse preferably in a mental health setting working with older adults with functional and organic mental health needs.
Desirable
- Experience of working with Older Adults
- Experience of carrying out assessments independently including risk assessment and mental capacity assessment
- Experience of Care Coordination
- Experience of carrying out individual work and group work
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to work independently and autonomously.
Skills
Essential
- Effective Medication Management skills
Skills
Essential
- Developing care plans with individuals and carers
Desirable
- Experience of using Dialog + and co-producing care plans
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to undertake comprehensive risk assessment and implement risk management plans.
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to network, collaborate and liaise with other agencies.
Skills
Essential
- oEffective Physical health monitoring skills and knowledge of when to escalate concerns
personal qualities
Essential
- oHighly committed to teamwork
- oAbility to appreciate and apply continuous improvement strategies in practice.
Desirable
- Motivated to learn to enhance knowledge and continuously develop skills.
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
North London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Hawthorn Recovery Unit, Chase Farm Hospital
The Ridgeway
ENFIELD
EN2 8JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
North London NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Hawthorn Recovery Unit, Chase Farm Hospital
The Ridgeway
ENFIELD
EN2 8JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.northlondonmentalhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)