Mental Health Nurse/Occupational Therapist/Mental Health Social Worker
| Posting date: | 05 June 2026 |
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| Salary: | £45,953.00 to £54,254.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £45953.00 - £54254.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 21 June 2026 |
| Location: | Beckenham, BR3 3BX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9334-26-0505 |
Summary
Key Responsibilities:1.To act as shift co-ordinator on a rota basis, maintaining a safe clinical environment and facilitating clear, effective communication across the team.2.To be named care co-ordinator or keyworker for individual patients, to assess needs, plan, implement and monitor care of patients in collaboration with the service user, carers, and other members of the multidisciplinary team and implement care that meets the mental, physical, spiritual, psychological and social needs of the service user, and that is sensitive to age, culture, race, gender, ethnicity, social class, sexuality and disability. This care will be delivered at Touchstone Centre and will involve home visits.3.To work in a consistent, predictable and boundaried way delivering evidenced based therapeutic interventions on an individual and group basis to people with emotionally unstable personality disorder.4.To work with the team making use of the team support and supervision and risk management structures to ensure safe and effective care for this patient group.5.To help maintain the therapeutic milieu at Touchstone Centre including facilitating structured, safe, social activities amongst the patients within the existing therapy programme.6.To help patients to engage in services aimed at improving their health and well-being e.g. GP, sexual health clinics, dentistry, community opportunity services, recreational/leisure groups.7.To reach level 3 competence in the delivery of the appraisal based coping skills groups (as part of the Sun project within the service) within 6 months of being in post and mentalizing skills development (as part of the MBT programme at Touchstone), and SCM skills . To be able to evidence sufficient skill acquisition and maintenance of same.8.To work always in such a manner to safeguard the patients in the service and the children in their care.9.To assertively outreach to teams and other care co-ordinators to promote the Sun Project and to help patients to transition in and out of the MBT programme safely. This includes attending community treatment team zoning meetings, professionals meeting and CPA reviews. Qualifications Essential Registered mental health nurse, occupational therapist or mental health social worker or equivalent. We are also open to applications from Band 5 staff with relevant qualifications and experience ie MHWP with registration, or Clinical Associate in Psychology with registration. Desirable criteria Certified attendance at Personality Disorder Knowledge and Understanding Framework (KUF) training Certificate of group skills training Experience Essential At least 1 year post qualifying mental health service work with people with a range of mental health problems. Experience of facilitating groups in a mental health setting. Experience of co-ordinating shifts where there is a need to assess, identify, communicate and manage patient risk issues to a range of professionals. Experience of supervision and or mentoring students or junior colleagues Desirable criteria Mentorship or supervision training Knowledge Essential Demonstrable commitment to deliver accessible and acceptable care to people across cultural and other differences. A workingknowledgeof the physical health vulnerabilities and needs of people with mental health problems. Evidence of relevant continuing professional development required by professional registering body. Ability Essential Ability to demonstrate commitment to working with people with personality disorder. Ability to work on a Saturday morning on a rota basis (not needed currently but may be required in future). Desirable criteria Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of the resilience needed to work safely with this patient group.