Mental Health Specialist Nurse
Job Description
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 mental health nurse to join the Hull Integrated Care Team for Older people, supporting adults over the age of 65, experiencing functional or organic mental illness, including dementia.
The post holder will support a multi-disciplinary team consisting of consultant psychiatrists, social workers, occupational therapists, nurse associates and support workers to provide a range of therapeutic interventions and evidence based approaches to meet the needs of the clients, promoting their independence and wellbeing.
The post holder will have experience of working with adults experiencing complex mental health needs and be able to provide clinical expertise and knowledge to the wider team.
Main duties of the job
To work within the multi-disciplinary team to meet the needs of clients and their carers under the care of the Community Mental Health Team for people over the age of 65 experiencing functional and organic mental health illness.
To support the Team Manager, Clinical Lead and colleagues in providing clinical and professional leadership.
To support the Team Leader, Clinical Lead and other colleagues with the implementation of policy, protocol, service/practice development and change within own area of responsibility.
To complete initial assessments and risks assessments to provide evidence based, person centred care planning to clients, considering their carers also.
To share own professional knowledge in team meetings to support client formulation and care planning.
The applicant will be expected to have specialist nursing knowledge of working with adults with complex mental health issues.Experience in assessing and managing clinical risk.
The post holder will manage a caseload of people with complex mental health presentations and will need to be able to prioritise their time effectively and maintain a degree of flexibility around their time management.
You will lead and participate in the development of staff through appraisal and clinical supervision.
About us
We are an award winning and CQC rated good health and social care Trust delivering integrated services across Hull, East and North Yorkshire. Find out more on our website
We are a forward thinking and dynamic Trust with a real commitment to staff development. We value our colleagues and invest in them to ensure they have the right skills to deliver outstanding care.
We are proud to score above or equal to the average for all NHS People Promise theme areas demonstrating our commitment to improve the experience of working in the NHS for everyone. Wherever you work we know you will receive a warm welcome and all the support you'll need to get you started.
We recognise the positive value of diversity and promotes equality whilst challenging discrimination. We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds.
Work life balance is about having influence and flexibility over when, where and how you work. If the work pattern for this role does not meet your needs, we welcome an application and are happy to discuss working arrangements that differ from those advertised.
We offer a unique range of benefits that go above and beyond other NHS Trusts including an enhanced leave package and health and wellbeing support.
From city to countryside, market towns to moors you'll find a place to call home including some of the most affordable places to live in the UK.
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Job responsibilities
For further information for this vacancy please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications and knowledge
Essential
- Specialist knowledge across a range of interventions underpinned by theory
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree and supplemented by specialist training and experience
- Full understanding of relevant policy, legislation, drivers and their application to clinical and service area, e.g. Mental Capacity Act, Social Inclusion
- Part III or 13 of NMC live register
- Post registration/graduate diploma or equivalent experience in related work area, to demonstrate advanced level of practice
- Demonstrable experience of mentoring pre-registration students
- Prepared to undertake or hold a recognised non-medical prescribing qualification, if required
Desirable
- Evidence of project work that has impacted on practice and demonstrates a higher level of communication/planning/change that impacts within own area of work/responsibility
- Evidence of CPD or experiential learning at an advanced level e.g. Post graduate/Masters level
- Leadership training/qualification/experience
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care
- Evidence of development of specialist practice nursing skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change/development
- Evidence of promoting/supporting active user/carer involvement participation
- Act as Care Programme Approach (CPA) Co-ordinator
Desirable
- Demonstrable experience of working in the specific field where the post is held
- Development of specialist/advanced level of practice skills and able to demonstrate the impact of this on practice change development
- Leadership/management experience which has had a positive impact and created change within the service delivery/practice
- Professional networking locally
- Ability to effectively Chair meetings
Skills and Competencies
Essential
- Effective inter-personal skills and experience in supervising and mentoring
- Able to demonstrate effective communication skills
- Good time management skills
- Work within the culture of improving working lives and working time directive
- Ability to demonstrate ethical values and attitudes within a culture of equality and diversity
Desirable
- Ability to lead and motivate staff to embrace change
- Working knowledge of Trust policies and procedures in order to effectively lead and manage others
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
Humber Teaching NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Townend Court Block A
298 Cottingham Road
Hull
HU6 8QG
